Federal grant programs / Department of Transportation

Safe Streets and Roads for All (20.939)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$674 million
• Grant awards1,250
• Typical award$240,000
• Awarded in FY 2025$233 million
• Size rank306 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceGrant

Key findings

• It is the 306th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 30% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 52 states and territories.

What the program funds

The SS4A program funds regional, local, and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway fatalities and serious injuries.

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

Eligible funding recipients include: Metropolitan Planning Organizations; political subdivisions of a State (e.g., city, county, town, state university, etc..); Federally recognized Tribal governments; and multijurisdictional groups of entities comprised of the above. Local governments are eligible funding recipients, but State-designated Indian Tribes are not eligible funding recipients.

What the money can and cannot pay for

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act authorizes the Safe Streets and Roads for All Program, with $5 billion in advanced appropriations for fiscal years (FY) 2022 through 2026, to be awarded by DOT on a competitive basis to projects that meet statutory requirements. Eligible activities include: develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan; conduct planning, design, and development activities; and carry out projects and strategies identified in a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan. Not more than 15 percent of the funds made available to carry out the SS4A program may be awarded to eligible projects in a single State in a given year. In addition, 30 percent of the total funds made available in FY 2023 and FY 2024 must be for developing an Action Plan.;

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. The Federal share of a SS4A grant may not exceed eighty (80) percent of total eligible project costs. Recipients are required to contribute a local matching share of no less than twenty (20) percent of eligible project costs. All matching funds must be from non-Federal sources. In accordance with 2 CFR § 200.306, Grant recipients may use in-kind or cash contributions toward local match requirements so long as those contributions meet the requirements under 2 CFR § 200.306(b). Tribal Transportation Program funding may be used by federally-recognized Tribal governments as non-Federal match.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters location, as appropriate for application deadlines. Approximate application start date is end of February and the application window is expected to have multiple deadlines up until the end of August, 2024. Final awards for the August deadline is expected in November of 2024.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

The legislation does not specify minimum or maximum award amounts. For Planning and Demonstration Grants, the approximated minimum is $100,000 and an approximated maximum of $10,000,000. For Implementation Grants, the approximated minimum is $2,500,000 and the approximated maximum is $25,000,000.

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2022: See https://www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/2022-awards for descriptions of funded projectsFiscal Year2023: 48 Implementation Grant awards were made in FY 2023. For example, the City of Fayetteville Arkansas received $25 million in Federal funding to address roadway safety problems. Descriptions of the funded projects are located here: https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2023-12/SS4A-2023-Implementation-Grant-Award-Fact-Sheets.pdf. 572 Planning and Demonstration awards were made. Descriptions of the funded projects are located here: https://www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/2023-full-award-listFiscal Year2024: 70 Implementation Grant awards were made in FY 2024. For example, the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska received $24.9 million to implement safety improvements along the Bragaw Street Corridor. Descriptions of the funded projects are located here:https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2024-09/SS4A_FY-24_Implementation_Grant_Project_Summaries.pdf 383 Planning and Demonstration Grants were awarded as well. For example, the City of Walla Walla Washington received $320,000 to develop a safer crossings plan, a citywide speed management plan, and conduct a school avenue corridor safety study. The full award list is located here: https://www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/2024-full-award-list

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 94% of the money, tribes 2.4% and colleges and universities 1.4%.

By state

48 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

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