Recipient of federal assistance · BATON ROUGE, LA

CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SYSTEM

CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SYSTEM received $16.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 16 actions, +172% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $75M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($16.2M).

Assistance · FY2026
$16.2M
New awards
4
Actions
16
Since FY2021
$75M
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Location
BATON ROUGE, LA
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 10.9MFY2021
  2. 25.3MFY2022
  3. 2.4MFY2023
  4. 14.2MFY2024
  5. 6MFY2025
  6. 16.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$16.2M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$16M98%
  2. 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs$360K2.2%
  3. 20.505 · Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research-$74.3K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$16.2M100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. APPLICATION PURPOSE: PURPOSE: THIS IS THE FY 2021 SECTION 5307 GRANT APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $16217605 REPRESENTING 100% FEDERAL SHARE…$16.2M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Mar 17, 2022 – Jan 8, 2026· LA-2022-007
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD WILL ASSIST WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATING AND EXPENSES RELATED TO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE WHICH ALLOWS…$8.1M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jan 16, 2025 – Aug 10, 2026· LA-2025-001
  3. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD WILL ASSIST WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATING AND EXPENSES RELATED TO PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE WHICH ALLOWS CATS…$8M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Sep 3, 2024 – Jan 8, 2026· LA-2024-034
  4. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES THAT SUPPORT THE DAY-TO-DAY…$6.2M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jan 16, 2024 – Aug 4, 2026· LA-2024-003
  5. APPLICATION PURPOSE: INCLUDED IN APPLICATION SUMMARY.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: INCLUDED IN APPLICATION SUMMARY.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: INCLUDED…$6.2M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jan 8, 2026 – Jan 8, 2026· LA-2019-030
  6. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THIS AWARD WILL ASSIST WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATING AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE EXPENSES THAT ALLOWS CATS TO OPERATE…$4.8M
    20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jul 14, 2026 – Jul 14, 2026· LA-2026-015

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.