Wasatch Front Regional Council staff provided an overview of funding programs and technical-assistance opportunities available to local governments, and they outlined the application timeline for capital and planning assistance programs.

Wayne Binion reviewed capital funding sources administered or coordinated through WFRC, including the Surface Transportation Program (STP), Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ), Carbon Reduction Program (CRP), and the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). He said those funds can support road, transit and active-transportation improvements.

Meg Townsend described planning-assistance programs and other grant support: the Transportation and Land Use Connection (TLC) technical-assistance program, a station-area planning technical assistance program intended to help jurisdictions comply with station-area planning requirements from the Utah Legislature (House Bill 462, 2022), and rolling funding support for communities in Morgan, Tooele and Weber counties through Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and CIB programs. Townsend also noted the Wasatch Front Economic Development District (WFEDD) can assist eligible entities with Economic Development Administration grant applications.

Key administrative points included:
- The capital funding programs (STP, CMAQ, CRP, TAP) and the TLC program share an application cycle; WFRC will request letters of intent beginning in August and will provide a funding packet after the regional council meeting next week. Staff said concept reports or applications will be due in December and that TLC awards are typically announced in March.
- CDBG and CIB programs apply to a subset of jurisdictions (Morgan, Tooele and Weber counties) because other communities are entitlement jurisdictions and manage their own CDBG awards.

Townsend and Binion encouraged jurisdictions to contact WFRC staff early for technical assistance; Townsend said many initial inquiries can be handled through a simple letter of intent and WFRC will help prospective applicants identify the most appropriate funding source.