Transit Assistance Grant Program
The TAG Program helps qualified nonprofits and associated organizations serving clients with immediate needs by providing grants of up to $50,000 per calendar year in RTD fares.TAG程序更新:
TAG program awardees have been announced. Please scroll below for a list of the organizations awarded.
The Transit Assistance Grant Program is designed to help organizations serving clients with immediate transit needs. RTD has set aside $1 million for this program, which will provide grants of up to $50,000 per calendar year in RTD fares for qualified nonprofit and governmental community/social service organizations. The distributed grants will be in the form of standard paper 10-Ride Ticket books at no cost to grant recipients. The grant recipients must distribute the tickets to their clients or constituents for free.
The application period for calendar year 2024 will be open from January 16, 2024年至2月29日, 2024. A grant program selection panel, 由RTD人员组成, will determine grant recipients based on clear and transparent evaluation criteria.
计划的细节
Immediate needs clients are clients who fit under the criteria defined below:
1. Access to Essential Services: Ensuring that vulnerable populations, 比如老年人, 残疾人士, 低收入的人, clients of the judicial system or others, have reliable transportation to access essential services like groceries, 药店, mental health and medical appointments.
2. Employment Transportation: Facilitating access to employment opportunities by offering transportation options for job seekers or low-wage workers who may not have access to private vehicles.
3. Education and Training: Supporting students, their parents/guardians or individuals pursuing vocational training and education by providing transportation to schools, 大学, child care centers or training centers.
4. 社区 Outreach and Social Services: Assisting nonprofit organizations in reaching out to underserved communities or populations with transportation challenges to deliver critical social services or programs.
5. Crisis Intervention: Transporting individuals in crisis situations, such as domestic violence victims seeking shelter, to safe and supportive environments.
6. Homelessness Support: Offering transportation solutions to help individuals experiencing homelessness access shelters, social services or employment opportunities.
7. Specialized Needs: Catering to the transportation needs of specific vulnerable groups, 比如难民, immigrants or individuals with severe health conditions.
*请注意 Zero Fare for Youth program commenced September 1, 2023 and will be available at least through August 31, 2024. This program serves youth 19 and under to ride at no cost.
需求
To be eligible, organizations must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Serve immediate needs clients. RTD defines immediate needs as listed above
- Use the tickets to help immediate needs clients
- Be in good account standing with RTD
- Agree to only distribute the tickets to its clients
- Agree to provide quarterly reports to RTD documenting how many tickets they have issued and approximately how many unique immediate needs clients received these tickets.
Grant recipients are required to implement a process that informs and assists their clients with enrollment in RTD’s income-based LiVE fare discount program. This process must include the following components at a minimum*:
1. Introduction and overview of the RTD program to all individuals receiving grant tickets
- 收入资格
- LiVE discounted fare prices, available fare products, and LiVE discount identification card
- Length of eligibility period
- How to apply and available assistance
2. Provide RTD LiVE program materials to interested clients (materials provided by RTD)
3. Attend a training webinar provided by RTD
* Please note: this requirement does not apply to clients age 65 and older, 19岁及以下客户, customers that are Medicare recipients or customers that have a RTD-issued Special Discount Card. RTD offers other discounts for these customer groups.
To participate in the program and receive a grant, eligible organizations will be required to enter into an agreement with RTD that includes administrative duties such as intake, processing and fulfillment of orders to qualifying recipients; and record keeping and management of ticket inventory, including reporting of disbursements as described in the agreement.
If you meet the above eligibility criteria and requirements, please submit the following for consideration:
应用
1. A copy of your agency's 501(c)(3) status letter from the IRS. If you are a governmental agency, please provide your FEDERAL I.D. TAX NUMBER within Item #2 below.
2. 你们公司的来信, 用机构信笺抬头, dated and signed by the CEO/Agency Director describing:
- How your agency serves immediate needs clients
- The number of immediate needs clients that need access to transit served annually
- Your intended use of the awarded tickets for immediate needs clients
3. A copy of your mission statement
4. W9
Application Review and Processing of Forms
Your organization’s Transit Assistance Grant Program application will be reviewed using the following criteria:
- Your organization must have nonprofit status, partner with a fiscal agent that has nonprofit status, 或者成为政府机构
- You must serve immediate needs clients as described in the grant description
- An eligibility and documentation process must be in place to ensure that recipients meet the program criteria, and you must agree to review eligibility of continuing recipients annually
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List of 2024 TAG Program Awardees
Adams 12 Five Star Schools
亚当斯县政府
AllHealth网络
几乎家里
一个珍贵的孩子公司
Arapahoe县
Arvada 社区 Food Bank, Inc. dba团体表
亚特兰蒂斯社区公司.
Aurora Arapahoe Battered Women's Shelter DBA Gateway Domestic Violence Services
Aurora 社区 Connection
Aurora Economic Opportunity Coalition (AEOC)
Aurora房屋委员会
Aurora Mental Health and Recovery
奥罗拉公立学校
Aurora Wellness 社区
巴约企业有限公司.
实际利益
Bethany Christian Services Colorado
Boulder Housing Partners
Boulder Shelter for the Homeless
Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado (BIAC)
Brighton Housing Authority
Brother Jeff's Cultural Center
兄弟再开发
CAFI Sustainability Center
有爱心的 & Sharing 社区 资源 and Transformation Center
Center for People With Disabilities
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation on behalf of Children's Hospital Colorado
Christ Lutheran Church - WELS
City and County of Broomfield
奥罗拉市
商贸城
诺斯格伦市
City of Thornton 社区 Connections Division
威斯敏斯特市
麦岭之城
往事一笔勾销
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Colorado Ethiopian 社区
Colorado Health Network, Inc.
Colorado Hosting Asylum Network
Colorado Juvenile Defender Center DBA Transformative Justice Project of Colorado
科罗拉多州法律服务
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center, DBA African Leadership Group
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center, dba Denver Regional Mobility & 访问委员会
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center dba Families Forward Resource Center
Colorado Poverty Law Project
Colorado Village Collaborative
Commun
社区 College of Aurora
社区 Ministry of Southwest Denver
社区 Outreach Service Center
社区 Services of Broomfield, dba Broomfield FISH
CWEE | Center for Work Education and Employment
Denver Adult Probation Department
Denver County Court Probation
Denver Department of Public Health and Environment
Denver District Attorney's Office Diversion Programs
丹佛梦想中心
Denver Economic Development and Opportunity
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Denver Home Healthcare, Inc.
丹佛流浪者之声
丹佛内城区教区
Denver Office of the Municipal Public Defender
Denver Problem Solving Courts
丹佛公共图书馆
丹佛公立学校
丹佛公立学校 Family and 社区 Engagement
丹佛救援任务
Denver Urban Gardens (DUG)
DenverWorks DBA 社区Works
值得牙科
医生照顾
服刑期间
Domestic Violence Initiative for Women with Disabilities
ECDC African 社区 Center of Denver
Emily Griffith Foundation
Empowering Communities Globally
Englewood Municipal Court Navigator Program
英语学习中心
Evergreen Christian Outreach (EChO)
Family Promise of Greater Denver, Inc.
家谱公司.
FAVA (Families Against Violent Acts)
Florence Crittenton Services
Focus Points Family Resource Center
集中再入
落基山脉的食物银行
Foothills Regional Housing
DHA之友
前线农业
Glendale Police Department
科罗拉多州商誉
阿瓦达的格雷斯教堂
GraceFull基金会
GRID Alternatives Colorado
丹佛奠定基础
Grovewood 社区 Development
日益增长的家庭
HAAT Force South Metro, Inc.
勇士之家公司.
干预公司.
它需要一个村庄公司
杰斐逊行动中心有限公司. dba行动中心
杰斐逊公立学校
Jesus on Colfax Ministries
Jewish Family Service of Colorado, Inc.
改善食物救援
儿童第一保健
Laradon Hall Society for Exceptional Children and Adults
La Raza服务公司. service de La Raza . dba
Latina SafeHouse Initiative
主的日用食粮
Luna Cultura, Art, Science, and Culture for Thriving Communities, LLC
Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains
Lutheran Medical Center Foundation
Mercy Housing Mountain Plains
地铁关怀
Metro 社区 Provider Network, Inc., DBA STRIDE 社区 Health Center
米之家资源中心
蜂蜜的组织
哩高联合劝募会
英里高车间
Mission Arvada of The Rising
Montbello Organizing Committee
运动5280
荷兰食品储藏室
Pediatric Care Network, CHCO
项目Worthmore
Esperanza的Promotores
普罗维登斯网络
RecoveryWorks
Rocky Mountain Human Services
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
Rocky Mountain Welcome Center
玫瑰随机中心
SafeHouse Denver公司.
Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (SPAN)
第二机会中心有限公司.
长者援助中心
高级支援服务
Sister Carmen 社区 Center
人人都可以吃公司
清醒的房子
圣公会. Vincent de Paul-Denver Metro Council
科罗拉多特奥会
Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning
圣弗朗西斯中心
街道上的希望
Struggle of Love Foundation
太阳谷青年中心
Teach by Tech, Inc
团队Colfax
蓝色长凳
The 社区 Firm dba The 社区 Economic Defense Project
冲突中心
德洛丽丝计划
The Don't Look Back Center
The East Denver Colfax Partnership, Inc. 传真合伙人
赋权计划
聚会地点
The International Rescue Committee in Denver
The Papagayo Organization, Inc.
The Reciprocity Collective
救世军
说书人计划
第三路中心
汤姆·李·查里厄特
University of Colorado Infectious Disease Group Practice
城市高峰
维加学院
乡村交流中心
Volunteers of America Colorado
沃伦村
West 社区 Economic Development Corp (DBA BuCu West)
Wezesha达达中心
职业生涯的伙伴关系
Work Options for Women (DBA Work Options)
第一年公司. DBA Mile High Youth Corps
青年见过