DOT: Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding Opportunity

Funds for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program are to be awarded on a competitive basis to support planning, infrastructure, behavioral, and operational initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets involving all roadway users, including pedestrians; bicyclists; public transportation, personal conveyance, and micromobility users; motorists; and commercial vehicle operators.

Donor Name: Office of the Under Secretary for Policy

State: All States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 05/16/2024

Size of the Grant: More than $1 million

Grant Duration: 5 Years

Details:

The program provides funding to develop the tools to help strengthen a community’s approach to roadway safety and save lives and is designed to meet the needs of diverse local, Tribal, and regional communities that differ dramatically in size, location, and experience administering Federal funding.

Types of Grants

The SS4A program provides funding for two main types of grants:

Planning and Demonstration Grants are used to develop, complete, or supplement a comprehensive safety action plan, as well as carry out demonstration activities that inform an Action Plan.
Implementation Grants are used to implement strategies or projects that are consistent with an existing Action Plan and may also bundle funding requests for supplemental planning and demonstration activities that inform an Action Plan.

Grant Priorities

This section discusses priorities specific to SS4A and those related to the Department’s overall mission, which are reflected in the selection criteria and NOFO requirements. Successful grant applications will:

Promote safety to prevent death and serious injuries on public roadways;
Employ low-cost, high-impact strategies that can improve safety over a wide geographic area;
Ensure equitable investment in the safety needs of underserved communities, which includes both underserved urban and rural communities;
Incorporate evidence-based projects and strategies and adopt innovative technologies and strategies;
Demonstrate engagement with a variety of public and private stakeholders; and
Align with the Department’s mission and Strategic Goals such as safety; climate change and sustainability; equity and Justice40; and workforce development, job quality, and wealth creation.

Funding Information

The BIL established the SS4A program with $5,000,000,000 in advanced appropriations in Division J, including $1,000,000,000 for FY 2024.

Planning and Demonstration Grants For Planning and Demonstration Grants, award amounts will be based on total estimated project costs, with an expected minimum of $100,000 in SS4A funding and an expected maximum of $10,000,000in SS4A funding for all applicants.
Implementation Grants For Implementation Grants, DOT expects the minimum award will be $2,500,000 in SS4A funding and the maximum award will be $25,000,000 in SS4A funding.

Period of Performance

The period of performance for Planning and Demonstration Grant and Implementation Grant agreements may not exceed 5 years.

Deadlines

Planning and Demonstration Grant: August 29, 2024.
Implementation Grant: May 16, 2024.

Eligible Project Types

Develop a comprehensive safety action plan (Action Plan).
Conduct supplemental safety planning to enhance an Action Plan.
Carry out demonstration activities to inform the development of, or an update to, an Action Plan.
Perform planning, design, and development activities for projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan.
Implement projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan that address roadway safety problems.

Eligibility Criteria