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Frequently Asked Questions This page provides responses to frequently asked questions about the 2024 Rural Community Innovations: Transportation Planning Grant. Review questions and answers about grant application processes, eligibility criteria, objectives and more. We will update this FAQ page with common questions as we receive them. How do I apply? All applications must be submitted…
We are pleased to announce that funding is available through the 2024 Rural Community Innovations: Transportation Planning Grant! Request for Proposals Learn about the grant in the Request for Proposals. Purpose The purpose of the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center’s Rural Community Innovations: Transportation Planning Grant is to offer funding for communities to develop…
National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM), a federally funded technical assistance center, hosted Mobility Management Connections Summit during the week of March 18-22, 2024. This virtual mobility learning summit fostered discussions on public transit, transportation planning, promoting innovation and sharing of ideas through peer learning. If you missed the event, you can review the recordings…
INTRODUCTION This resource presents 14 Transportation Innovations selected by the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) through a nationwide competition. The Showcase profiles out-of-the-box thinking and alignment of resources. Innovations may be entirely original or represent a creative adaptation of an approach that has worked in other places or program settings or with different…
Introduction NADTC’s 2021 Equity and Accessibility Planning Grants provided funding to support the development of program innovations and new models for equitable and accessible transportation to meet the needs of vulnerable and underserved populations, especially older adults and people with disabilities from diverse communities. NADTC awarded $173,495 in competitive grants to 9 communities in eight…
Introduction In 2020, the NADTC awarded Innovations in Accessible Mobility Grants to expand access to accessible transportation options to support community living and improve the lives of older adults and people with disabilities. Grants of up to $30,000 were awarded to ten communities who had seven months to implement a project to develop new transportation approaches…
Introduction NADTC’s premier group of six Innovations in Accessible Mobility Grants launched in January 2017. Over the course of twelve months, each project developed and implemented a program innovation to increase accessible transportation options for older adults and people with disabilities living in the community. The projects also worked to maximize the utilization of Section…
Introduction NADTC awarded $400,000 to communities in five states–Colorado, Maine, New Mexico, New York and Oklahoma. Each project implemented a program innovation to increase accessible transportation options for older adults and people with disabilities living in the community by removing barriers to transportation and expanding mobility options. The projects also sought to maximize utilization of…
On December 20, 2023, NADTC hosted an office hours session focused on the importance of access to transportation in tribal communities. The Cherokee Nation Transit, Choctaw Tribe of Mississippi, and Muscogee Nation Transit will join us in a discussion on how their transportation programs serve their tribal and rural communities. Learn about the variety of…
This video is part of the 2022 Online Caregiving and Transportation Course that 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 of including caregiver voices in shaping community transportation options and support. In addition to speaker presentations…