Recipient of federal assistance · FRANKFORT, KY

KY TRANSPORTATION CABINET

KY TRANSPORTATION CABINET received $15.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 14 actions, −62% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $249M. Its largest awarding agency was Federal Transit Administration ($16.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$15.3M
New awards
2
Actions
14
Since FY2021
$249M
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Location
FRANKFORT, KY
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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. 68.1MFY2021
  2. 43.2MFY2022
  3. 58.5MFY2023
  4. 23.2MFY2024
  5. 40.7MFY2025
  6. 15.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$15.3M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs$12.1M79%
  2. 20.513 · Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities$2.8M18%
  3. 20.505 · Metropolitan Transportation Planning and State and Non-Metropolitan Planning and Research$859.8K5.6%
  4. 20.527 · Public Transportation Emergency Relief Program$381.2K2.5%
  5. 20.224 · Federal Lands Access Program-$790.1K0.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$16.1M100%
    Department of Transportation

Largest awards

  1. KYTC/OTD 5311 CARES ACT OPERATING; RURAL KENTUCKY STATEWIDE$47M
    20.509 · Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Dec 21, 2020 – Aug 3, 2026· KY-2020-011
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT APPLICATION IS FOR KYTC/OTD TO PROCURE 117 VEHICLES (46-EXPANSION AND 71 REPLACEMENTS). SIX…$12.2M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Mar 10, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026· KY-2026-002
  3. ORIGNIAL APPLICATONKENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET/OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION DELIVERY ON BEHALF OF RURAL TRANSIT OPERATORS STATEWIDE.FULL…$11.5M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 10, 2021 – Sep 2, 2026· KY-2021-032
  4. KYTC STATEWIDE SECTION 5339 - RURAL BUS BUS FACILITIES - FFY18 FORMULA FUNDS$11.2M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jun 29, 2021 – Dec 2, 2025· KY-2018-021
  5. APPLICATION PURPOSE: VEHICLE REPLACEMENTS FOR THE RURAL KENTUCKY ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED: PURCHASE…$8.1M
    20.513 · Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· May 2, 2025 – Jul 14, 2026· KY-2025-012
  6. THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET/OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION DELIVERY IS MAKING AN APPLICATION FOR THE FULL FFY21 SECTION 5310…$7.1M
    20.513 · Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Jul 16, 2021 – Dec 2, 2025· KY-2021-027

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $93.2M (86 subawards)

45 sub-recipients

  1. FULTON COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, INC$13.4M14%
    FULTON, KY · 3 subawards
  2. BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP, INC.$9.7M10%
    FRANKFORT, KY · 3 subawards
  3. HARLEN COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY$6.3M6.8%
    HARLAN, KY · 3 subawards
  4. SANDY VALLEY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.$6.2M6.7%
    PRESTONSBURG, KY · 6 subawards
  5. KENTUCKY RIVER FOOTHILLS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL$5.3M5.7%
    RICHMOND, KY · 1 subaward
  6. CENTRAL KENTUCKY COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL, INCORPORATED$5.2M5.5%
    LEBANON, KY · 3 subawards
  7. CITY OF FRANKFORT$4.7M5.0%
    FRANKFORT, KY · 2 subawards
  8. DANIEL BOONE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC$4.7M5.0%
    MANCHESTER, KY · 2 subawards
  9. LESLIE, KNOTT, LETCHER, PERRY COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL, INCORPORATED$4.7M5.0%
    HAZARD, KY · 4 subawards
  10. MURRAY CALLOWAY COUNTY TRANSIT$4.4M4.8%
    MURRAY, KY · 4 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $68.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $10.6M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $42.9M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $51.8M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $38M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $93.2M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

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.