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NRC Capitol Clips: FTA Seeks Proposals for Next Round of Veterans Transportation & Community Living Grants
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Federal news affecting community transportation. Tuesday, February 7, 2012. FTA Seeks Proposals for Next Round of Veterans Transportation and Community Living Grants. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has just published a notice inviting applications for a new round of funds under its Veterans Transportation and Community Living Initiative (VTCLI). The notice appears in the February 7, 2012, Federal Register, and also is on-line at the FTA Veterans web page, www.fta.dot.gov/veterans. Bus and bus f...
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NRC Capitol Clips: VA Proposes Rules on Forthcoming Transportation Grant Program
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Federal news affecting community transportation. Tuesday, January 3, 2012. VA Proposes Rules on Forthcoming Transportation Grant Program. On May 5, 2010 (P.L. 111-163). The legislation authorized $3 million per year from FY 2010 through FY 2014, and called upon VA to establish a program of $50,000 grants during this period to help states and local veterans service organizations address veterans' medical transportation needs in highly rural areas. Comments are due February 28, 2012. Add Post To: Digg.
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NRC Capitol Clips: January 2012
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Federal news affecting community transportation. Thursday, January 12, 2012. Federal Transit Administration Shows Grantees the Money. Runs 71 pages in length, most of which is taken up in tables showing allocations of FTA's various formula-based grants to states and urbanized areas, along with a healthy dose of other useful and important information. Although no substitution for reading the notice yourself, here are a few interesting aspects to this year's apportionments notice:. Add Post To: Digg. On Ma...
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NRC Capitol Clips: December 2010
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Federal news affecting community transportation. Monday, December 27, 2010. CDL-Holding Drivers: Don't Use Handheld Devices While Driving. Drivers who are required under federal law to hold Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDLs) would be prohibited from using cellphones or similar handheld devices for conversation or texting while driving, under a rule proposed last week by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Add Post To: Digg. Posted by Chris Zeilinger, Assistant Director, CTAA. Today o...
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NRC Capitol Clips: November 2010
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Federal news affecting community transportation. Wednesday, November 10, 2010. HHS Publishes FMAP rates for 2012. One of the most important numbers for state budgeting and other purposes is the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, or FMAP. At its core, this number represents the rate at which the federal government will reimburse states for medical services they provide through Medicaid. But FMAP rates also are used in a number of other federal programs, including the Children's Health Insurance Program.
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NRC Capitol Clips: February 2012
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Federal news affecting community transportation. Tuesday, February 7, 2012. FTA Seeks Proposals for Next Round of Veterans Transportation and Community Living Grants. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has just published a notice inviting applications for a new round of funds under its Veterans Transportation and Community Living Initiative (VTCLI). The notice appears in the February 7, 2012, Federal Register, and also is on-line at the FTA Veterans web page, www.fta.dot.gov/veterans. Bus and bus f...
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NRC Capitol Clips: Federal Appropriations - the year-end wrap
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Federal news affecting community transportation. Friday, December 23, 2011. Federal Appropriations - the year-end wrap. First, from the "Minibus," which was signed into law last month:. Then, from the "Megabus," which Congress sent to Pres. Obama on December 17 for his signature:. Medicaid funding is estimated at $270.7 billion in FY 2012, which would be a 4 percent increase from FY 2011. Workforce Investment Act programs continue their gradual decline, and are funded at $4.9 billion in FY 2012. Posted b...
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NRC Capitol Clips: Incremental Steps Forward
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Federal news affecting community transportation. Thursday, September 22, 2011. The mass media may have been abuzz over the recent setback when the House failed to consider a temporary continuing resolution for the federal government's spending (for example, the Los Angeles Times. Reported "House rejects government funding bill as shutdown looms"). Reality hasn't yet been quite so dire. Consider the following bits that have taken place on Capitol Hill in the past few days:. 1 A short-term extension. 4 The...
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NRC Capitol Clips: May 2011
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Federal news affecting community transportation. Monday, May 2, 2011. Mobility Management, Transportation can be funded through HUD Family Self-Sufficiency Grants. Recently, the US Dept of Housing and Urban Developmen. Specifically, HUD has released notices of funding availability. Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency. Grant applications are due to HUD by June 8, 2011. Public and Indian Housing Family Self-Sufficiency. Grant applications are due to HUD by June 29, 2011. Add Post To: Digg. Worki...
