SS4A grant recipients should reach out to their designated SS4A POC and let them know of any changes. If you don’t know who your POC is, please send an email with your award year, recipient entity name and/or grant title to the SS4A team at SS4A.FHWA@dot.gov.
SS4A grant recipients are assigned a primary SS4A point of contact (POC) throughout the SS4A grant program and can reach out to them at any time. If a recipient doesn't know who their POC is, please send an email with recipient entity name and/or grant title to the SS4A team at SS4A.FHWA@dot.gov. If an SS4A grant recipient is interested in being added to the Community of Practice (CoP) mailing list, please contact SS4A.FHWA@dot.gov. Finally, if an SS4A grant recipient doesn't know where to start, please reach out to SS4A.FHWA@dot.gov for help.
Welcome! Use the Grant Recipient Roadmap to find key information and resources for each grant step. This Roadmap provides a high-level overview of the four SS4A program steps: Onboarding, grant agreement execution, grant administration and reporting, and project closeout. Specifically, the overview includes the timing, activities, requirements, and outcomes of each step.
Infrastructure projects and demonstration activities are subject to the Build America, Buy America Act (Pub. L. No 117–58, div. G §§ 70901–70927) as clarified in OMB Memorandum M-22-11.31. Additional information on construction materials requirements can be found at the FHWA Construction Program Guide webpage. The Department does not expect to provide waivers related to domestic preference requirements for demonstration activities focused on piloting technologies.
SS4A grant recipients are subject to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other environmental laws. Project sponsors must conduct the applicable environmental studies to identify the project impacts along with any required mitigation. NEPA and environmental resource subject-matter experts should develop materials that identify and evaluate impacts to human and natural resources including the following: Low income/minority communities, Historic properties, Park and recreation lands, Wildlife and waterfowl refuges, Wetlands, and Threatened and endangered species and their habitats. Project sponsors should also assess the need to obtain new rights-of-way and evaluate those impacts. If the project sponsor lacks staff with the specific skills, knowledge, and experience to conduct environmental studies, they are obliged to engage staff expertise at their State Departments of Transportation or fund consultants/contractors. Hiring consultants/contractors to directly support the execution of the grant award and its activities is considered an eligible cost under the grant. For demonstration activities that involve feasibility studies using quick-build strategies, the Department expects most quick-build activities to receive a Categorical Exclusion designation. FHWA’s Overview of NEPA as Applied to Transportation Projects - Environment - Federal-aid Essentials for Local Public Agencies provides training materials and resources that will help applicants better understand the requirements of NEPA and other federal laws and requirements for projects administered by FHWA.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have responsibility for administering all SS4A grants. Grant recipients whose award is administered by NHTSA and FTA can still contact the SS4A inbox with questions.
Combining the FY22, FY23, FY24 and FY25 awards, SS4A has provided $3.9 billion in Federal funding to improve safety in over 2,000 communities in all 50 States and Puerto Rico. Through this important funding source, USDOT is empowering Tribal, local, and regional efforts to save lives and reduce serious injuries on our roadways.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) established the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary grant program with $5 billion in appropriated funds over five years. The SS4A program funds regional, local, and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries. The SS4A program supports the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Roadway Safety Strategy and FHWA's goal of zero roadway deaths using a Safe System Approach. For more information about SS4A, visit the U.S. Department of Transportation website.