Community Crossings Matching Grant Program
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- Local Public Agency Programs
- Current: Community Crossings Matching Grant Program
2026 Community Crossing Matching Grant Call for Projects
The 2026 CCMG Call for Projects will begin at 8 a.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, October 1, 2025, and will close at 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, October 31, 2025.
- July 2025 - Notice of Legislative Changes for the CCMG Program
The following article was published in the Local Public Agency Program Newsletter for July 2025, 1st & 2nd Special Edition’s, as a notice to all local governments of the effects that HB 1461 legislative changes will have on the CCMG Program. It read as follows:
Community Crossings Matching Grant Information
With recent legislative changes, INDOT would like to share some very important information regarding updates to the Community Crossings Matching Grant (CCMG) Program. The CCMG fund is now capped at $100 million per year. Therefore, INDOT will reduce the annual cap from $1.5 million to $1 million per local unit of government per state fiscal year. With the new cap on the program, it is extremely important that solid estimates are submitted with no contingencies or built-in inflation costs. All local governments are eligible for this call if all requirements are met.
With this change, INDOT will only have one call for projects per state fiscal year. The call for State FY 2026 will begin on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, and remain open through 5 p.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025. Starting in the State Fiscal Year 2027, the call for projects will revert back to July of each year.
Other legislative changes include a 20% match for smaller communities, which is less than the 25% required in the past. The total project cost limitation for force account work has increased from $250,000 to $375,000. INDOT has reduced the time frame to award projects to a contractor from four to three months. Projects must be shovel-ready to meet this timeframe.
Each local government is still required to submit an asset management plan to LTAP by December 1 of each year to be eligible for the next year’s call. Another change by INDOT will require each LPA to submit its contract signing authority and documentation with its application.
Finally, any local government entities that have a CCMG project that is more than two years old and not closed out will not be eligible for the October call. All project close out documents must be submitted by August 29, 2025, to your local program director. Any funding paybacks are due by September 30, 2025, to be eligible.
INDOT is obligated to ensure that local units of government receiving any type of state or federal funding for transportation projects comply with ADA and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Any local government not compliant should submit their documents as soon as possible to accessforall@indot.in.gov if they wish to receive CCMG funding.
- Past CCMG Award Recipients
CCMG Award recipients and their award amount are linked below by call.
- Resources
Guidance Documents
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- CCMG Guidance Document (coming soon)
- Training Material (coming soon)
Examples
Presentations
- Asset Management Plan (AMP)
- Must submit an approved AMP.
- All AMPs must be submitted to the Local Technical Assistance Program – Purdue University (LTAP), which will work with local governments to complete and approve all AMP’s.
- AMP’s must be submitted to LTAP via their Data Management System (DMS).
- LTAP will contact you if revisions are required for your AMP’s once it is submitted.
- For an informational video on the DMS watch: https://youtu.be/-9hvR-7UVR4
- Link: Data Management System.
4. Contact LTAP for any assistance with your AMP or the DMS. LTAP will be assisting all local units of government with their plans including templates, examples, and resources.
Patrick Conner, PE - Lead Engineer, Asset Management, Indiana LTAP
Phone: 1-765-494-4971 / 1-800-428-7639
Email: connerp@purdue.edu or INLTAP@purdue.edu- AMP must be submitted to and approved by LTAP once per year.
- December 1st – AMPs must be submitted each year by December 1st to LTAP’s DMS. Once approved, you will receive an approval letter from LTAP dated by December 1st, to be eligible for the following year’s call for projects.
- Do not submit the entire AMP with your CCMG application, only the approval letter page from LTAP.
- AMP is a living document and should be updated whenever improvements are made to roads or bridges and then submitted to LTAP every year.
- An approved AMP is required by law to receive consideration for funding. If a local government does not have an approved AMP, they are not eligible to pursue CCMG funding.
- Certified Road Inventory
Locals are advised to prioritize verifying and updating your Certified Road Inventory to ensure your local is properly compensated for all its road assets and to ensure the Asset Management Plan matches. The locals state MVH funding is based on their Certified Road Inventory.
Important: Only roads listed in your Certified Road Inventory are eligible for CCMG funding.
To receive a copy of the certified road mileage for your agency’s certified road inventory, or to add or to delete a road from Certified Road Inventory contact:
Mark McMahan
INDOT Road Inventory Manager
317-967-1956
mmcmahan@indot.in.govUpdates will take a minimum of 48 hours to be approved but could take a maximum of 2 weeks for the updates to show on the maps.
A summary report can be found at this link: https://www.in.gov/indot/about-indot/central-office/asset-data-collection/roadway-assets/
- Title VI / ADA Compliance
INDOT is a recipient of federal funds and has a Stewardship and Oversight Agreement with the Federal Highway Administration which means that if locals receive any funding from INDOT (state or federal), whether through a contract to perform work or provide professional services or as part of a grant or award for your community, INDOT is required to ensure locals follow Title VI & Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) nondiscrimination and accessibility requirements. If you are non-compliant with ADA and Title VI, you will not receive CCMG Funding until becoming compliant.
INDOT sub-recipients are required to submit a compliant Title VI Implementation Plan to INDOT annually.
- Title VI Plans are due on or before October 1st each year for the next fiscal year.
- For example, a plan submitted on September 30th, 2025, will be for FY 2026 and 2027.
- The Title VI Implementation Plan details standard nondiscrimination operating procedures for each fiscal year.
- ADA Transition Plans are due every three years and must be updated yearly.
- The ADA Transition Plan is a living document that changes with the condition of assets added, remediated, or removed.
Title VI and ADA Plans and compliance related questions can be submitted to INDOT at accessforall@indot.in.gov, or for further assistance contact Taffanee Keys, Civil Rights Counsel at TKeys@indot.in.gov.