69A345 Office of the Under Secretary for Policy · Department of Transportation
Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding Opportunity
Key facts
- Deadline
- Done for this year · next round expected Mar 27 – May 26, 2027
- Award size
- $100K – $25M
- Total available
- $993.5M · about 500 awards
- Cost share / match ?
- Required
- Who can apply
- City or town government, County government, School district, Tribal government, Other (see eligibility), Special district (utility, fire, etc.), Public college or university
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
Before you apply: federal grants require an active SAM.gov registration (Unique Entity ID) and a Grants.gov account. Registration is free but can take weeks, so start now, not when the deadline is close. Grant-ready checklist
How this fits you
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- Requires a cost share / match
Tell us who you are to see whether you're eligible.
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Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/c4465027-52de-40b5-889f-d2686880628a · Printed from grantme.click/grants/ef65fa05-99e6-4ff1-96e5-6392338a54e8
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About this grant
The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications for Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grants. Funds for the fiscal year (FY) 2026 SS4A grant program are to be awarded on a competitive basis to support planning and demonstration activities, as well as projects and strategies to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets for all users.
Applicants must submit their applications via Valid Eval at:
Planning and Demonstration Grants: https://usg.valideval.com/teams/usdot_ss4a_2026_planning_demo/signup
Implementation Grants: https://usg.valideval.com/teams/usdot_ss4a_2026_implementation/signup
DO NOT SUBMIT APPLICATIONS THROUGH GRANTS.GOV
All applications must be submitted by 5:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Applications cannot be submitted into Valid Eval after the deadline. Late applications will not be considered unless there is a technical issue directly caused by the online proposal submission system (Valid Eval), and the applicant contacts Valid Eval at support@valideval.com describing the technical issue no later than 1:00 PM ET on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
Eligibility (from the notice)
Eligible applicants include a metropolitan planning organization (MPO); a political subdivision of a State or territory; and a multijurisdictional group of entities described in any of the aforementioned three types of entities.
About the program (20.939)
Safe Streets and Roads for All
How applications are judged
The selection criteria are published in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula.
The Federal share of a SS4A grant may not exceed eighty (80) percent of total eligible project costs. Recipients are required to contribute a local matching share of no less than twenty (20) percent of eligible project costs. All matching funds must be from non-Federal sources. In accordance with 2 CFR � 200.306, Grant recipients may use in-kind or cash contributions toward local match requirements so long as those contributions meet the requirements under 2 CFR � 200.306(b). Tribal Transportation Program funding may be used by federally-recognized Tribal governments as non-Federal match.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2022: See https://www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/2022-awards for descriptions of funded projectsFiscal Year2023: 48 Implementation Grant awards were made in FY 2023. For example, the City of Fayetteville Arkansas received $25 million in Federal funding to address roadway safety problems.
Descriptions of the funded projects are located here: https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2023-12/SS4A-2023-Implementation-Grant-Award-Fact-Sheets.pdf.
572 Planning and Demonstration awards were made. Descriptions of the funded projects are located here: https://www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/2023-full-award-listFiscal Year2024: 70 Implementation Grant awards were made in FY 2024. For example, the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska received $24.9 million to implement safety improvements along the Bragaw Street Corridor. Descriptions of the funded projects are located here:https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2024-09/SS4A_FY-24_Implementation_Grant_Project_Summaries.pdf
383 Planning and Demonstration Grants were awarded as well. For example, the City of Walla Walla Washington received $320,000 to develop a safer crossings plan, a citywide...