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U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary

Safe Streets and Roads for All

Federal program · program number 20.939 (the federal Assistance Listing number)

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.

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 Tennessee winners
Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
City of KnoxvilleKnoxville, Knox County$1.7M2026
City of Memphis, TennesseeMemphis, Shelby County$1.5M2026
City of KnoxvilleKnoxville, Knox County$1.2M2024
City of Memphis, TennesseeMemphis, Shelby County$640K2024
City of ClarksvilleClarksville, Montgomery County$583K2026
City of Mount JulietMount Juliet, Wilson County$494K2026
Sevier County GovernmentSevierville, Sevier County$489K2024
City of Mount JulietMount Juliet, Wilson County$266K spent that year2025
Hickman County TennesseeCenterville, Hickman County$248K spent that year2025
Town of SmyrnaSmyrna, Rutherford County$215K2024
Town of SmyrnaSmyrna, Rutherford County$202K spent that year2025
City of Franklin, TennesseeFranklin, Williamson County$198K spent that year2025

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:

Tennessee pass-through grant winners
Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
City of MemphisMemphis, Shelby CountyTennessee Department of Transportation$274K spent that year2025
City of Dickson, TennesseeDickson, Dickson CountyTennessee Department of Transportation$236K spent that year2025
City of ChattanoogaChattanooga, Hamilton CountyTennessee Department of Transportation$149K spent that year2025
City of LebanonLebanon, Wilson CountyState of Tennessee$119K spent that year2025
City of Knoxville, TennesseeKnoxville, Knox CountyFederal Highway Administration Office of Safety$27K spent that year2025
City of BrownsvilleBrownsville, Haywood CountyTennessee Department of Transportation$16K spent that year2024

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

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