Chair Nathan Williams Town of Gilbert
Vice Chair Matt Dudley City of Avondale
Human Services Transportation Program Manager DeDe Gaisthea
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) provides grant funding through the Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Transportation Program to improve mobility for older adults and individuals with disabilities. The purpose of the MAG Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Transportation Ad Hoc Committee is to review, evaluate, and develop the prioritization of applicants to receive FTA Section 5310 grant funds for capital and operating awards in the Phoenix-Mesa Urbanized Area (UZA).
FTA guidelines allow large urbanized areas to directly administer the Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Transportation funds. This has resulted in modifications for the submittal of the FTA Section 5310 applications in the MAG region. Agencies applying for Section 5310 awards in the Phoenix-Mesa UZA will apply through the MAG application process in coordination with the City of Phoenix Public Transit Department as the Designed Recipient. Agencies with services outside of the Phoenix-Mesa UZA will apply through the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) application process. ADOT contact information can be found below. For further information on where your agency should apply, please refer to the MAG Regional Boundary Map under the Resources link below.
Notice is hereby given that the following organizations have applied for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Fiscal Year 2023 Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities grant program for the Phoenix-Mesa Urbanized Area:
ACCEL, Arizona Recreation Center for the Handicapped, Aster Aging, Beatitudes Campus, Central Arizona Council of Developmental Disabilities, Chandler Gilbert Arc, City of Glendale, Civitan Foundation, Foothills Caring Corps, Foundation for Senior Living, Gompers, Hacienda, Independence Plus, Marc Community Resources, NAU Center for Service and Volunteerism, One Step Beyond, Rise Services, Scottsdale Training and Rehabilitation Services, Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired, The Centers for Habilitation, United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona, Valley Metro, Valley of The Sun YMCA Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors, ValleyLife
Public comments regarding any of the agencies listed above may contact DeDe Gaisthea, Human Services Transportation Program Manager, using the contact links on this page.
Please note, all applicants of FTA Section 5310 funding are federally required to participate in human services transportation coordination efforts. The next Transportation Ambassador Program meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at 1 p.m. virtually. You can register for the TAP meeting now. For information regarding the Section 5310 Phoenix-Mesa UZA Program, contact Wendy Miller, City of Phoenix, at [email protected].
The 2023 ADOT Section 5310 Notice of Funding Available announcement can be found here. The ADOT application will close Tuesday March 21, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. In 2019, ADOT moved to a two-year Section 5310 application cycle. Applicants will need to apply for two years of 5310 funding in the same application for this cycle. This funding is available to all areas of Arizona except the Phoenix-Mesa UZA.
ADOT Section 5310 application information for rural, small urban, and the Avondale/Goodyear UZA, can be found at the following link. For more information regarding the ADOT Section 5310 application process, please contact, Sara Allred, ADOT Assistant Transit Manager, at [email protected].
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