Federal grant programs / Department of Transportation

State Damage Prevention Program Grants (20.720)

Also known as State Damage Prevention Grant

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$5.8 million
• Grant awards72
• Typical award$94,237
• Awarded in FY 2025-$89,063
• Size rank1,597 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceProject grants (discretionary)

Key findings

• It is the 1597th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 95% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 25 states and territories.

What the program funds

The PHMSA State Damage Prevention Program fosters improved damage prevention programs by supporting projects such as enforcement of state excavation damage prevention laws, stakeholder education about digging safely, technologies to improve efficiencies, and other related excavation safety initiatives.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

State (including U.S. Territory or possessions) authority designated by the Governor is eligible to apply for a grant as long an agency within the State (including U.S. Territory or possessions) has an annual Section 60105 (49 U.S.C.) certification or Section 60106 (49 U.S.C.) agreement in effect with PHMSA. If a State (including U.S. Territory or possessions) does not have a certification or agreement with PHMSA, then no State (including U.S. Territory or possessions) authority can receive a grant.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Funding may be used to support personnel, equipment, training, outreach, technology, and other activities that strengthen the State’s excavation damage prevention program. Allowable uses of assistance include activities that advance one or more of the Nine Elements of Effective Damage Prevention Programs described in 49 U.S.C. § 60134, such as compliance monitoring, enforcement support, stakeholder education, development and distribution of public awareness materials, excavation safety training, improvements in data collection and analysis, program evaluations, technology upgrades, and initiatives that measurably improve damage prevention performance within the State. Funds may also be used to support State personnel, contractor support, supplies, small equipment (? $5,000 per item), training, and program management necessary to implement the approved damage prevention activities Grant funds may not be used for lobbying or in direct support of litigation.;

Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title 49 USC, Part 60134, Subpart SUBTITLE VIII-PIPELINES,Public Law https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section60134&num=0&edition=prelim.Not applicable Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

The range is $94,985 - $97,001

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2016: Refer to Link http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/sdp/?nocache=2783&nocache=3193.Fiscal Year2017: Projects to improve state damage prevention programs will be funded and are anticipated to include enforcement, education and outreach, and other safety programs. Past grant projects can be found at: http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/sdp/?nocache=2783&nocache=3193.Fiscal Year2018: For purchase an in-house (dedicated) server and develop a mobile application for the Excavation Center to promote effective excavation stakeholder communications. To support a damage prevention stakeholder conference to educate stakeholders. The project is to fund pipeline safety courses, provide 2019 licenses for the Learning Management System for 1,500 users, conduct statewide 811 public awareness campaigns, and prepare a mandated progress report for the Colorado State Legislature. (Elements 2, 4, 5, 7) To launch a pilot program exploring ways to add augmented reality images, or "experiences," to the ticket taking process. Within this pilot program, partnering utilities, excavators, and locators can create augmented reality experiences detailing information about excavation sites.

Continue reading on SAM.gov

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 92% of the money, nonprofits 5.0%.

By state

No state received $1 million or 10 awards from this program, so it has no state pages.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.