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CFDA 20.940  ·  retired  ·  Funded this fiscal year

Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Discretionary Grant Program

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Objective

The Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program provides technical assistance and federal financial assistance for planning grants and capital construction grants to address infrastructure barriers, reconnect communities, and improve peoples’ lives.

Who Can Apply

  • Department or Agency of a U.S. State Government
  • U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)
  • U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)
  • Department or Agency of a U.S. Territorial Government
  • Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
  • Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government (Other than Federally Recognized)
  • Municipality or Township government (inclusive of cities, towns, boroughs (except in Alaska), and villages)
  • County Government (inclusive of boroughs in Alaska, parishes and other governmental entities with geographic regional control and authority)
  • Other Local Government Consortium, Regional Organization (Intrastate), or Other Local Government Combination
  • Public Housing Authority
  • Port Authority
  • Transit Authority
  • Local
  • State
  • Tribal
  • Nonprofit Organization

Eligible applicants for RCP Program Planning Grants are: (1) a State; (2) a unit of local government; (3) a Federally recognized Tribal government; (4) a Metropolitan Planning Organization; and (5) a non-profit organization. Eligible applicants for RCP Program Capital Construction Grants must be the owner(s) of an eligible facility to carry out an eligible project for which all necessary feasibility studies and other planning activities have been completed. Owners of an eligible facility, for the purposes of submitting a grant application, may submit a joint application with: (1) a State; (2) a unit of local government; (3) a Federally recognized Tribal government; (4) a Metropolitan Planning Organization; and (5) a non-profit organization.

Assistance Types

  • Grant

Program Contact

andrew.emanuele@dot.gov
2029483466