Transportation to Support Rural Healthcare – Funding & Opportunities
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Grants for Transportation of Veterans in Highly Rural Areas
Grants for organizations to assist veterans with transportation in highly rural areas. Applicants should provide transportation services to VA medical centers and assist with transportation services in connection with the provision of VA medical care to these veterans.
Grants for organizations to assist veterans with transportation in highly rural areas. Applicants should provide transportation services to VA medical centers and assist with transportation services in connection with the provision of VA medical care to these veterans.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide and U.S. territories
Application Deadline: Aug 18, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Application Deadline: Aug 18, 2025
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
State Rural Transit Assistance Programs (RTAP)
Federally funded state programs that provide training and technical assistance to improve mobility for Americans living in communities with populations less than 50,000. State RTAP funds are often used to provide training for rural and tribal transit agency personnel and to fund scholarships to attend transit-related conferences and training.
Federally funded state programs that provide training and technical assistance to improve mobility for Americans living in communities with populations less than 50,000. State RTAP funds are often used to provide training for rural and tribal transit agency personnel and to fund scholarships to attend transit-related conferences and training.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: Federal Transit Administration, National Rural Transit Assistance Program
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: Federal Transit Administration, National Rural Transit Assistance Program
Strategic Technology Technical Assistance Teams for Transit Agencies
In-person and off site technical assistance for small-urban, rural, and other eligible transit agencies to develop technology action plans to help meet strategic goals.
In-person and off site technical assistance for small-urban, rural, and other eligible transit agencies to develop technology action plans to help meet strategic goals.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: Community Transportation Association of America, National Center for Applied Transit Technology
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: Community Transportation Association of America, National Center for Applied Transit Technology
Tribal Transit Scholarships
Assistance for eligible Tribal transit system employees that would like to attend a National Rural Transit Assistance Program sponsored training, professional development program, or educational conference.
Assistance for eligible Tribal transit system employees that would like to attend a National Rural Transit Assistance Program sponsored training, professional development program, or educational conference.
Geographic coverage: Nationwide
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: Federal Transit Administration, National Rural Transit Assistance Program
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsors: Federal Transit Administration, National Rural Transit Assistance Program
Last Updated: 7/23/2025