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Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility grants | WSDOT Public transportation grants Public transportation grant programs and awards Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility formula grants Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility grants These competitive and transit formula grants sustain and expand services to people with disabilities, seniors, children, and people living in rural areas.
The competitive grants cannot be applied for independently. WSDOT awards these grants as part of the Consolidated Grant program. Paratransit/Special Needs This grant is supported by state funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) (55.
5 percent). The CCA supports Washington’s climate action efforts by putting cap-and-invest dollars to work reducing climate pollution, creating jobs, and improving public health. Information about the CCA is available at www.
climate. wa. gov. This grant is also supported by funding from the Multimodal Account (44.
5 percent). Paratransit/Special Needs formula grants assist transit agencies around the state in sustaining and expanding services to people with disabilities, seniors, and children. Competitive grants assist nonprofits with the same goal.
Rural Mobility formula grants support transit agencies in providing public transportation services in rural and small urban service areas. The funds for these grants are based on sales tax expenditures, including money spent in county locations outside of the transit agency service area.
Rural Mobility competitive grants assist tribes, nonprofits, and transit agencies to sustain and expand public transportation services to rural areas of the state. Formula and competitive funds can also be used to purchase vehicles and equipment to support these public transportation services. This table provides an overview of the $131.
1 million in total Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility formula and competitive funds awarded. The Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility formula columns provide an overview of the $116. 4 million in formula funds awarded to 31 transit agencies for the 2025-2027 biennium.
WSDOT awarded $108. 4 million in Paratransit/Special Needs formula funding to transit agencies for the 2025-2027 biennium. WSDOT awarded $8 million in Rural Mobility formula funding to transit agencies for the 2026 state fiscal year.
These funds are distributed annually. The Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility competitive grants columns provide an overview of the $14. 7 million in competitive funds awarded to 33 organizations through the 2025-2027 Consolidated Grant competitive process.
An advisory committee established the ranking criteria for the process, incorporating priorities identified by regional planning councils and WSDOT. WSDOT awarded $3. 6 million in Paratransit/Special Needs competitive funding.
WSDOT awarded $11. 1 million in Rural Mobility competitive funding. More information about each of the Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility competitive grants is available on the Consolidated Grant Program webpage .
Paratransit/Special Needs formula funds Paratransit/Special Needs Asotin County PTBA (Asotin County Public Transportation Benefit Area) $111,645 Ben Franklin Transit (Benton Franklin Public Transportation) $6,837,497 Catholic Community Services of Western Washington – Snohomish County $0 Central Transit (City of Ellensburg) $6,999 Clallam Transit System (Clallam County Public Transportation Benefit Area) $1,011,603 Coastal CAP (Coastal Community Action Program) $0 Columbia County Public Transportation $653,352 Community Action of Skagit County $0 Community Transit (Snohomish County Public Transit Benefit Area Corp.) $3,610,823 C-TRAN (Clark County Public Transit Agency) $6,741,905 Everett Transit (City of Everett) $2,514,315 Garfield County Transportation Authority $145,969 Grant Transit Authority (Grant County Public Transportation Benefit Area) $2,193,665 Grays Harbor Transit (Grays Harbor Transportation Authority) $941,607 Intercity Transit $6,943,314 Island Transit (Island County Public Transportation Benefit Area) $2,571,785 Jefferson Transit (Jefferson Transit Authority) $642,688 King County Metro Transit $32,524,338 Kitsap Transit (Kitsap County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority) $6,450,822 Lewis County Transit (Lewis Public Transportation Benefit Area) $2,136,969 Link Transit (Chelan Douglas Public Transportation Benefit Area) $3,069,931 Mason Transit Authority (Mason County Public Transportation Benefit Area) $3,103,586 Mt.
Adams Transportation Service (Klickitat County Senior Services) $0 Northshore Senior Center $0 Pacific Transit System (Pacific County Public Transportation Benefit Area) $300,602 Pierce County Human Services $0 Pierce Transit (Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation) $7,156,987 Puget Sound Educational Service District $0 Pullman Transit (City of Pullman) $403,618 RiverCities Transit (City of Longview) $612,104 Rural Resources Community Action $0 Selah Transit (City of Selah) $22,244 Senior Services of Snohomish County $0 Skagit Council of Governments $0 Skagit Transit (Skagit Transit System) $2,438,502 Skamania County Senior Services (Skamania County) $0 SnoTRAC (Snohomish County Transportation Coalition) $0 Special Mobility Services Inc. $0 Spokane Transit Authority $8,043,612 TRPC (Thurston Regional Planning Council) $0 TranGO (Okanogan County Transit Authority) $100,198 TransServe (TransServepnp) $0 Union Gap Transit (City of Union Gap) $89,037 Volunteers of America Western Washington $0 Whatcom Council of Governments $0 Whatcom Transportation Authority $5,625,942 To stay informed about WSDOT public transportation grants, you can register in GovDelivery .
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