Assistance program
Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities
$3.3 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Federal Transit Administration, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Formula Grants;Project Grants (Discretionary)
- CFDA number
- 20.513
- What it does
- To provide financial assistance in meeting the transportation needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities where public transportation services are unavailable, insufficient or inappropriate. The Section 5310 program is designed to supplement FTA's other capital assistance programs by funding transportation projects for seniors and individuals with disabilities in all areas - large urban, small urban, and rural. Upon repeal of the New Freedom Program, its goals were incorporated into the Section 5310 program, which funds alternative forms of transportation where traditional services are unavailable, inappropriate, or insufficient. Funds can be used for capital and operations activities. The discretionary program assists in financing innovative capital projects for the transportation disadvantaged that improve the coordination of transportation services and non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) services.
- Who benefits
- The State Department of Transportation or the Governor, or other Official Designee, appointed public entity that has been identified to be the recipient of Section 5310 funds. Federally recognized Indian tribes may apply directly to FTA for Section 5310 funds that a state or designated recipient has awarded to the tribe.
- Who applies
- Eligible sub-recipients include private nonprofit organizations, public bodies approved by the State to coordinate services for seniors and individuals with disabilities and public bodies which certify that no nonprofit organizations or associations are readily available in an area to provide the service.
- Authorized by
- The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act (CRRSAA); American Rescue Plan Act (ARP)
- Section 3006(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act authorizes the Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Pilot Program.
- Program site
- https://www.transit.dot.gov/ ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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- Some recipients aren't itemized
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments