The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announces Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) Grant to protect people and the environment by advancing the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials (HAZMAT) that are essential to their daily lives.
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Transportation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/13/2022
Grant Size: $100,000 to $250,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
Properly planned and maintained training programs are essential to ensuring that emergency responders who receive training under the grant will have the ability to protect nearby persons, property, and the environment from the effects of accidents or incidents involving the transportation of hazardous material in accordance with existing regulations or National Fire Protection standards for competence of responders to accidents and incidents involving hazardous materials.
PHMSA requires that applicants comply with all applicable federal financial assistance regulations and maintain an auditable accounting system that includes a detailed accounting and description of each grant expenditure. PHMSA measures performance based on the projects included in the approved financial assistance application and whether those projects fulfilled the needs outlined in the statement of need.
Funding Information
- This NOFO is subject to the availability of funds. To carry out this grant program, the Administrator may use any amounts recovered during the fiscal year from grants awarded under 49 U.S.C. § 5116 during a prior fiscal year. PHMSA anticipates $500,000 will be made available to support the ALERT grant program. The expected amounts of individual federal awards for organizations range from $100,000 to $250,000.
- The period of performance is a minimum of twelve (12) months from the effective date of the award. An applicant may request a period of performance up to 24 months
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
