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2021 FTA Section 5310 Compendium
This report is a collection of informational briefs highlighting the various uses of FTA Section 5310 Funding, implemented by human services agencies and transportation programs across the United States. The 2021 topics include: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Requirements for Section 5310 Recipients Area Agencies on Aging and Section 5310 Funding Mobility Management and FTA Section…
Read more »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 Transportation Trends Report
This annual report reviews trending topics in the transportation industry, and provides an overview of the questions and comments we receive at NADTC and focuses on the important transportation issues in communities across the United States. The 2021 topics include: Marketing Your Transportation Program Overcoming Barriers to Walking or Rolling Serving People with Autism on…
Read more »Volunteer Transportation
The Best Practice, Volunteer Transportation, describes the experiences of two NADTC grantees that implemented volunteer transportation programs to fill transportation gaps 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 »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 »Office Hours: Volunteer Driver Recruitment and Retention
Click here to listen to the webinar recording Click here to download the presentation NADTC office hours are focused on enhancing training and technical assistance opportunities and offer further opportunities to interact with your peers, subject matter experts and NADTC staff. Join us on August 17 at 2:00 pm ET for NADTC’s office hours focused…
Read more »Volunteer Driver Program Workshop Part 2: Liability and Protection
Click here for the Liability and Protection webinar recording Click here for the presentation slides by Carrie Diamond Click here for the presentation slides by William Henry This webinar will focus attention on volunteer transportation program protection from liability through insurance and program policies. While liability insurance is critical to protect the program and supplement…
Read more »Volunteer Driver Program Workshop Part 1: Volunteer Driver Insurance
Click here for the Volunteer Driver Insurance webinar recording Click here for the Volunteer Driver Insurance presentation slides Volunteer transportation programs provide an essential, often life-enhancing services for older adults and younger people with disabilities in communities across the U.S. However, potential volunteer drivers are sometimes deterred by a concern that their automobile insurance will…
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: Volunteer Transportation
Click to listen and view the webinar recording Click to download a copy of the presentation slides Join NADTC on Thursday, May 14 from 12:30 to 1:00 pm Eastern for our second Brown Bag Webinar. This session will feature 2019 Innovations in Accessible Mobility grantee, Shared Mobility who will discuss their Volunteer Transportation Western New…
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