Part 1: Organizational Questions

3. Contact person email(Required)
Have you applied for at least one project this cycle?
Check this box if you have already applied for at least one project this cycle (FY26 CTGP operating & MM application), and have already answered the questions about your organization.
(For example, the Bridgewater Council on Aging is the Town of Bridgewater)
6. What is your organization's legal address?
7. Are you registered in SAM.gov?
8. Are you a registered vendor of the Commonwealth?
9. Does your organization follow an approved Indirect Cost Allocation Plan (ICAP)?(Required)

Eligibility

10. Is your organization new to the Community Transit Grant Program?(Required)
11. Please determine which of the types of eligible applicants applies to your organization(Required)

Financial Management

13. Please answer the following questions about your organization's accounting system

13a. Is it consistent with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)?(Required)
13b. Can it segregate funds?(Required)
13c. Do you document your accounting system through written accounting policies and procedures that are approved by your board or your elected officials?(Required)

Civil Rights

15. Do you have 50 or more transit-related employees?(Required)

Procurement

Oversight

20. Does your agency expend $1 million or more in federal funds (from all federal sources, not just FTA) in a given fiscal year, and/or do you expect to in the coming fiscal year?(Required)

Please upload your most recent single audit when you submit this application.

Training and Safety

21. If you operate a vehicle provided through the Community Transit Grant Program, you must abide by the following requirements:

  • Keep vehicles and equipment in good operating condition, including Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility features
  • Complete driver training requirements for all drivers who operate the vehicle, to include accessible lift use and passenger securement, defensive driving, disability awareness, CPR, first aid, and substance abuse awareness training
Training and safety requirement(Required)

Service Area Demographics

Using the minority and low-income tool, select all of the cities and towns you just listed togetherin your service area, to answer questions 21 and 22.

Please enter a number from 0 to 100.
Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

Part 2: Project Questions

Overview

6. Is this a new project or an existing project that is already in operation?

Background

RTAs may skip this section.

Project Need and Benefit Questions

For operating projects, please answer the following questions:

11. Please describe the need. Answer all four parts: Some responses will require your region's Coordinated Human Service Transportation (CHST) Plan.

14. Project eligibility. Check all that apply:(Required)
15. If you are proposing to serve low-income individuals, please describe how you are reaching these individuals. Check all that apply(Required)

Project Design Questions

Coordination Questions

29. What types of transportation coordination and collaboration does your agency engage in? Check all that apply:(Required)

Please review the following guidelines before you continue your application process:

  • Make sure that the combined file size for all your attachments does not exceed 20MB
  • Download and complete the budget template. Be sure to answer the questions at the bottom of the budget
  • Compile any letters of support into one (1) PDF packet per project
  • If your organization follows an approved Indirect Cost Allocation Plan (ICAP), please be prepared to upload the approval letter by the federal cognizant agency
  • If you want to include any additional attachments, compile them into one PDF packet per project
Documents(Required)
I understand that save for later will no longer be available beyond this point and that I will need to submit my application after all required uploads have been uploaded.

Attachments

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    If you have more than one, please compile together and submit as one package.
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        Required for all organizations except Regional Transit Authorities.
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          Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, Max. file size: 7 MB, Max. files: 1.

            Important: Do not click submit until you see a green check  next to each of your uploaded documents. Even if you see the 100%, it is not ready until you see the green check mark.