Hybrid & Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) – California Air Resource Board (CARB)
Deadline: May, 2022
HVIP Approved Dealers, purchasers, and fleets, HVIP-eligible OEM.
Provides discounts at the time of sale to vehicle purchasers.
Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis beginning on March 30, 2022. As of May 4, HVIP is still accepting applications.
For FY21-22, $196.6 million is available for standard HVIP voucher requests. Additionally, the following set-aside funds will also become available: $65.5 million for public transit buses; approximately $46 million for class 8 tractors performing drayage operations; $122 million for the Public School Bus Set-Aside for Small and Medium Air Districts
Transformative Climate Communities Program Implementation Grant – Strategic Growth Council
Deadline: July 1, 2022
CBOs, local governments, nonprofits (including coalitions of associations), philanthropic organizations and foundations, faith-based organizations, community development finance institutions, community development corporations, JPAs, and Native American tribal governments. There must be a minimum of one lead applicant, in addition to co-applicants.
Applicants must implement at least three projects associated with the following strategies: equitable housing and neighborhood development, affordable housing land acquisition, transit access, and mobility, solar installation and energy efficiency, water efficiency, recycling and waste management, urban greening and green infrastructure, land conservation, health and well-being. The list of eligible activities and fundable elements are defined in Appendix B of the Round 3 Program Guidelines.
Funding is typically available on an annual basis. The NOFA for Round 4 was released on March 8, 2022, with application pre-proposals due on April 22, 2022, and final proposals for implementation and planning grant applications are due July 1, 2022.
Approximately $106 million is available for Round 4.
Large
High
3 out of 4 proposals funded in Round 3 (2019/2020).
Tribal Transit Program – Federal Transit Administration
Deadline: May 25, 2022, by 11:59 p.m. ET
Federally recognized Native American tribes and Alaska Native villages. Non-federally recognized tribes are eligible to apply as a sub-recipient for funding under the State’s apportionment.
Planning, capital improvement projects, and, in limited circumstances, operating assistance for tribal public transit services.
Applications have a deadline of May 25, 2022, by 11:59 p.m. ET.
$8.75 million available in competitive grants; no local match is required. Formula grant allocations are listed on the program’s website.
Small
Low to Medium
36 tribal governments were awarded in 2022, 2 of which are from California. Under the formula component, 132 project proposals were awarded funding in 2022, 9 of which are from California.
Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program – Federal Transit Administration
Deadline: May 31, 2022 by 11:59 p.m. ET
Designated recipients that allocate funds to fixed-route bus operators, states, or local governmental authorities that operate fixed-route bus service, and Native American tribes.
Buses and bus facilities capital projects, including replacing, rehabilitating, purchasing or leasing buses or related equipment, and rehabilitating, purchasing, constructing or leasing bus-related facilities.
Applications are typically accepted on an annual basis. Applications are currently accepted with a deadline of May 31, 2022, by 11:59 p.m. ET.
$372 million is available in competitive grants fro FY 2022.
Small, Medium, and Large
To be determined
96 projects were funded in 49 states and territories. 5 projects were funded in California (2020).
Infill Infrastructure Grant Program – California Department of Housing and Community Development
Deadline: June 28, 2022 by 4:00 p.m.
A nonprofit or for-profit Developer of a Qualifying Infill Project; a city, county, city and county, public housing authority, or redevelopment agency and/or successor agencies that have jurisdiction over a Qualifying Infill Area applying jointly with an “owners’ association,”; the governing body of an Indian reservation or rancheria that has jurisdiction over a Qualifying Infill Area or a Tribally Designated Housing Entity that is the Developer of a Qualifying Infill Project.
Construction of new infill development and rehabilitation of infrastructure that supports higher-density affordable and mixed-income housing including but not limited to active transportation, parks and open space, stormwater, street repair, transit, and water-related improvements.
The most recent application window closed in July 2021. Applications are currently being accepted, with a deadline of June 28, 2022, by 4:00 p.m.
$200 million are available for Round 8 (2022).
For Qualifying Infill Projects, the minimum grant award is $1 million ($500,000 for rural areas) with a maximum of $7.5 million. For Qualifying Infill Areas with over 200 units, the minimum grant award is $2 million ($1 million for rural areas) with a maximum of $30 million.
Small, Medium, and Large
High
35 out of 99 proposals funded in Round 7 (FY 2020/2021).
Expedited Project Delivery Pilot Program – Federal Transit Administration
Deadline: Ongoing
State or local government authorities.
Transit pilot project that is a new fixed guideway capital project, small start project, or core capacity improvement project that has not entered into a full funding grant agreement with FTA.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until up to eight grants are awarded, subject to funding availability.
$225 million (2020).
Large
To be determined
Infrastructure State Revolving Fund (ISRF) Program – California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank
Deadline: Ongoing
Cities, counties, special districts, assessment districts, JPAs, and nonprofits.
Local streets, highways, drainage, water, sewer, waste, transit, parks, and other public utilities and facilities.
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis. The ISRF Board considers applications at monthly meetings.
$50,000 – $25 million loans, with terms for the useful life of the project up to a maximum of 30 years.
Small, Medium, and Large
Medium to High
This funding program provides loans to qualified applicants on a non-competitive basis.
Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) – California Department of Transportation
Deadline: Ongoing
Local transportation agencies.
Assitance to develop local roadway safety plans.
There is no application deadline. Caltrans will continue to accept applications as long as the funding is available.
$18 million is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
To be determined
To be determined
Low or No Emission Vehicle Program – Federal Transit Administration
Deadline: May 31, 2022, by 11:59 p.m. ET.
States, local government entities, Native American tribes, and designated recipients.
Purchase or lease of low or no emission buses and related equipment, facilities, workforce development and training.
Applications are currently being accepted with a deadline of May 31, 2022, by 11:59 p.m. ET.
$1.1 billion in competitive grants is available for FY 2022.
Small to Medium
Medium
49 proposals funded nationwide. 3 out of the 49 selected proposals were from the State of California (2021).
Zero-Emission Transit, School and Shuttle Buses – California Air Resources Board
Deadline: Ongoing
Owners of transit buses, school buses, and shuttle buses, Native American Tribes, agencies that are the lessors of applicable transit.
New zero-emission replacement buses for owners of transit, school and shuttle buses.
Applications are accepted on a continuous basis. Funding for transit and shuttle buses is still available. However, funding for zero-emission school buses is no longer available and is currently oversubscribed.
$130 million is available on a first-come, first-served basis in 2019.
Small to Medium
To be determined
