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media for clients would be considered farebox revenue. A voluntary or mandatory fee that a <br />college, university, or similar institution imposes on all its students for free or discounted transit <br />service is not farebox revenue. Farebox revenue must be used to reduce total operating expenses <br />(treated as revenue). <br />Funds received pursuant to a service agreement with a State or local social service agency or a <br />private social service organization may be used as local match. Income from contracts to <br />provide human service transportation may be used either to reduce the net project cost (treated <br />as revenue) or to provide local match for Section 5311 operating assistance. In either case, the <br />cost of providing the contract service is included in the total project cost. <br />The manner in which a subrecipient applies income from human service agencies to a project <br />affects the calculation of net operating expenses and, therefore, the amount of Section 5311 <br />operating assistance the project is eligible to receive. <br />* ** System requests may not go over the federal and state amount allocated. <br />Sources of Local Match. Local match for the remainder of net project costs may be provided <br />from: <br />An undistributed cash surplus, a replacement cash fund or reserve, a service agreement <br />with a State or local social service agency or a private social service organization; or <br />Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to a department or agency of the <br />Government (other than the [U.S.] Department of Transportation) that are eligible to be <br />expended for transportation. <br />Note: Fare box revenue is not an applicable source of local match. <br />Examples of non - Federal sources that may be used for any or all of the local share include: State <br />or local appropriations; dedicated tax revenues; private donations; and net income generated <br />from advertising and concessions. <br />Subrecipients may use funds from other non -DOT Federal agencies (e.g., employment training, <br />aging, community services, vocational rehabilitation services, and TANF) for the entire local <br />match if the other agency makes the funds available to the recipient for the purposes of the <br />project. Any non -DOT Federal funds used as local match must be used for activities included in <br />total net project costs of this grant. <br />Net Operating Expenses = Total Eligible Operating Expenses - Fare Revenues <br />Cost Participation: The Federal share for net - operating expenses may not exceed 50 %. <br />ONLY the systems listed below are eligible for STATE OPERATING Funds and must <br />apply for a development grant <br />W <br />