Safe Streets and Roads for All

CFDA 20.939 Active Grant
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Program Funding

Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.

Latest annual funding (estimated)
$980M FY2026
$1.24B
FY24
$980M
FY25
$980M
FY26*
* estimated

Who has received this funding

Organizations awarded under CFDA 20.939 (USAspending.gov).

Funded Projects

Examples of what this program has supported.

FY2025 Awards have not yet been made for the FY25 selection round.

Program Objective

The SS4A program funds regional, local, and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway fatalities and serious injuries.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants

  • Federally Recognized Tribal Government
  • Municipality/Township Government
  • U.S. Territory Government
  • County Government
  • School District
  • Local Government Consortium
  • Planning Commission
  • Airport Authority
  • Port Authority
  • Transit Authority
  • Other Special District Government
  • Local
  • Tribal
  • Territorial

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 to Apply

Award Procedure

SS4A are to be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that meet statutory requirements. SS4A funds may be used to develop and implement Comprehensive Safety Action Plans. Communities selected for an award are anticipated to have a grant agreement finalized within twelve months after awards have been announced.

Decision Timeline

  • Approval: > 180 Days

Statute requires awards to be made no later than 270 days after the release of the funding opportunity.

Program details & compliance

Description

The Safe Streets and Roads for All discretionary grant program provides funding to support local, regional, and Tribal initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets. This program was established the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Eligible applicants are: Metropolitan planning organizations; political subdivisions of a State; Federally-recognized Tribal governments; and multijurisdictional groups comprised of the above.

The funds can be used to: develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan; conduct planning, design, and development activities; and carry out projects and strategies identified in a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.

Mission Categories

Primary: Highways, Public Roads, and Bridges

Use of Funds

Allowed Uses

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act authorizes the Safe Streets and Roads for All Program, with $5 billion in advanced appropriations for fiscal years (FY) 2022 through 2026, to be awarded by DOT on a competitive basis to projects that meet statutory requirements. Eligible activities include: develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan; conduct planning, design, and development activities; and carry out projects and strategies identified in a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.

Required Documentation

Applicants must: Obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number; Register with the System Award for Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov; Register to submit applications through Valid Eval, an online submission proposal system used by USDOT; 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles applies to this program.

Matching Requirements

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.

Reporting & Compliance

Records Retention
3 years

Applicable 2 CFR 200 Subparts

  • Subpart B — General Provisions
  • Subpart C — Pre-Federal Award Requirements
  • Subpart D — Post-Federal Award Requirements
  • Subpart E — Cost Principles
  • Subpart F — Audit Requirements

Contacts

Paul D. Teicher
2023664114
1200 New Jersey Ave SE W84-322, Washington, DC 20590
Data from SAM.gov Federal Assistance Listings. Source published: 2026-01-16. Spec v2.0. Last synced: 2026-05-29 05:43:45.