Supplemental Public Sector Training Grants

Supplemental Public Sector Training Grants (SPST): to facilitate the training of instructors, thereby increasing the number of training instructors available to conduct hazardous materials responder training programs for individuals with statutory responsibility to respond to hazardous materials accidents and incidents. This Assistance Listing 20.713 created in July 2025 was included in the previous ALN 20.703, please refer to former ALN 20.703 for FY24 and FY25 financial obligations. The new Assistance Listing 20.713 will be utilized by DOT at the start of FY 2026.

The SPST Grant Program is open to national nonprofit fire service organizations to train instructors to conduct HAZMAT response training programs for individuals with statutory responsibility to respond to HAZMAT accidents and incidents; and to train individuals with the responsibility to respond to accidents and incidents involving HAZMAT. For the purposes of the SPST Grant Program, a nonprofit organization is a business that has been granted tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) because it furthers a social cause and provides a public benefit. As described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, eligible nonprofit organizations cannot use Federal funds for lobbying activities defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. "For-profit" organizations are not eligible applicants for the SPST grant program.

SPST: Grants made to national nonprofit fire service organizations will be in accordance with the following selection criteria: How applicants intend to accomplish training for instructors of individuals with statutory responsibility to respond to accidents and incidents involving hazardous materials supporting diverse States and Tribes curriculum ; the applicant�s analysis of the regions or locations in which fire departments or other organizations providing emergency response to hazardous materials transportation accidents and incidents are in need of hazardous materials training and the applicant�s method of identifying these needs ; the applicant�s prioritization of training needs and the applicant�s explanation of the means for identifying additional specific future training needs ; the applicant�s prioritization of specific program tasks to be performed and the cost of each task. Since PHMSA expects that the number of applications will exceed the amount of funding, the prioritization is critical; the applicant�s statement of work for the upcoming budget period that describes and set priorities for the activities and tasks to be conducted, the costs associated with each activity, the number and types of deliverables and products to be completed, and a schedule for implementation.

Match: none required (federal program listing). This program has MOE requirements, see funding agency for further details. This program has MOE requirements; see the funding agency for further details. Additional Information: The statutory formula does not apply to this assistance listing. The matching requirements do not apply to this assistance listing. MOE requirements do not apply to this assistance listing.

Fiscal year 2025: Hazmat Technician TtT courses, Confined Space TtT classes, Hazardous Materials Operations TtT