U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary
Safe Streets and Roads for All
Key facts
- Open now
- None right now
- Closed for this year
- 1 grant, next round estimated
- Type of help
- Grant
- Typical award
- The legislation does not specify minimum or maximum award amounts. For Planning and Demonstration Grants, the approximated minimum is $100,000 and an approximated maximum of $10,000,000. For Implementation Grants,...
- Deadlines
- Contact the headquarters location, as appropriate for application deadlines. Approximate application start date is end of February and the application window is expected to have multiple deadlines up until the end of...
Closed for this year
This year's round is over. GrantMe estimated the next round from last year's dates.
- Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding Opportunity · Next round: about Mar 27 – May 26, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
What it pays for
The SS4A program funds regional, local, and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway fatalities and serious injuries.
Who can apply
Eligible funding recipients include: Metropolitan Planning Organizations; political subdivisions of a State�(e.g., city, county, town, state university, etc..); Federally recognized Tribal governments; and multijurisdictional groups of entities comprised of the above.
Local governments are eligible funding recipients, but State-designated Indian Tribes are not eligible funding recipients.
How applications are judged
In each year's official notice: Safe Streets and Roads for All Funding Opportunity
Match
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.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal year 2022: See https://www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/2022-awards for descriptions of funded projects
Fiscal year 2023: 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-list
Fiscal year 2024: 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...
Who in Tennessee has won this program
26 awards to Tennessee groups since 2023 · 1 in Blount County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Knoxville | Knoxville, Knox County | $1.7M | 2026 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $1.5M | 2026 |
| City of Knoxville | Knoxville, Knox County | $1.2M | 2024 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $640K | 2024 |
| City of Clarksville | Clarksville, Montgomery County | $583K | 2026 |
| City of Mount Juliet | Mount Juliet, Wilson County | $494K | 2026 |
| Sevier County Government | Sevierville, Sevier County | $489K | 2024 |
| City of Mount Juliet | Mount Juliet, Wilson County | $266K spent that year | 2025 |
| Hickman County Tennessee | Centerville, Hickman County | $248K spent that year | 2025 |
| Town of Smyrna | Smyrna, Rutherford County | $215K | 2024 |
| Town of Smyrna | Smyrna, Rutherford County | $202K spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Franklin, Tennessee | Franklin, Williamson County | $198K spent that year | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse.
Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Transportation
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Transportation passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 6 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Blount County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | Tennessee Department of Transportation | $274K spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Dickson, Tennessee | Dickson, Dickson County | Tennessee Department of Transportation | $236K spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Chattanooga | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | Tennessee Department of Transportation | $149K spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Lebanon | Lebanon, Wilson County | State of Tennessee | $119K spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Knoxville, Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | Federal Highway Administration Office of Safety | $27K spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Brownsville | Brownsville, Haywood County | Tennessee Department of Transportation | $16K spent that year | 2024 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).