djl15-Airports DivisionEastern RegionAIP Grant Program Dat.ppt

Airports DivisionEastern RegionAIP Grant Program: Dates Deadlines Hershey Conference, March 8, 2007 AIP Dates Deadlines AIP Dates Deadlines Funding Calendar Where should each airport be with their funding request? (Do you know where your grants are?) Helpful hints along the way. (Helping us will help you with smoother process and more funding.) AIP Dates Deadlines Always be working on three (3) areas, past present, future: Past: complete the work in existing grants, and close them out! Present: get plans, contracts and other documents necessary and submit grant applications for current year grants! Future: plan and update your ACIP, and prepare for future year grants! AIP Dates Deadlines Month of April Sponsors must complete designs, bid projects, obtain costs and prepare Grant Application for current year grant. Goal is applications to FAA by mid-June. Update ACIP to FAA for next fiscal year (April 30 deadline for discretionary requests for upcoming federal fiscal year.) AIP Dates Deadlines Month of May May 1, ADOs finalize the next fiscal year (2008) funding requests and ACIPs. Airport sponsors should submit grant applications for current year grants. Sponsors that will not use their entitlements notify FAA, and funds will be carried over to next year. Hint: Anytime you know that grant costs will exceed estimates, then let ADO know ASAP so we can pursue additional funds. AIP Dates Deadlines Month of May (con’t) ADOs may meet with States to review Federal AIP program and coordinate with State requests. ADOs work with Region to finalize Regional ACIP to HQ. AIP Dates Deadlines Month of June Keep those Grant Applications coming in. FAA/HQ will review/finalize the next year (2008) ACIPs by end of June. July 1 is the start of most State fiscal years…Be thinking of your State funding request. Hint: if you need environmental or other approval, get it in to FAA early! AIP Dates Deadlines Month of July FAA distributes final funds in current year