2017-536 Aging - City of Durham - Pass-Through Agreement for Allocation, Disbursement and Accounting of the Section 5310 Funds

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DCHC-MPO • ADA or CAA1 compliant vehicles—85% Fed/15% Local Match • ADA or CAA vehicle-related equipment (on and attached to the vehicle)—90% Fed/10% local Income from contracts to provide human service transportation may be used either to reduce net project cost (treated as revenue)or to provide local match for Section 5310 operating assistance. No FTA program funds can be used as a source of local match for other FTA programs. Matching share requirements are flexible to encourage coordination with other federal programs that may provide transportation, such Health and Human Service or Medicaid. Some examples of sources of local match which may be used for any portion of local shares include: • State or local appropriations; • Other non-DOT Federal funds eligible to be expended for transportation; • Private donations; • Revenue from human service contracts; • Net income generated from advertising and concessions. • Income from contracts to provide human service transportation. Local match may be derived from other Federal funds derived from Federal programs that are eligible to be expended for transportation, other than from the DOT programs. Examples of types of programs that are potential sources of local match for Section 5310 include: • employment training, • aging, • medical, • community services, and • rehabilitation services. To be eligible for local match for FTA funds, the other Federal funds must be used for activities included in the total net project costs of the FTA grant. Expenditure of other Federal funds for transportation outside of the scope of the project cannot be applied as a credit for local match in the FTA grant. Specific program information for other types of Federal funding is available at www.unitedweride.gov. Project Selection Criteria and Method of Distributing Funds Project funds will be awarded through a competitive selection process.The process will begin every two years during the spring with a call for projects.After receipt of applications by the DCHC-MPO staff, applications will then be forwarded to the Subcommittee of the DCHC's Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC).The Subcommittee will review and score all applications and make a selection based on the responsiveness of individual applications. Representatives of this subcommittee are very familiar with local human service agencies, the target population documented in the CPT-HSTP, and the transportation issues affecting this target population. After scoring the proposals,the Transit Subcommittee will recommend projects for funding to the TCC. 1 CAA is the Clean Air Act of 1990 Approved by DCHC MPO TAC 6.11.14 Page 6