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2020 Trends Report Spotlight: Meeting the Transportation Needs of Diverse Older Adults and People with Disabilities
This Trends Report serves as a brief introduction to the challenges and opportunities of addressing the transportation need of diverse older adults and people with disabilities and highlights the work that local programs are engaged in regarding these issues. This brief also discusses current research findings and recommendations for future research to move the needle…
Read more »Access to Healthy Food
The Best Practice, Access to Health Food describes the approaches of three former NADTC grantees to address hunger and provide better access to healthy food in their communities. This best practice is featured in the Best Practices Compendium, all of which are based on work of grant projects supported by NADTC, 2017-2019.
Read more »National Diversity Transportation Survey – Deeper Dive Webinar
On November 1, 2021 the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center published the full report of the National Diversity Transportation Survey. 2,435 individuals responded to the survey including older adults, younger adults with disabilities and caregivers from historically marginalized and underserved communities across the U.S. In this webinar you will discover the major survey findings,…
Read more »NADTC’s 2021 Diversity Transportation Survey Full Report
The 2021 National Diversity, Equity and Inclusion survey gauged opinions and obtained information from older adults, younger adults with disabilities and caregivers from historically marginalized and underserved communities. A total of 2,435 older adults, younger adults with disabilities and caregivers from every state and the District of Columbia responded to the survey, which was conducted between…
Read more »How Section 5310 Supports Community Transportation Innovations
The Best Practice, How Section 5310 Supports Community Transportation Innovations includes a snapshot of the Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program and describes how former grantees use this funding to improve transportation accessibility in their communities. This best practice is featured in the Best Practices Compendium, all of which are based…
Read more »NADTC Best Practices Compendium
The Best Practices Compendium is a compilation of the lessons learned by the 16 grant programs funded by NADTC from 2017 through 2019. The overall purpose of these demonstration grants was to establish one or more innovations—new transportation services or programs—in the selected communities. Such innovations have the potential to serve as models that may…
Read more »NADTC Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Transportation Survey Highlights
This report highlights the results from the NADTC 2021 National Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Transportation Survey of older adults, younger adults with disabilities and caregivers from historically marginalized and underserved communities across the U.S. The survey gauged opinions and obtained information from a representative sample of racially, ethnically and culturally diverse older adults, people with disabilities…
Read more »National Convening: Discussing NADTC’s 2021 Diversity Transportation Survey Results
The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center held a virtual National Convening on September 1, 2021 to share highlights from our National Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Survey of older adults, younger adults with disabilities and caregivers from historically marginalized and underserved communities across the U.S. The meeting provided an opportunity for the public transportation, aging…
Read more »2020 Trends Report Spotlight: Inclusive Planning for Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities
Human services professionals have long advocated for increased inclusion and equity in transportation planning, management and service delivery. Utilizing an inclusive planning process encourages attentiveness to the needs of underrepresented communities. By consistently practicing inclusion, transportation programs offer older adults and people with disabilities opportunities for authentic and effective engagement in policy development and program…
Read more »2020 Transportation Trends Report
This report reviews 2020’s trending topics in transportation. The Trends Report provides an overview of what’s trending in the industry, questions we receive at NADTC and important transportation issues in communities across the U.S. 2020 topics include: Volunteer Driver Programs in the Age of COVID-19 Transportation for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) A…
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