The 5310 program is designed to improve mobility for older adults and people with disabilities throughout the Concord Urbanized Area and to enhance coordination of federally assisted programs and services in order to encourage the most efficient use of federal resources and achieve the national goal of improved mobility of elderly persons and person with disabilities.
Donor Name: City of Concord
State: North Carolina
City: Concord
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/21/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
To meet the public transportation needs of a rapidly growing region and to address years of suburban sprawl and rising traffic congestion throughout the area, the City of Concord and the City of Kannapolis of Cabarrus County entered into an historic agreement in June 2003 to establish the first Fixed Route public transit service in Cabarrus County – Concord Kannapolis Area Transit (Rider). Part of the creation of Rider Transit was the establishment of a Designated Recipient for FTA funds in the Concord, NC Urbanized Area.
Goals and Objectives
The goal of the FTA Section 5310 program is to improve mobility for older adults and people with disabilities throughout the Concord Urbanized Area and to enhance coordination of federally assisted programs and services in order to encourage the most efficient use of federal resources and achieve the national goal of improved mobility of elderly persons and persons with disabilities. Under the 5310 program, the area transit is encouraged to coordinate transportation services with agencies that provide transportation services to the general public within the service area/network. As part of this process, the following objectives will be completed:
- Ensure the plan meets MAP‐21 requirements and meets the intent of the Section 5310 funding program.
- Establish a framework by which proposed projects requesting Section 5310 funding can be solicited and selected through a fair and equitable process.
- Identify, contact and inform public agencies, community organizations and non‐ profit and eligible private for profit organizations providing service for seniors and persons with disabilities, as to the availability of 5310 program grant funds;
- Establish, promote and outline a process for soliciting and evaluating 5310 program funding proposals;
- Assure that proposals selected for funding are responsive to one or more of the needs identified in the locally adopted Coordinated Transportation Plan;
- Establish the requirements for the selected projects to enter into grant agreements; and,
- Summarize the requirements for managing and reporting the progress for implementing the funded projects.
Types of Program
- Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
- Projects awarded the 5310 program funding must be reflected in the Cabarrus Rowan Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (CRMPO) Metropolitan Transportation Program (TIP). The TIP is a program of projects receiving federal transportation funding in the metropolitan area. The project may be included in the TIP under a generalized or more detailed project description.
- 5310 Program Management Plan Development
- Developing the 5310 Program Management Plan included outreach and coordination with diverse stakeholders. The coordination included meetings with stakeholders, grant application workshops, and email announcement seeking input on the draft Program Management Plan and advertising the Call for Projects.
Grant Period
Funds may be requested for contracted services covering a time period of more than one year.
Eligibility Criteria
- Under the federal guidelines, eligible sub recipients under Section 5310 include:
- State and Local Government Agencies
- Public and Private Transportation Providers
- Social Service Agencies
- Non‐profit Organizations.
- To be eligible for funding from the 5310 program, proposed projects must be located within the Concord, NC Urbanized Area. Only transportation‐related programs that fall within the Concord UZA area qualify for funding.
For more information, visit City of Concord.
