Nebraska DOT Offers Funding for Transportation Services For Elderly, Disabled Persons
Lincoln – The Nebraska Department of Transportation announced funds are available to private nonprofit organizations and governmental entities for transportation needs of elderly persons and persons with disabilities for whom mass transportation services are unavailable, insufficient or inappropriate. Eligible applicants include private non-profit organizations incorporated within Nebraska and governmental entities.
Governmental entities must certify that there are no nonprofit agencies in the service area readily able to provide the service. Applications will be accepted from qualified entities in the small urban and rural areas of the state.
The program is funded through the Federal Transit Administration’s Section 5310 program, which requires a local match and is managed by the Nebraska Department of Transportation. The program is to provide assistance for the purchase of vehicles and related equipment, certain technologies and purchase of service.
Applications are available on the nebraskatransit.com website or by contacting Marisue Wagner at 402-479-3127. Applications must be received no later than Sept. 30, 2019.
-– Nebraskas DOT
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