The Orange County Enhanced Mobility for Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities (EMSD) Program was developed to support local agencies in the delivery of FTA 5310 eligible activities, retaining all beneficial elements of the federal program using local funding.
Donor Name: Orange County Transportation Authority
State: California
County: Orange County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/27/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The EMSD program offers grant funding for capital (vehicles and equipment) and operating mobility management and operating assistance) type projects.
Program Goals
The EMSD Program is intended to meet the transportation needs of older adults and people with disabilities when transportation services provided are unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate to meet these needs. The goals of the Program are to:
- Improve the mobility for seniors and individuals with disabilities in Orange County.
- Support local agencies and non-profits providing service within their communities.
- Supplement services provided through the OCTA Senior Mobility Program, OC ACCESS, and OC Bus fixed-route service.
- Provide seamless service through improved first- and last-mile connections.
- Incorporate and encourage technology-based solutions to improve mobility options.
- Promote non-profit and public agency outreach to senior and disabled patrons with an emphasis in reaching disadvantaged, underrepresented, and/or diverse communities to ensure services will meet their needs.
- Prioritize funding for agencies that:
- Collaborate through partnerships to create efficiencies and lower operating costs for service, and/or
- Increase vehicle revenue hours beyond the minimum ten hours per week.
Funding Information
- Available Funding: $8.5 million.
- Total Maximum Request per Applicant: $1.5 million.
- Capital: Vehicle purchases, leases, and limited supporting equipment
- Minimum Grant Request: $100,000
- Maximum Grant Request: $1,000,000
- Capital: Standalone Capital Equipment Purchases
- Minimum Grant Request: $10,000
- Maximum Grant Request: $99,000
- Operating: Operating Assistance
- Minimum Grant Request: $100,000
- Maximum Grant Request: $1,000,000
- Operating: Mobility Management
- Minimum Grant Request: $50,000
- Maximum Grant Request: $300,000.
- Capital: Vehicle purchases, leases, and limited supporting equipment
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants include:
- Private non-profit organizations providing transit services for older adults and people with disabilities, and
- Public agencies where private non-profits are not readily available to provide the proposed service for these individuals.
For more information, visit OCTA.
