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Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority <br />Special Transportation for Seniors and People with Disabilities <br /> Please note that 100% of the MSL grant <br /> funds are used for transportation costs. <br /> There are no administrative costs - <br /> charged to this service. <br />Interim Service We currently provide Interim Service. $0 <br /> The majority of the Interim Service trips <br /> is for medical purposes and is currently <br /> funded with the MSL Out-of--Town <br /> Medical Transportation grant. If we do <br /> not receive the MSL grant for medical <br /> transportation, we will not be able to <br /> meet the Interim Service need for <br /> medical trips. <br /> We are not requesting additional grant <br /> funds for this service, but are instead <br /> noting that Interim Service is dependent <br /> on the MSL Medical Transportation <br /> rant. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Total $75,000 <br />Additional Questions to determine minimum service levels gap grant funding: <br />1. Please explain any community-specific issues that have impacted your ability to not <br />meet minimum service levels? <br />• The Flex Shuttle Service was designed based on extensive public input gathered <br />through a master planning process and continuing public outreach such as <br />workshops and surveys. Out-of--Town Medical Trips was added in 2005 based on <br />input gathered through surveys, workshops and focus group meetings which <br />identified the need for riders to travel outside the City limits to meet their medical <br />needs. <br />2. Have you explored and documented other transportation options for seniors and. <br />people with disabilities provided by non-profit organizations in your community that <br />might also close this service gap? Please describe. <br />• Staff routinely assists residents with their transportation needs, providing <br />information about the variety of transportation services available. Transportation <br />options include: family, friends, taxi, AC Transit/Bart, East Bay Paratransit, <br />residential facilities that provide transportation and hospitals that offer shuttle <br />services. Local non-profit resources are very limited. Alzheimer's Services of the <br />East Bay offers transportation to clients, as well as, Stepping Stones an <br />organziation that works with the developmentally disabled. The variety of <br />services is limited and does not meet the medical transportation needs of our <br />riders. Many of our riders do not have the resource of family or friends for their <br />G:\Oliver\Paratransit\FY 2010-11\IvIB Annual Program Application Cover FYl O1 l.doc <br />Page 14 of 17 <br />