Assistance Listing 20.284
Department of Transportation · Federal Highway Administration
Assistance Listing 20.284, “Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT),” is a federal program administered by Department of Transportation. It provides grant assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 1 open, 0 forecasted and 0 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $2 in obligations for fiscal year 2025.
The purpose of the PROTECT Program is to provide grants on a competitive basis for projects that seek to strengthen surface transportation to be more resilient to natural hazards, including climate change, sea level rise, heat waves, flooding, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters through support of planning activities, resilience improvements, community resilience and evacuation routes, and at-risk costal infrastructure. This Assistance Listing 20.284 created in August 2025 was included in the previous ALN 20.205, please refer to former ALN 20.205 for FY24 and FY25 financial obligations. The new Assistance Listing 20.284 will be utilized by DOT at the start of FY 2026.
As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.
Eligible applicants include the following: States (including D.C. and Puerto Rico) or political subdivision of a State Metropolitan planning organizations Units of local governments Special purpose districts or public authorities with a transportation function, including a port authority or a public transit agency Indian Tribes Federal land management agencies that apply jointly with a State or group of States A multi-State or multi-jurisdictional group of entities consisting of any eligible entities listed above
Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.
20.284 is the Assistance Listing Number for “Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (PROTECT).” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.
The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states), Municipality or Township government (inclusive of cities, towns, boroughs (except in Alaska), and villages), Interstate Organization, Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government, Department or Agency of a U.S. State Government and U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia). Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.
The agency reported $2 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.