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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
FTA-2011-009-TRI
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jan 06, 2011
Creation Date:
Jan 06, 2011
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 15, 2011
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 15, 2011
Archive Date:
Apr 14, 2011
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Transportation
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$1,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$500,000
Award Floor:
$50,000
CFDA Number(s):
20.514
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Public Transportation Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Urban and rural transit agencies, state departments of transportation (DOTs) providing public transportation services, and Indian Tribes.
Agency Name
DOT/Federal Transit Administration
Description
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is soliciting proposals that demonstrate innovative workforce development practices and programs occurring in public transportation. FTA has budgeted up to $1,000,000 for providing support of innovative transit workforce development efforts.
FTA will accept applications targeting one or more of the four activity areas.
1. Tracked pre-employment training/preparation
2. Recruitment and hiring
3. Incumbent worker training and retention
4.Succession planning/phased retirement
Selected proposals will support products and approaches that improve the state of the practice in workforce development. Funding can be used to support new innovative programs or to innovatively augment existing workforce development efforts.
To be eligible for funding under this RFA, applicants must demonstrate that the proposed project is supported by both the primary applicant and at least one or more external partner(s).
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement
electronically, please contact:
Jarrett Stoltzfus
Transportation Program Specialist
(202) 493-0361
jarrett.stoltzfus@dot.gov
A TDD is available at 1-800-877-8339 (TDD/FIRS)
Jarrett Stoltzfus
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