Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program

The United Stated States Department of Transportation (USDOT) is requesting applications for the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) discretionary grant program through the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). 

The RCP Program aims to advance and support reconnection of communities divided by transportation infrastructure – with a priority on helping disadvantaged communities improve access to daily needs (jobs, schools, healthcare, grocery stores, and recreation). Funds for the fiscal years (FY) 2024, 2025, and 2026 RCP grant program are to be awarded on a competitive basis to support planning and capital construction activities that aim to restore community connectivity through the removal, retrofit, mitigation or replacement of highways, roadways, or other infrastructure facilities that create barriers to mobility, access or economic development. 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law specifies that the maximum Community Planning Grant award funded with RCP funds is $2 million and that the minimum Capital Construction Grant award funded with RCP funds is $5 million. 

Applications will be submitted through Valid Eval, but the signup links are not yet available. We expect this to be a brief delay. Please check the "How to Apply page" regularly at the Reconnecting Communities Website and sign up for email updates. Once the links are live, they will be located on Valid Eval at:

• Capital Construction Application Portal 
• Community Planning Application Portal

DO NOT SUBMIT APPLICATIONS THROUGH GRANTS.GOV

Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on Monday, September 30, 2024. Late applications will not be accepted. 

Government

• Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
• City or township governments
• State governments
• County governments

Education

• Public and state institutions of higher education

Nonprofit

• Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
• Other Native American tribal organizations