In 2006, SAFETEA-LU authorizing legislation created a new Tribal Transit Program (TTP). Under the TTP, Federally recognized Indian tribes were eligible direct recipients of FTA funds. From FY 2006 to FY 2012, FTA awarded TTP grants directly to eligible Tribes based upon an annual national competitive selection process. In 2012, under MAP-21, TTP funding doubled from the levels authorized by SAFETEA-LU and created a formula program.
In 2010, FTA contracted with DMP to develop the first of its kind TTP Technical Assistance Assessment Program. In coordination with FTA, DMP developed a pilot program designed to assess Tribes’ understanding of FTA requirements, transit system operation guidance, and best practices, and to provide technical assistance to Tribes to support the provision of public transportation on Tribal lands. DMP developed program guidance, assessment tools, standard operating procedures, risk assessment models, and a technical assistance resource library. In 2012, FTA made the TTP Technical Assistance and Assessment Program a standing program. In 2015, the technical assistance program for Tribal Transit recipients DMP developed with FTA was selected for a U.S. DOT Secretary Team Award for “Tribal Assessments and Technical Assistance – For developing a new Tribal Transit technical assistance assessment project to support excellence and effectiveness in Tribal Nations implementation of grants.” DMP continues to support FTA’s TTP Technical Assistance and Assessment Program, conducting approximately 20 TTP Technical Assistance Assessments each year, along with conducting large-group TTP training and targeted technical assistance. DMP is the only FTA contractor resource with substantial experience performing program oversight of Tribal transit operators.
Based on our work with FTA’s TTP Technical Assistance and Assessment Program, in 2015, the Federal Highway Administration – Federal Lands Highway (FHWA-FLH) contracted with DMP to help further develop a similar Tribal Transportation Program. FHWA-FLH’s objective was to fulfill its responsibility to provide stewardship and oversight to ensure the efficient and effective administration of the program, mitigate program risk, and build grantee (Tribal)) capacity and sustainability. In support of the achievement of FHWA-FLA’s objectives, DMP assisted FHWA-FLH by 1) establishing and periodically updating program guidance; 2) developing and delivering program training, and 3) conducting program reviews of its grantees (including Tribes and the Bureau of Indian Affairs) to assess grantee performance, monitor and manage risk, and confirm and facilitate grantee compliance.
SELECTED CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS
| Aroostook Micmac Council (ABM) |
| Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa |
| Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC) |
| Blackfeet Nation Department of Transit Dept |
| Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council |
| Catawba Indian Nation |
| Cherokee Nation & United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma |
| Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes |
| Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe |
| Chickasaw Nation |
| Chippewa Cree Tribe |
| Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma |
| Citizen Potawatomi Nation |
| Comanche Nation and Kiowa Tribe |
| Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes |
| Confederated Tribes and Bands of The Yakama Nation |
| Crow Tribe of Indians |
| Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians |
| Fond du Lac Reservation |
| Fort Belknap Indian Community |
| Grand Portage Reservation Tribal Council (GPRTC) |
| Hopi Tribe |
| Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians |
| Hualapai Tribal Council (HIR / HN) |
| Kaibab Band Of Paiute Indians (KPT) |
| Kiowa Tribe |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe |
| Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians |
| Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe |
| Lower Brule Sioux Tribe |
| Mashantucket Pequot |
| Mashpee Wampanoag |
| Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin |
| Mescalero Apache Tribe |
| Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians |
| Muscogee (Creek) Nation |
| Navajo Nation |
| Nez Perce Tribe |
| Northeast Oklahoma Tribal Transit Consortium (Miami) |
| Northern Cheyenne Tribe |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe Of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation |
| Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo |
| Omaha Tribe Public Transit |
| Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin |
| Pascua Yaqui Tribe |
| Poarch Band of Creek Indians |
| Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma |
| Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation |
| Pueblo of Laguna / Shaa ‘Srka’ Transit |
| Pueblo Of San Felipe (SFP) |
| Pueblo of San Ildefonso |
| Pueblo of Santa Ana |
| Pueblo Of Zuni |
| Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe |
| Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation |
| Red Lake Band of the Chippewa |
| Reservation Transportation Authority |
| Rosebud Sioux Tribe |
| Sac & Fox Nation Of Missouri In Kansas And Nebraska |
| Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community |
| San Carlos Apache Tribe |
| Santa Clara, Pueblo Of (SCP) |
| Santee Sioux Nation |
| Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians |
| Seminole Nation Public Transit |
| Seneca Nation of Indians |
| Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes DOT |
| Shoshone-Bannock Tribes |
| Sitting Bull College (SBC) |
| Snoqualmie Indian Tribe |
| Susanville Indian Rancheria |
| Tetlin Village Council |
| Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indian & Trenton Indian Service Area Aging Program & Turtle Mtn. Nutrition & Support Services |
| Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) |
| White Earth Band of Chippewa |
| White Mountain Apache Tribe (WHITE MT APACHE) |
| Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska |
| Yavapai-Apache Nation |
| Yurok Tribe |