Cooperative Agreement: Request for Proposals for Technical Support to the FTA Office of Civil Rights to Organize Stakeholder Outreach Events

Post Date

August 4th 2008

Application Due Date

August 31st 2008

Funding Opportunity Number

D2008-ADA-TCR-02

CFDA Number(s)

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Transportation

Eligibility Categories

Private Institutions of Higher Education
For-Profit Organizations (Except Small Businesses)
Small Businesses
Other

State controlled institutions of higher education; Non-profits having a 501(c)3 status with the IRS;

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $250000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $250000

Grant Description

This solicitation is for proposals for one cooperative agreement to organize between three and five workshops for recipients and subrecipients of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding. The workshops, which will be held in FTA regions over an eighteen month period, will inform FTA grantees, FTA regional staff, and other stakeholders of recent changes to Department of Transportation (DOT) and FTA civil rights policies and help FTA grantees comply with existing and updated requirements. In addition, the workshops will be used to research promising and effective practices that recipients have adopted to comply with civil rights requirements. The total available funding for this agreement is $250,000.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Transportation

• Office:

  DOT/Federal Transit Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Sandra McCrea
  FTA Office of Civil Rights
  (202) 366-0803
  E-mail: sandra.mccrea@dot.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Sandra McCrea FTA

• Agency Email Address:

  sandra.mccrea@dot.gov

• More Information:

  FTA FY2008 Notices of Funding Availability