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NOTICE The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), Office of Transit is now offering applications for Section 5310 Specializing Transportation Capital Assistance. ELIGIBILITY: The Section 5310 Program serves areas where accessible public transit for the elderly and persons with disabilities is unavailable, inadequate or inappropriate. The program provides vehicles and related accessibility equipment to private non-profit organizations and eligible public bodies involved in transporting elderly persons and persons with disabilities. FUNDING: The federal government will fund eighty percent (80%) of the project costs. The grantee will provide the remaining twenty percent (20%). Indiana will distribute about $2.6 million. Typically, INDOT funds about 45 applicants per funding cycle. TIME FRAME. Application packages are available through February 12, 2010. Completed applications are due on March 5, 2010. Anticipated vehicle delivery is by May 2011. Interested parties may access the application at http://www.in.gov/indot/3126.htm To receive technical assistance (via telephone or e-mail) regarding the application, please contact: Brian Jones Section 5310 Program Manager Indiana Department of Transportation Office of Transit 100 North Senate, Room N955 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2216 #317/232-1493 bjones@indot.in.gov INDOT can also arrange to provide technical assistance at your agency if needed. o22
