{"id":7456,"date":"2022-10-11T17:26:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T22:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/?p=7456"},"modified":"2022-10-11T17:27:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T22:27:19","slug":"fta-announces-8-6-million-in-grant-awards-to-improve-public-transportation-for-25-american-indian-tribes-and-alaska-native-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mnrtap.us\/fta-announces-8-6-million-in-grant-awards-to-improve-public-transportation-for-25-american-indian-tribes-and-alaska-native-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"FTA Announces $8.6 Million in Grant Awards to Improve Public Transportation For 25 American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\":oj\" class=\"hP\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-thread-perm-id=\"thread-f:1746419851020841564\" data-legacy-thread-id=\"183c879a00c9b25c\">FTA Announces $8.6 Million in Grant Awards to Improve Public Transportation For 25 American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Communities<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Published on: <\/strong><\/em><em>October 11, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/funding\/grants\/grant-programs\/fiscal-year-2022-tribal-transit-project-selections\">awarded<\/a> $8.6 million in grants to support and improve transit for 25 American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native communities. The grants, awarded through FTA\u2019s competitive Tribal Transit program, will help improve transit service for tribal residents, many of whom rely on buses as their only option to get to jobs, school, and other opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>FTA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/tribal-transit\">Tribal Transit Program<\/a> is authorized by Congress to support public transportation for federally recognized American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native villages, groups, or communities. The funding helps Tribes to meet the needs of their citizens, including elders, people with disabilities, and youth in rural areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/about\/news\/25-native-tribes-and-alaskan-villages-receive-nearly-9-million-presidents-bipartisan\">News Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/funding\/grants\/grant-programs\/fiscal-year-2022-tribal-transit-project-selections\">Project Selections<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transit.dot.gov\/tribal-transit\">Tribal Transit Program<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about the Native American FTA grants here. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":631,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FTA Announces $8.6 Million in Grant Awards to Improve Public Transportation For 25 American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Communities - 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