Human Resources Funding

Independent living van
Photo Credit: Southeast Alaska Independent Living, Juneau

FTA 5310 Program
Grants and loans to state and local governmental authorities to help them provide mass transportation service planned, designed, and carried out to meet the special needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.

FTA 5316 Program
Grants designed to transport welfare recipients and low income individuals to and from jobs and job related activities, and to develop transportation services for residents of urban centers and rural and suburban areas to support suburban employment opportunities.

FTA 5317 Program
Grants to encourage services and facility improvements to address the transportation needs of persons with disabilities that go beyond those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The program, also known as New Freedom, provides grants for capital and operations assistance.

Alaska Mental HealthTrust Program (AMHT)
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority funds each year the Coordinated/Non-coordinated Transportation Program for the benefit of all the beneficiaries identified by the Trust Board of Directors, which includes those with mental illness, developmental disabilities, Alzheimer’s and other dementias, chronic alcoholism, and traumatic brain injury.

 

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