Small City Allotment Program

The Small City Allotment (SCA) program is an annual allocation of state funds for local transportation projects. Incorporated cities with populations of 5,000 or less are eligible to apply. As the need for this funding source far exceeds availability, grants are awarded via a competitive process. Projects are only compared against other projects within the same region.

Funding

The program is funded at $5M per year, half of the funds are from an appropriation of highway funds for cities and the other half from funds available to the Department of Transportation from the State Highway Fund. To ensure an equitable distribution of funds across ODOT's five regions we use a formula that considers:

% of total eligible city population by region
% of total number of eligible cities per region
% of total number of applications received per region

Each region's average of these three values is equal to their share of the available funding.

Small City Allotment Grant Cycle

The Small City Allotment Program announced the 2026 grant cycle in January 2026, with the application window expected to run from March 2 to April 30, 2026.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, ODOT will not begin accepting applications on March 2nd.

Additional information regarding application timing will be shared as soon as it becomes available. Interested applicants are encouraged to monitor the program webpage for updates.

Useful Links for Award Recipients:

Contact

Program Manager
Deanna Edgar
503-602-0494
SmallCityAllotments@odot.oregon.gov

Advisory Committee Meeting

Go to the SCAAC Web Page for additional information and upcoming meeting details.

Stay in the know!

We use GovDelivery/Granicus, an email distribution system, to keep eligible cities informed of important program information. Contact information you provide us (we only use your email address) is entered into the Small City Allotment distribution list, and you automatically receive updates about the program.

If in the past you have opted out of receiving GovDelivery/Granicus emails, your email address may be blocked from receiving our notices. To unblock your emails address, go to GovDelivery and re-sign up for our topic, "Small City Allotment" under the "Local Agencies" group.

Need to update the contact for your city? Want to remove or change your email address? Please contact Deanna Edgar at SmallCityAllotments@odot.oregon.gov