Opportunity Information: Apply for FTA 2023 008 TPM RURALFERRY
The FY 2023 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program is a discretionary grant program offered by the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). It is listed under Federal Assistance Listing (formerly CFDA) number 20.532 and is designed to support ferry services that serve rural communities. The central purpose of the program is to provide competitive federal funding that helps rural ferry operators and their public partners maintain, improve, and sustain ferry transportation that may be essential for daily travel, access to services, and local economic activity in areas where alternatives are limited.
For FY 2023, the FTA made up to $170,000,000 available through this competition, with an expectation of making about 8 awards. The program is structured to help cover three broad types of assistance tied to eligible ferry services: capital assistance (such as purchasing, replacing, or rehabilitating vessels and related equipment, as well as building or improving terminals and other ferry-related facilities), planning assistance (activities that prepare projects and strengthen service design, readiness, and long-term viability), and operating assistance (support for the costs of running eligible ferry service, depending on the specific eligibility rules and federal requirements). Because this is a competitive program rather than a formula distribution, applicants typically need to make a strong case that their proposed investments are necessary, feasible, and deliver clear benefits to rural mobility and access.
Eligible applicants include state governments, along with additional eligible entities described in the official notice under the program's eligibility section (not fully reproduced in the provided summary). In practice, ferry services often involve multiple partners, so state agencies may apply directly or coordinate with local governments, public transportation providers, tribal entities, or other qualifying public bodies as permitted by the program guidance. Awards are made as grants, meaning funds are provided to carry out approved project scopes under federal grant administration rules and oversight.
Administratively, the opportunity was posted on May 18, 2023, under Funding Opportunity Number FTA 2023 008 TPM RURALFERRY. The original application closing date was July 17, 2023. As with most FTA discretionary opportunities, applicants generally must follow detailed instructions in the full funding notice for how to submit, what documentation is required, and how projects will be evaluated, including demonstrating the rural nature of the service area and aligning the proposed work with the program's goals of strengthening ferry transportation in rural communities.Apply for FTA 2023 008 TPM RURALFERRY
- The Department of Transportation, DOT/Federal Transit Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2023 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.532.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 18, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 17, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $170,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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