2018 Getting Ready to Innovate Grants
Getting Ready to Innovate Grants
NADTC Community Grants
NADTC community grants are designed to support communities to assess their transportation needs and develop and implement innovations and new models for increasing the availability of accessible transportation services for older adults and people with disabilities, including making effective use of Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities funds.
A short summary of past NADTC community grants can be found below. To learn more about each year’s grantees, visit the grant summary pages.
2022 – Equity and Accessibility Implementation Grant
Colonie Senior Services Center, Inc., 2021 & 2022 Grantee
Seven grants of up to $70,000 were awarded to implement innovative projects for equitable and accessible transportation aimed to meet the needs of vulnerable and underserved populations, especially older adults and people with disabilities from diverse communities. All grantees carried out the project plans that were developed through community engagement during the planning phase using NADTCs 2021 Equity and Accessibility Planning Grants.
2021 – Equity and Accessibility Planning Grants
With a focus on inclusive planning, 9 communities were awarded up to $20,000 each to engage with community representatives from historically marginalized populations and local aging, disability and transportation organizations to understand the transportation gaps and community strengths to develop a written plan of action that addresses transportation equity and accessibility.
North Central NM Economic Dev District, 2021 & 2022 Grantee
2020 – Innovations in Accessible Mobility Grants
Communities in ten states received up to $30,000 to implement innovative projects to remove barriers to transportation and expand mobility options for older adults and people with disabilities. Each project developed and implemented new transportation approaches targeted to older adults and people with disabilities all while grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. These projects also sought to maximize the utilization of Section 5310 and other federal funding investments.
2019 – Innovations in Accessible Mobility Grants
Five grantees were selected from among the ten transportation planning grants funded in 2018. Each received up to $70,000 to build upon the work done during the planning phase, partnering with older adults, people with disabilities and community stakeholders to develop sustainable and replicable innovations that resulted in increased availability of accessible transportation in their communities.
2018 – Getting Ready to Innovate Grants
Capacity Builders, 2019 Grantee
Planning grants of up to $20,000 were awarded to ten communities to test and refine innovative ideas for increasing accessible transportation and to develop community support and commitment. This goal was to lay the groundwork for innovative approaches that offer greater access to transportation options for older adults and people with disabilities. Grantees could apply for funding to implement their innovations in 2019.
2017 – Innovations in Accessible Mobility Grants
Six communities received grants of up to $50,000 to support program innovations and approaches that increase accessible transportation options for older adults and people with disabilities living in the community and maximize the utilization of Section 5310 and other federal funding investments.