Trends

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Trends Opportunities in Accessible
Transportation
NCHSD

• National Consortium for Health Systems
  Development
• Audio Conference Call January 17, 2007
• Joe Entwisle, Health Disability Advocates/NCHSD

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Transportation Trends Opportunities

• Purpose of this topical call
• Learn about the current state of affairs in
  transportation
• Hear about the legislative changes and upcoming
  opportunities associated
• Learn about current trends in developing
  transportation options and
• Find out how MIGs have begun getting involved in
  transportation efforts in their state.

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Current State Of Affairs

• Federal funds have established sixty-two
  transportation programs across eight federal
  departments
• No coordination across programs
• Over six million PWD report having difficulty
  obtaining transportation
• Four times as many PWD vs PW/OD lack suitable
  transportation to meet mobility
• Transportation sited as greatest area of need to
  obtain and maintain employment

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Current State Of Affairs cont.

• US DOT Survey results top findings
• Providers riders confusion
• Poor quality
• Gross underused capacity
• Result Legislating Opportunity
• Safe Affordable Transportation Efficient
  Transportation Equity Act A Legacy For Users
  (SAFETEA-LU)
• United We Ride (UWR)
• Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA)

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SAFETEA-LU

• Features
• Coordinated funding for human service and DOT
  transportation for eligibility
• 5310 Elderly Disabled Transportation
• 5316 Job Access Reverse Commute
• 5317 New Freedom Initiative
• New Program Funded
• Pilot Programs for Innovative Transportation
• Matching Grants for Alternative Transportation

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SAFETEA-LU

• Coordinated Services
• Required public input
• Minimum Criteria
• Assessment of available resources
• Assessment of needs
• Strategies to address gaps for target population
• Must identify needs of PWD, older adults, and
  individuals who have low incomes
• Provide strategy for needs prioritize services
• Basic Requirement Good Resource Mapping!

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SAFETEA-LU

• Sec. 5310 Special Needs Elderly Transportation
• Increased funding
• 112M 2006
• 117M 2007
• 127M 2008
• 133.5M 2009
• Program designed to meet the transportation needs
  of aging and PWD

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SAFETEA-LU

• 5310
• Always required federal coordination
• Funds used for capital expenses service
  administration
• 5316 Job Access Rural Commute
• Designed to provide transportation options
  related to employment for persons w/low incomes
• Must have family income at or below 150 FPL

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SAFETEA-LU

• 5316
• 138M in 2006
• 144M in 2007
• 156M in 2008
• 135M in 2009
• Intended to bridge commute between urban and
  suburban employment, offline service hours and
  support flexible scheduling

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SAFETEA-LU

• 5317 New Freedom Initiative
• Designed to overcome barriers to employment
  between human service and public transportation
• Must go beyond requirements of ADA
• Encourage community based transportation
  alternatives
• 78M in 2006
• 81M in 2007
• 87M in 2008
• 92.5M in 2009

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United We Ride

• UWR designed to assist with facilitation of human
  service and public transport
• Created the Federal Interagency Coordinating
  Council
• Members consist of 10 federal departments
• Charged with reducing duplication of transport
  services, coordinating funding, reducing barriers
  and creating seamless transportation systems

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United We Ride

• 6 Goals
• Education outreach
• Consolidated access
• Reduce regulatory barriers
• Coordinate planning
• Standardize cost allocations
• Create useful practices
• Provides oversight for Rural Transit Assistance
  Program (http//www.ctaa.org/ntrc)

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Mobility Services for All Americans

• Utilize service coordination (UWR) and technology
  integration to
• Increase mobility and accessibility
• Create more effective use of funding
• 5 Phases
• Facilitate stakeholder participation
• Conducted foundation research
• Develop model plans and designs
• Conduct model deployment and evaluation
• Perform technology transfer, outreach and
  education

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What is the potential for MIGs?

• States received roughly 334M in 5310, 5316 and
  5317 2006
• That amount escalates to 1.6B in 2009
• Each state must have coordinate plans by 2007
• Many opportunities for MIGs to participate in
  UWR initiatives

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How Can MIGs Participate

• Broaden resource mapping efforts
• States are in various stages of resource mapping
• Examine opportunities to partner, assist and/or
  facilitate efforts
• Look at transportation programs that currently
  exist
• Many states have innovative activity in pockets
  around the state
• Opportunities to facilitate evaluation or
  replication

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How Can MIGs Participate

• Partner financially
• Support UWR efforts in coalition building and
  resource mapping
• 5310, 5316 and 5317 programs at 80/20 match
• Match funding for both programs may be any
  federal or non-federal match
• Exception is federal DOT funding
• 20K 100K fully funded
• Money can be used for development and operations
  of shared ride and voucher

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Trends in Transportation Funding Voucher Models

• Original passage of NFI established and evaluated
  10 voucher model pilots
• Recently completed pilots
• Trends
• System Analysis
• System Coordination
• Funding Coordination
• Shared Ride Voucher Programs

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Voucher Model System Analysis

• Survey consumers
• Who currently uses services?
• Who isnt getting services?
• What systems do you currently use
• What is the satisfaction with the current
  system?
• What are riders using the system for?
• What other transportation services are needed?

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Voucher Model System Analysis

• Evaluate Current Practices
• What does the current system provide
  transportation for?
• When are the services provided?
• What services are provided?
• Who receives that service?
• Who is funded and how?

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Voucher Model System Analysis

• Identify Providers
• Who are they providing that service for?
• What is their capacity?
• What services are provided?
• What are provider needs?
• How do they decide service area?
• When do they provide services?
• What would improve that service provision?

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Voucher Model System Coordination

• Developing Collaboration
• Identify key findings
• Show trends in capacity
• Identify comprehensive needs
• Discuss who might coordinate needs
• Assess potential to unify funding streams
• Create standardized method for ride coordination
• Identify critical recommendations

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Voucher ModelFunding Coordination

• Utilizing The Data
• Assess collaboration
• Develop unified center for services
• Utilize and support all forms of transportation
  provision
• Combine funding streams
• Utilize technology to coordinate rides
• Develop provider training
• Expedite provider payments

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Shared Ride Voucher Operations

• Evaluate service delivery
• Brokerage service
• Call centers
• Funding option negotiation
• Relationship building
• Relationship building
• Relationship building
• Tiered payments
• Maximize mileage reimbursement options

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