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NADTC’s Focus on Family Caregiving and Transportation
Comments OffThere are 53 million caregivers in the United States who are providing, on average, 24 hours a week of support for their loved ones[1]. NADTC’s most recent online course focused on the important role caregivers have in managing transportation, including the indirect impacts that transportation, or lack thereof, can have on caregivers and the importance…
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week 2022
Comments OffGuest Blogger – Jane Rath serves as the Project Director for the Clearinghouse on Older Road User Safety (ChORUS). She works closely with NHTSA, the ChORUS subject matter experts and other partners to increase awareness and enhance services and programs aimed at improving older road user safety. Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, December 5-9, 2022,…
A Ride to Independence: Kyle’s Story
Comments OffTransportation allows individuals with disabilities to achieve and sustain employment, and as employment opportunities expand for people with disabilities to work in integrated settings, transportation services to these jobs become even more important. While Medicaid waiver programs often cover transportation costs, some communities struggle to provide reliable transportation options afterhours or to employment outside of…
A Recap of Medicaid Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Listening Sessions
Comments OffBackground This blog post gives an overview of Medicaid NEMT service and also summarizes the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sponsored listening sessions that allowed mobility providers and stakeholders to provide feedback and shared learning about ways to improve the Medicaid program and NEMT benefit. Medicaid is a national program that provides health…
Can I Cross the Street? Considerations for a Blind Pedestrian
Comments OffAn Interview with Dona Sauerburger, COM This interview was conducted by NADTC staff Ken Thompson with Dona Sauerburger. Dona is a certified orientation and mobility (O&M) specialist, providing O&M to adults in their communities in Maryland and DC. She has had a special interest in preparing people who are blind or have low vision to…
Out of Reach for Access to Care
Comments OffTelehealth was perhaps the most positive outcome of COVID-19. When cities and states announced stay-at-home mandates, telehealth became a critical path to maintaining our nation’s health. Still, telehealth could not answer such in-person medical needs as dialysis, cancer treatment, surgical treatment, and even some behavioral health therapy, including substance use treatment. This became particularly true…
ACL Programs Support Transportation Accessibility for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
Comments OffGuest Blogger – Victoria Wright, Program Manager, Transit Planning for All Project, U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL). The Administration for Community Living (ACL) focuses on maximizing the independence, well-being, and health of older adults, people with disabilities across the lifespan, and their families and caregivers. ACL’s vision for all people, regardless of age and…
What Have We Learned From the COVID Pandemic?
Comments OffThe COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly changed how we live, work, and connect with our communities and family. The pandemic has tremendously altered how transit and human services transportation programs provide services and support their communities. As I struggled to think of an interesting way to express what human services transportation providers and public transit gained…
Do you Want to Tackle Transportation Coordination? Then Tackle TACL!
Comments OffGuest Blogger – Cara Marcus, MSLIS, the Resource Center Manager for National RTAP and the Chair of the TACL Task Force. What is TACL? You’ve definitely heard about transportation coordination – and your agency may be in the planning, implementation, or management stage. But have you heard about TACL? Don’t worry if…
E-Bikes Increase Mobility Access for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
Comments OffGuest Blogger – Mitch LaRosa is the Chief Development Officer at Shared Mobility Inc. Mitch’s work focuses on developing new, innovative shared-use transportation solutions that prioritize community-control and inclusivity. Feel free to reach out and email him at mitch@sharedmobility.org. In the summer of 2020, during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, Shared Mobility Inc. (SMI), a NY-based…