PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To provide financial assistance in meeting the transportation needs of elderly persons and persons with disabilities where public transportation services are unavailable, insufficient or inappropriate. The Section 5310 program is designed to supplement FTA's other capital assistance programs by funding transportation projects for elderly persons and persons with disabilities in all areas - urbanized, small urban, and rural.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. INCOME SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES;
- Disabled and Handicapped Services;
2. TRANSPORTATION;
- Urban Mass Transit;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Handicapped;
- Senior Citizen (60+);

WHO CAN APPLY:
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other private institutions/organizations;