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2021 Trends Report Spotlight: Rural Volunteer Transportation Programs
This Trends Report highlights the importance of volunteer driver programs in rural communities across the United States, especially those providing transportation services for riders going to vital medical appointments in neighboring towns or cities. This informational brief showcases local programs and their ability to recruit and retain volunteer drivers in rural communities.
Read more »2021 Trends Report Spotlight: Rural Community Engagement
This Trends Report highlights the importance of connecting with your riders and human service agencies to improve or enhance transportation for the community. This informational brief discusses challenges and potential strategies to engage the public and presents local examples of how to overcome the challenges of community engagement for more successful outcomes.
Read more »Rural Transportation
The Best Practice, Rural Transportation, presents the experiences of NADTC grantees who developed transportation programs in rural areas. Common themes include the need to build trust with riders, coordinate with other providers and the critical importance of structure programs to serve long distances. This best practice is featured in the Best Practices Compendium, all of which are based on work…
Read more »Coordination Connections: Building Transportation Capacity in Rural Areas with Public & Private Partners
Click here to listen to the webinar recording Click here to download a copy of the presentation This is the fourth webinar in the Coordination Connections series. In this session, participants will hear from Charles McCarthy, Mobility Manager of the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments about his journey to re-establish a transportation system in NW…
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 »Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and Transportation: Spotlighting Opportunities Under Section 5310 and Promising Approaches in Rural Areas
Click here to listen to the recording Click here to download a copy of the presentation Ninety percent of Area Agencies on Aging provide transportation services, a critical resource for older adults‚Äô health and social engagement needs. COVID-19 has changed the demand for and management of transportation programs. Using data from the most recent AAA…
Read more »NADTC 2019 National Survey of Transportation Providers
As a follow-up to our National Aging and Disability Transportation Center needs assessment survey of older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers, NADTC, in partnership with KRC Research, conducted a survey of transportation providers that serve those populations. Questions focused on communications and outreach, driver training and safety, coordination, funding, challenges and unmet needs.
Read more »Brown Bag Webinar: Creating Access to Nutrition
Click to listen and view the webinar recording Click to download a copy of the presentation slides We are excited to host our first Brown Bag Webinar on Thursday, April 23rd from 12:30 to 1:00 pm Eastern. Join NADTC and our featured 2019 Innovations in Accessible Mobility grantee, INCOG Area Agency on Aging as they…
Read more »Rides to Health and Wealth: A driving force for rural health network action
NADTC hosted the Rides to Health and Wealth webinar on March 10 ,2020. View and listen to the webinar Download a copy of the webinar transcript in Word This webinar highlighted west central Missouri’s nine- county Health and Wealth Network and it’s collaborative approach to building rural transportation options. The Network’s Rides to Health and…
Read more »Mobile and Socially Connected: engAGEment Fostered by Transportation Access
Click to listen and view the webinar recording Webinar description: Connecting older adults to available transportation options in their communities provides an opportunity to foster and maintain social connections. Without the vital connections made through transportation, individuals may feel a loss of independence and reduce involvement in social activities and/or personal hobbies. This engAGED webinar…
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