Innovative Transit Workforce Development Program

Post Date

June 14th 2012

Application Due Date

July 6th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

FTA-2012-011-TRI

CFDA Number(s)

20.514

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Employment, Labor and Training
Transportation

Number of Awards

24

Eligibility Categories

Other

Public transit agencies, state departments of transportation (DOTs) providing public transportation services; and Indian tribes, non-profit institutions and institutions of higher education.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $5000000

• Award Range:

  $100000 - $1000000

Grant Description

FTA Workforce Development activities are authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5322, Human Resource Programs. The Innovative Transit Workforce Development Program is intended to exercise this authority by providing funding to transit agencies and other entities with innovative solutions to pressing workforce development issues. In its second funding iteration, FTA seeks applications that showcase and support products and approaches that improve the state of the practice of workforce development. Specific focus is given to those: 1) projects or programs that demonstrate innovative methods of leveraging investments in public transportation infrastructure to generate possible impacts in local employment, particularly in underserved communities; 2) innovative projects or programs that support the training/professional development needs of blue-collar workers, particularly in the area of new and emerging technologies; and 3) projects that support or showcase innovative methods of encouraging youth to pursue careers in public transportation.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Transportation

• Office:

  DOT/Federal Transit Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Betty Jackson
  Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation (Room E43-425)
  Federal Transit Administration
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20590
  Phone: 202-366-1730
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Betty Jackson

• Agency Email Address:

  Betty.Jackson@dot.gov

• More Information:

  Federal Register Volume 77, Issue 105 (May 31, 2012)