Grants

OTO Opportunities

Enhancing Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program (FTA Section 5310)

The OTO has issues a Call for Projects for the Enhancing Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program.

These funds are for improving the mobility of seniors and individuals with disabilities in the OTO area. Non-profit human service agencies and public transportation providers are eligible to apply (see guidelines for more information). The estimated amount of funding available for purchases of additional and replacement vehicles is $233,058 and for other eligible public transportation projects is $144,555. Applications are available today (June 2, 2025) and will be due by 4pm on July 31, 2025.

Applications have to be submitted online through OTO’s TIP tool. For more information and the application guidelines, please visit OTO’s transit webpage: https://www.ozarkstransportation.org/what-we-do/transit

State Grant Opportunities

MoDOT Transportation Cost-Share Program

The program provides financial assistance to public and private applicants for state highway and bridge projects satisfying a transportation need. MoDOT matches partners investments up to fifty percent (50%) of the project cost. Set-aside funds for economic development may fund up to one hundred percent (100%) of the total project cost. MoDOT works in cooperation with the Department of Economic Development and project sponsors to determine when targeted investments can be made to create jobs and may provide up the one hundred percent (100%) of the cost. Retail development projects do not qualify as economic development projects that create jobs.

Information on the Cost Share Program and Applications can be found here:

Cost Participation and Cost Share | Missouri Department of Transportation (modot.org)

Eligible Projects: State highway and bridge projects.

Application Deadlines (Multiple Times Per Year) -

• Application Deadline - SW District Review Deadline - Thursday, July 3, 2025, Final Application Deadline - Friday, October 3, 2025

Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP)

Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MoDOR) is now accepting applications under the ORLP program for projects that create new outdoor recreation spaces, reinvigorate existing parks and form connections between people and outdoors.

Eligible applicants include state agencies and local governments, including special purpose districts. The state agency or local government must be located within a community that is determined to be underserved and that had a population of 25,000 or more in the 2020 census.

Awards will range from $300,000 to $15 million. 50% non-Federal cost share required.

Application Deadline: Bi-Annual, next deadline is August 19, 2025

https://mostateparks.com/page/... The Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks has been designated the lead funding agency in Missouri.

The federal NOFO can be found here: https://grants.gov/search-resu...

Federal Grant Opportunities

FY 2025 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A)

The SS4A program supports the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) National Roadway Safety Strategy and their goal of zero roadway deaths using a Safe System Approach.

Implementation Grants provide Federal Funds to implement projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan to address a roadway safety problem. Eligible projects and strategies can be infrastructural, behavioral, and/or operational activities.

Implementation Grants may also include supplemental planning and demonstration activities to inform an existing Action Plan, and project-level planning, design, and development activities.

Applicants must have an eligible comprehensive safety action plan (referred to as an “Action Plan”) to apply for an Implementation Grant. OTO jurisdiction's projects must be shown in the OTO Safety Action Plan.

Eligible Projects:

• Conduct supplemental safety planning to enhance an Action Plan.
• Carry out demonstration activities to inform the development of, or an update to, an Action Plan.
• Perform planning, design, and development activities for projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan.
• Implement projects and strategies identified in an Action Plan that address roadway safety problems.

Award Size:

• Implementation Grants - $2. 5 million to $25 million
• Planning and Demonstration Grants - $100 k to $ 5 million

Application information can be found here: Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program | US Department of Transportation

Application Due Date: Thursday, June 26, 2025

Applications must be submitted via VALID EVAL, an online submission proposal system used by USDOT.

FY 2026 FHWA Bridge Investment Program

Bridge Investment Program is a competitive, discretionary program that focuses on existing bridges to reduce the over all number of bridges in poor condition, or in fair condition at risk of falling into poor condition. It also expands applicant eligibilities to create opportunity for all levels of government to be direct recipients of program funds. Alongside states and federal lands management agencies, metropolitan planning organizations and local and tribal governments can also apply directly to FHWA, making it easier to advance projects at the local level that meet community needs.

The FHWA has opened a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for up to $9.62 billion in FYs 2023 through 2026 Bridge Project grant applications and $80 million in FYs 2023 through FY 2026Planning Project grant applications under the Bridge Investment Program. Bridge Project Grants under the Bridge Investment Program are available for bridges with total eligible project costs up to $100 million.

Minimum grant awards of $2.5 million
Maximum grant awards of 80 percent of the total eligible project costs ($100 million cap).

Planning Project grant applications are available for bridges with maximum grant awards of 80 percent of the total eligible project costs. NOFOS published prior to January 20, 2025 may include items that may be updated.

Application Deadline:
Planning Application Deadlines - October 1, 2025
Bridge Project Application Deadline - November 1, 2025

NOFO can be found here: https://www.transportation.gov...investment-program

Federal Lands Access program (FLAP)

Eastern Lands Highway Division (EFLHD) will be conducting a Call for Projects for FLAP in Missouri for Federal Fiscal Years (FY 2027 through FY 2029. The program goal is to “Improve transportation facilities that provide access to, are adjacent to, or are located within federal lands.”

Projects include:

• Adjacent vehicular parking areas, including interpretive panels
• Acquisition of necessary scenic easements and scenic or historic sites Infrastructure and facilities for pedestrians and bicycles
• Environmental mitigation in or adjacent to Federal land to improve public safety Improvements to reduce vehicle-caused wildlife mortality while maintaining habitat connectivity
• Construction and reconstruction of roadside rest areas, including sanitary, and water facilities
• Contextual wayfinding markers, landscaping, and mitigation of visual blight

Eligible applicants include state agencies and local governments providing access to federal lands. In most cases, the project should be no farther than 10 mile from federal lands. Total funding for the state of Missouri is $4.4 million, project size awards will vary and scalable project scopes should be included. 100% federal awards, no match requirement.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: APPLICATIONS OPEN JULY 1, 2025 AND RUN THROUGH OCTOBER 1,2025.

Application can be found here: https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/flap