Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Pilot Program

What's New

On June 6, 2024, FTA announced that 17 projects in 15 states will receive $7.8 million in Fiscal Year 2023, 2024 and prior year competitive grant funding for projects that improve access to vital services for older adults, people with disabilities, and in low-income communities. View the FY24 Project Implementation Guidance and FY24 ICAM FAQs.

Overview

The Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility (ICAM) Pilot Program seeks to improve access to public transportation by building partnerships among health, transportation and other service providers. This program provides competitive funding to support innovative projects for transportation disadvantaged populations that will improve the coordination of transportation services and non-emergency medical transportation services.

Allocation of Funding

There is no minimum or maximum grant award amount; however, FTA intends to fund as many meritorious projects as possible. Due to funding limitations, projects selected for funding may receive less than the amount requested. In those cases, applicants must be able to demonstrate that the proposed projects are still viable and can be completed with the amount awarded.

Grantee Final Reports

Section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act requires that: The Secretary shall make publicly available an annual report on the pilot program carried out under this subsection for each fiscal year...The report shall include a detailed description of the activities carried out under the pilot program and an evaluation of the program, including an evaluation of the performance measures described in paragraph (3)(D).

In order to develop the Annual Report, FTA collects Grantee Final Reports that showcase ICAM project goals and objectives, progress, and lessons learned.

Eligible Recipients

Eligible applicants are organizations that are eligible to be recipients and subrecipients of the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program, (defined under 49 U.S.C. 5310):

designated recipients
states and local governmental authorities
private nonprofit organizations
operators of public transportation

Proposals may contain projects to be implemented by the recipient or its subrecipients.

Eligible Activities

The ICAM Pilot Program awards funds competitively to finance innovative capital projects for the transportation disadvantaged populations that improve the coordination of non-emergency medical transportation services.

Statutory References

Section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. 114-94, Dec. 4, 2015) authorizes FTA to award grants for the ICAM Pilot Program for transportation disadvantaged populations that improve the coordination of transportation services and non-emergency medical transportation services.

Funding Availability

Grantees will have up to 24 months from the time of the award to complete the project. Within the first year, projects must be able to demonstrate impacts related to the expected outcome as described in the application.

Funds under the ICAM Pilot Program may be used for capital expenditures only.

Match

The maximum federal share of project costs under the ICAM Pilot Program is 80 percent. The applicant provides a local share of at least 20 percent of the net project cost and must document the source of the local match in the grant application.

Eligible local-match sources include:

cash from non-government sources other than revenues from providing public transportation services;
revenues derived from the sale of advertising and concessions;
revenues generated from value capture financing mechanisms;
funds from an undistributed cash surplus;
replacement or depreciation cash fund or reserve;
new capital; or
in-kind contributions.

In addition, the applicant may use transportation development credits for local match.

Grant Type: Competitive

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