Announcement of Fiscal Year 2016 Rides to Wellness Demonstration and Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Grants Competitive Program Project Selections, 79086-79090 [2016-27157]
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for implementing regulations to issue
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hazardous materials (HM) in accordance
with 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq. The HM
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Estimated Number of Respondents:
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Estimated Time per Response: 5
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motor carriers and their drivers must
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is estimated that it will take 5 minutes
to maintain a daily communication
record for each driver.
Expiration Date: July 31, 2017.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
908,000 hours [10.9 million trips × 5
minutes per record ÷ 60 minutes per
hour = 908,333.33 rounded to 908,000].
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for OMB’s clearance of this information
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Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87
on: October 27, 2016.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Announcement of Fiscal Year 2016
Rides to Wellness Demonstration and
Innovative Coordinated Access and
Mobility Grants Competitive Program
Project Selections
AGENCY:
Federal Transit Administration,
DOT.
ACTION:
Notice.
The U.S. Department of
Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the
selection of Rides to Wellness
Demonstration and Innovative
Coordinated Access and Mobility
Program (R2W Program) projects, with
$7.2 million of funding from two
programs: Section 3006(b) of the Fixing
America’s Surface Transportation Act
(FAST), Public Law 114–94, which
authorized a pilot program for
innovative coordinated access and
mobility at $2 million; and $5.3 million
from 49 U.S.C. 5312 (Section 5312). On
March 29, 2016, FTA published a Notice
of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (81 FR
17549) announcing the availability of
Federal funding for the R2W Program.
These program funds will provide
financial assistance to States and
Designated or Direct Recipients to test
promising, replicable public
transportation healthcare access
solutions that support the following
goals: Increased access to care,
improved health outcomes and reduced
healthcare costs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Successful applicants should contact
the appropriate FTA Regional Office for
information regarding applying for the
funds or program-specific information.
A list of Regional Offices can be found
at www.transit.dot.gov. Unsuccessful
applicants may contact Danielle Nelson,
Office of Program Management at (202)
366–2160, email: Danielle.Nelson@
dot.gov, to arrange a proposal debriefing
within 30 days of this announcement. A
TDD is available at 1–800–877–8339
(TDD/FIRS).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
response to the NOFO, FTA received 78
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project proposals requesting $28 million
from 34 states. Project proposals were
evaluated based on each applicant’s
responsiveness to the program
evaluation criteria outlined in the
NOFO. FTA is funding 19 projects, as
shown here: https://
www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grants/fy2016-rides-wellness-demonstration-andinnovative-coordinated-access-andmobility and in Table 1, for a total of
$7,211,518. Recipients selected for
competitive funding should work with
their FTA Regional Office to submit a
grant application in FTA’s Transit
Award Management System (TrAMs) for
the projects identified in the attached
table. Funds must be used consistent
with the competitive proposal and for
the eligible purposes established in the
NOFO and described in the FTA
Circular 9070.1G.
Recipients are reminded that program
requirements such as cost sharing or
local match can be found in the NOFO.
A discretionary project identification
number has been assigned to each
project for tracking purposes and must
be used in the TrAMs application.
Selected projects are eligible to incur
costs under pre-award authority no
earlier than the date projects were
publicly announced, September 12,
2016. Pre-award authority does not
guarantee that project expenses incurred
prior to the award of a grant will be
eligible for reimbursement, as eligibility
for reimbursement is contingent upon
other requirements. For more about
FTA’s policy on pre-award authority,
please see the FTA Fiscal Year 2016
Apportionments, Allocations, and
79087
Program Information and Interim
Guidance found in 81 FR 7893
(February 16, 2016). Post-award
reporting requirements include
submission of the Federal Financial
Report and Milestone progress reports
in TrAMs as appropriate (see
FTA.C.5010.1D). Recipients must
comply with all applicable Federal
statutes, regulations, executive orders,
FTA circulars, and other Federal
requirements in carrying out the project
supported by the FTA grant. FTA
emphasizes that recipients must follow
all third-party procurement guidance, as
described in FTA.C.4220.1F. Funds
allocated in this announcement must be
obligated in a grant by September 30,
2018.
Carolyn Flowers,
Acting Administrator.
TABLE 1—FY 16 GRANTS FOR RIDES TO WELLNESS COMPETITION PROJECT SELECTIONS
Recipient
MD ..........
Maryland Transit Administration.
D2016–RTWD–001
CA ...........
Riverside County
Transportation
Commission.
D2016–RTWD–002
PA ...........
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
D2016–RTWD–003
IL .............
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State
Rides Mass Transit
District.
D2016–RTWD–004
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The Maryland Transit Administration will receive $103,344 to
increase the capacity of a mobility management program that
addresses barriers for low-income individuals in Allegany
County western Maryland who lack reliable access to transportation to receive non-emergency medical care. The program, which will be updated with transportation coordination
software, coordinates and provides transportation to and
from non-emergency medical appointments at no cost to the
individuals.
Riverside County Transportation Commission and its partner
organizations will receive $185,753 for the Blythe Wellness
Express, a program that provides access to preventative
healthcare for South California residents. This travel navigator/mobility management coordination project will address
access to services in an underserved area and involve staff
from the public transit agency, healthcare providers and community volunteers. An evaluation piece will document healthrelated outcomes.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will receive
$1,190,000 to fund FindMyRidePA. a one-call, one-click center and real-time transportation service serving a three-county area in central Pennsylvania. Building off the one-call center concept developed from an FTA-funded Veterans Transportation and Community Living Initiative project, the project
will address the challenge of missed health appointments
due to a lack of transportation in a targeted community, then
scale it for deployment in other areas of the state.
Rides Mass Transit District of Illinois will receive $518,844 to
establish a ‘‘one-call’’ center, expand mobility management
services for patients at risk of re-hospitalization, and initiate
transportation coordination for patients seeking drug abuse
and mental health services in southern Illinois with a high
rate of mental health and substance abuse and a disproportionately low number of healthcare providers. The project is
intended to close the gap in access to mental health for patients due to transportation challenges in rural areas and
builds on a 2015 FTA-funded Rides to Wellness Healthcare
Access Challenge Grant.
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$103,334
185,753
1,190,000
518,844
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TABLE 1—FY 16 GRANTS FOR RIDES TO WELLNESS COMPETITION PROJECT SELECTIONS—Continued
Recipient
Project ID
Project description
MI ............
Michigan Department
of Transportation.
D2016–RTWR–001–001
VT ...........
Vermont Agency of
Transportation.
D2016–RTWR–001–002
MI ............
Flint Mass Transportation Authority.
D2016–RTWR–001–003
MA ..........
Montachusett Regional Transit Authority.
D2016–RTWR–001–004
FL ............
Jacksonville Transportation Authority.
D2016–RTWR–001–005
TN ...........
Knoxville Area Transit.
D2016–RTWR–001–006
GA ...........
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State
Atlanta Regional
Commission.
D2016–RTWR–001–007
The Michigan Department of Transportation will receive $1 million to expand a brokerage-based program currently only
available in certain parts of the state to a statewide model.
The program manages and delivers non-emergency medical
transportation for older adults, people with low incomes, and
people with disabilities, ensuring they have access to nonemergency healthcare. The coordination software records
trips reserved by county in each region based on trip types,
procedures and clinic visits. Local health centers will integrate the software and refer clients to the service.
The Vermont Agency of Transportation will receive $170,000 to
develop a program to train staff at Community Health Services to act as mobility managers to help individuals in the Ascutney, Windsor and St. Johnsbury regions of Vermont
schedule and attend medical appointments. This will lead to
better health outcomes, a reduction in missed appointments,
and a reduction in the use of emergency services for routine
medical care. Modeled on a program in another region of
Vermont, the mobility managers will help patients, medical
providers and social service agencies identify individuals
most at risk and provide alternative transportation options via
local transit providers.
The Flint Mass Transportation Authority will receive $310,040
to develop a mobility management program, including coordinated non-emergency medical transportation, trip planning
and training. The program will provide rides to wellness appointments for behavioral health patients, dialysis patients,
and primary/urgent care for families, and elderly and elderly
disabled patients in Flint and nearby Genesee County, both
of which are impacted by Flint’s municipal water crisis. Building on a 2015 FTA-funded Healthcare Access Mobility Design Challenge Grant, the project will improve local coordination and access in the community.
Montachusett Regional Transit Authority will receive $200,000
to implement a technology that analyzes routing and dispatching among several providers to integrate management
of rides to healthcare in western Massachusetts and boost
under-used fixed route and paratransit services. The software will allow paratransit and Council on Aging systems to
bid on demand response, long-term and shared ride contracts so people seeking fixed route, paratransit and senior
ride services can request additional rides or mix rides to
maximize efficiencies. The software also will determine if a
provider has the capacity to deliver service.
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority will receive $399,200
to develop a software interface connecting medical scheduling programs and transit schedules to generate transit travel times and costs for healthcare receptionists and patients
as they choose appointments. With the potential to link a
large number of healthcare providers to mobility management nationally, the project will provide a pilot data set to
prove the value of linking transportation options with medical
appointments.
Knoxville Area Transit will receive $200,000 to expand its 2–1–
1 call center as a single point of entry for older adults and
people with disabilities to access transit to healthcare facilities in the region. The project will improve local coordination
and access in the community and train public information
staff, healthcare providers and residents on how to use KAT
buses.
The Atlanta Regional Commission will receive $337,628 to provide travel training, free transit passes over a six-month period, and paratransit or reduced fare enrollment assistance to
at least 200 individuals to be selected from four area health
centers. The program will address the difficulty in accessing
medical services via paratransit by bolstering a travel training
and mobility management effort and leveraging creative community partnerships. A regional summit will explore future opportunities for collaboration, identify barriers and propose solutions.
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170,000
310,040
200,000
399,200
200,000
337,628
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TABLE 1—FY 16 GRANTS FOR RIDES TO WELLNESS COMPETITION PROJECT SELECTIONS—Continued
Recipient
Project ID
Project description
NY ...........
Niagara Frontier
Transportation Authority.
D2016–RTWR–001–008
CA ...........
San Diego Association of Governments.
D2016–RTWR–001–009
MI ............
Detroit Department
of Transportation.
D2016–RTWR–001–010
IA ............
Iowa Department of
Transportation.
D2016–RTWR–001–011
NH ...........
New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
D2016–RTWR–001–012
MO ..........
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State
Bi-State Development Agency.
D2016–RTWR–001–013
OH ..........
Ohio Department of
Transportation.
D2016–RTWR–001–014
The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority will receive
$468,566 to fund transportation to prenatal healthcare appointments for low-income, high-risk pregnant women in Buffalo, NY. The project provides participants with a transit pass
as well as guidance on how to use the public transportation
system for healthcare appointments. The project concept
was formed through a HUD Sustainable Communities Initiative and a 2015 FTA-funded Healthcare Access Mobility Design Challenge grant.
The San Diego Association of Governments will receive
$160,000 to coordinate rides for patients, both those traveling from emergency rooms to hospitals for admission and
discharged patients traveling to pharmacies, treatments or
their homes. The project will apply mobility management as
part of hospital discharge planning, helping patients learn
about how to attend healthcare appointments as well as
wellness activities using public transportation.
The Detroit Department of Transportation will receive $509,475
to increase mobility for older adults, particularly city residents
with lower incomes and/or disabilities, to non-emergency
medical care. The project will use scheduling software that
improves efficiency and coordination between transportation
and healthcare providers, as well as offer transportation to
health/wellness/prevention activities such as recreation centers, parks, and farmers markets.
The Iowa Department of Transportation will receive $130,560
for the Delaware County Connections Program, a rural, volunteer-based transit service that will improve the coordination
of non-emergency medical transportation and provide
healthcare access for people with low incomes, older adults
and individuals with intellectual challenges. The project focuses on rides to wellness activities at senior centers, farmers markets and support groups.
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation will receive
$182,880 to fund the Bridge to Integration Project, a technology that will bridge the gap between Medicaid-funded
transportation brokers and NHDOT’s coordination software
vendor system, an innovation that will be tested at three pilot
sites. The sites will test the new technology with the goal of
increasing access to transportation for healthcare appointments for Medicaid recipients, older adults and people with
disabilities. Under NH’s managed care model authorized in
2011, all Medicaid populations are to be enrolled in a managed care program. The result has been an increase in the
Medicaid care management population. By partnering with
the brokers and implementing a coordination software system, it will allow more efficient and effective coordination of
transportation resources and assets throughout the state.
The Bi-State Development Agency of St. Louis, MO, will receive $940,251 for its Gateway Program, which features a
public health mobile clinic that provides health screenings
such as blood pressure and cholesterol tests at MetroLink
Public Transportation Stations in north St. Louis County. This
public transit and healthcare partnership creates a bridge between silos by serving the healthcare needs of public transit
riders along their route. The program includes non-emergency medical transportation to and from appointments using
transit subsidies, and is designed to provide underserved
residents with a bridge in care until they are able to enroll in
health insurance coverage options available through the Affordable Care Act.
The Ohio Department of Transportation will receive $133,000
to fund the Mommy and Me Ride for Free program on behalf
of the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio. The project, which
improves coordination and access in Lucas County by
leveraging existing transportation options, will provide pregnant women and women with infants access to transportation. Using the TARPS and TARTA transit systems, women
will increase their access to healthcare, leading to better birth
outcomes and improved health status for both mother and
baby.
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160,000
509,475
130,560
182,880
940,251
133,000
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TABLE 1—FY 16 GRANTS FOR RIDES TO WELLNESS COMPETITION PROJECT SELECTIONS—Continued
State
Recipient
Project ID
Project description
NC ...........
Research Triangle
Regional Public
Transportation Authority.
D2016–RTWR–001–015
The Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority of Durham, N.C., will receive $65,600 to expand the Go
Triangle Regional Call Center to improve coordinated transit
planning and application assistance for paratransit riders who
are low-income, uninsured or have mental health special
needs. By co-locating paratransit mobility management services with fixed route mobility management services, the
project will increase access to care. The project builds on a
2015 FTA-funded Healthcare Access Challenge Grant that
tested solutions for transportation for low income, uninsured,
or Medicaid consumers of behavior healthcare and developed a plan to implement solutions.
Total: $7,211,518.
BILLING CODE 4910–57–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
2016 Mobility on Demand (MOD)
Sandbox Program
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of selections of Fiscal
Year 2016 MOD Sandbox Program.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announced the
selection of 11 projects on October 13,
2016, (see Table 1) to receive $7,931,080
in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 and 2016
funding in support of FTA’s Mobility on
Demand (MOD) Sandbox Program.
On May 3, 2016, FTA published a
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
(81 FR 26621) announcing the
availability of $8 Million for the 2016
MOD Sandbox Program. The MOD
Sandbox Program is a new FTA research
program to demonstrate and evaluate
innovative approaches to integrating
emerging mobility solutions within a
public transportation framework. The
program seeks to support transit
agencies and communities as they
navigate the dynamic, evolving
landscape of personal mobility and
integrated multimodal transportation
networks. FTA is interested in
conducting research on new service
options in combination with available
technologies that enable a travelercentric approach to transportation, and
provide better mobility options for
everyone. FTA’s MOD Sandbox Program
provides a platform where integrated
MOD concepts and solutions—
supported through local partnerships—
can be demonstrated in real-world
settings.
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The
FTA Office of Research, Demonstration
and Innovation will contact successful
applicants regarding the next steps in
applying for funds (see Table 1).
Unsuccessful applicants may contact
Christina Gikakis, Office of Research,
Demonstration and Innovation at email
address modsandbox@dot.gov to arrange
a proposal debriefing within 30 days of
this announcement.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
response to the MOD Sandbox NOFO,
FTA received 78 eligible proposals
requesting $57,146,181 in Federal
funds. Project proposals were evaluated
based on each applicant’s
responsiveness to the program
evaluation criteria published in the
NOFO. FTA is funding 11 MOD
Sandbox projects, as shown in Table 1,
for a total of $7,931,080.
Grantees selected for the MOD
Sandbox Program should work with the
FTA Office of Research, Demonstration
and Innovation (TRI) to complete the
cooperative agreement applications in
FTA’s electronic grants management
system, Transit Award Management
System (TrAMS).
Cooperative agreements must only
include eligible activities applied for in
the original project application. Project
partner organizations identified as team
members or sub-recipients in the
original project application must be
identified and included in the grant
application in the capacity as originally
proposed. Funds must be used
consistent with the competitive
proposal and for the eligible purposes
established in the NOFO and described
in the FTA Circular 6100.1E. Grantees
are reminded that program requirements
such as cost sharing or local match can
be found in the NOFO and that
applicants must provide the cost-share
and source consistent with the selected
proposal. A discretionary research
project identification number has been
assigned to each project, as shown in
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Table 1, for tracking purposes and must
be used in the TrAMS application.
Projects are eligible for pre-award
authority with an effective date no
earlier than October 13, 2016. Grantees
seeking pre-award authority must
request and receive approval from the
TRI Associate Administrator through a
Letter of No Prejudice. FTA may grant
pre-award authority to any project
under this program so long as all
required conditions for pre-award
authority have been met and the
activities undertaken in advance of
federal funding are contained in the
approved project plan or statement of
work. Post-award reporting
requirements include submission of the
Federal Financial Report and Milestone
reports in TrAMS as appropriate (FTA
Circular 6100.1E and Circular 5010.1D).
The grantees must comply with all
applicable Federal statutes, regulations,
executive orders, FTA circulars, and
other Federal requirements detailed in
the current Master Agreement in
carrying out the project supported by
the FTA research grant. The current
Master Agreement can be found in the
following FTA Grant Agreements Web
page: https://www.transit.dot.gov/
funding/grantee-resources/sample-ftaagreements/fta-grant-agreements. In
addition, FTA will issue special
conditions for certain MOD Sandbox
projects to include specific data
collection and reporting requirements
related to compliance areas such as
provision of equivalent service under
the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA).
For non-selected applicants, FTA may
contact certain MOD Sandbox
applicant(s) whose proposals were not
selected for Sandbox funding, but
considered meritorious to advance the
transit industry’s knowledge on MOD.
FTA encourages all non-selected
Sandbox applicants to notify FTA’s
MOD Program Manager, Christina
Gikakis, at email address modsandbox@
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Announcement of Fiscal Year 2016 Rides to Wellness Demonstration
and Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Grants Competitive
Program Project Selections
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) announces the selection of Rides to Wellness
Demonstration and Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Program
(R2W Program) projects, with $7.2 million of funding from two programs:
Section 3006(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act
(FAST), Public Law 114-94, which authorized a pilot program for
innovative coordinated access and mobility at $2 million; and $5.3
million from 49 U.S.C. 5312 (Section 5312). On March 29, 2016, FTA
published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (81 FR 17549)
announcing the availability of Federal funding for the R2W Program.
These program funds will provide financial assistance to States and
Designated or Direct Recipients to test promising, replicable public
transportation healthcare access solutions that support the following
goals: Increased access to care, improved health outcomes and reduced
healthcare costs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Successful applicants should contact
the appropriate FTA Regional Office for information regarding applying
for the funds or program-specific information. A list of Regional
Offices can be found at www.transit.dot.gov. Unsuccessful applicants
may contact Danielle Nelson, Office of Program Management at (202) 366-
2160, email: Danielle.Nelson@dot.gov, to arrange a proposal debriefing
within 30 days of this announcement. A TDD is available at 1-800-877-
8339 (TDD/FIRS).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In response to the NOFO, FTA received 78
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project proposals requesting $28 million from 34 states. Project
proposals were evaluated based on each applicant's responsiveness to
the program evaluation criteria outlined in the NOFO. FTA is funding 19
projects, as shown here: https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grants/fy-2016-rides-wellness-demonstration-and-innovative-coordinated-access-and-mobility and in Table 1, for a total of $7,211,518. Recipients
selected for competitive funding should work with their FTA Regional
Office to submit a grant application in FTA's Transit Award Management
System (TrAMs) for the projects identified in the attached table. Funds
must be used consistent with the competitive proposal and for the
eligible purposes established in the NOFO and described in the FTA
Circular 9070.1G.
Recipients are reminded that program requirements such as cost
sharing or local match can be found in the NOFO. A discretionary
project identification number has been assigned to each project for
tracking purposes and must be used in the TrAMs application.
Selected projects are eligible to incur costs under pre-award
authority no earlier than the date projects were publicly announced,
September 12, 2016. Pre-award authority does not guarantee that project
expenses incurred prior to the award of a grant will be eligible for
reimbursement, as eligibility for reimbursement is contingent upon
other requirements. For more about FTA's policy on pre-award authority,
please see the FTA Fiscal Year 2016 Apportionments, Allocations, and
Program Information and Interim Guidance found in 81 FR 7893 (February
16, 2016). Post-award reporting requirements include submission of the
Federal Financial Report and Milestone progress reports in TrAMs as
appropriate (see FTA.C.5010.1D). Recipients must comply with all
applicable Federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, FTA
circulars, and other Federal requirements in carrying out the project
supported by the FTA grant. FTA emphasizes that recipients must follow
all third-party procurement guidance, as described in FTA.C.4220.1F.
Funds allocated in this announcement must be obligated in a grant by
September 30, 2018.
Carolyn Flowers,
Acting Administrator.
Table 1--FY 16 Grants for Rides to Wellness Competition Project Selections
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State Recipient Project ID Project description Allocation
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MD................................. Maryland Transit D2016-RTWD-001 The Maryland Transit Administration $103,334
Administration. will receive $103,344 to increase
the capacity of a mobility
management program that addresses
barriers for low-income individuals
in Allegany County western Maryland
who lack reliable access to
transportation to receive non-
emergency medical care. The
program, which will be updated with
transportation coordination
software, coordinates and provides
transportation to and from non-
emergency medical appointments at
no cost to the individuals.
CA................................. Riverside County D2016-RTWD-002 Riverside County Transportation 185,753
Transportation Commission and its partner
Commission. organizations will receive $185,753
for the Blythe Wellness Express, a
program that provides access to
preventative healthcare for South
California residents. This travel
navigator/mobility management
coordination project will address
access to services in an
underserved area and involve staff
from the public transit agency,
healthcare providers and community
volunteers. An evaluation piece
will document health-related
outcomes.
PA................................. Pennsylvania D2016-RTWD-003 The Pennsylvania Department of 1,190,000
Department of Transportation will receive
Transportation. $1,190,000 to fund FindMyRidePA. a
one-call, one-click center and real-
time transportation service serving
a three-county area in central
Pennsylvania. Building off the one-
call center concept developed from
an FTA-funded Veterans
Transportation and Community Living
Initiative project, the project
will address the challenge of
missed health appointments due to a
lack of transportation in a
targeted community, then scale it
for deployment in other areas of
the state.
IL................................. Rides Mass Transit D2016-RTWD-004 Rides Mass Transit District of 518,844
District. Illinois will receive $518,844 to
establish a ``one-call'' center,
expand mobility management services
for patients at risk of re-
hospitalization, and initiate
transportation coordination for
patients seeking drug abuse and
mental health services in southern
Illinois with a high rate of mental
health and substance abuse and a
disproportionately low number of
healthcare providers. The project
is intended to close the gap in
access to mental health for
patients due to transportation
challenges in rural areas and
builds on a 2015 FTA-funded Rides
to Wellness Healthcare Access
Challenge Grant.
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MI................................. Michigan Department of D2016-RTWR-001-001 The Michigan Department of 1,006,387
Transportation. Transportation will receive $1
million to expand a brokerage-based
program currently only available in
certain parts of the state to a
statewide model. The program
manages and delivers non-emergency
medical transportation for older
adults, people with low incomes,
and people with disabilities,
ensuring they have access to non-
emergency healthcare. The
coordination software records trips
reserved by county in each region
based on trip types, procedures and
clinic visits. Local health centers
will integrate the software and
refer clients to the service.
VT................................. Vermont Agency of D2016-RTWR-001-002 The Vermont Agency of Transportation 170,000
Transportation. will receive $170,000 to develop a
program to train staff at Community
Health Services to act as mobility
managers to help individuals in the
Ascutney, Windsor and St. Johnsbury
regions of Vermont schedule and
attend medical appointments. This
will lead to better health
outcomes, a reduction in missed
appointments, and a reduction in
the use of emergency services for
routine medical care. Modeled on a
program in another region of
Vermont, the mobility managers will
help patients, medical providers
and social service agencies
identify individuals most at risk
and provide alternative
transportation options via local
transit providers.
MI................................. Flint Mass D2016-RTWR-001-003 The Flint Mass Transportation 310,040
Transportation Authority will receive $310,040 to
Authority. develop a mobility management
program, including coordinated non-
emergency medical transportation,
trip planning and training. The
program will provide rides to
wellness appointments for
behavioral health patients,
dialysis patients, and primary/
urgent care for families, and
elderly and elderly disabled
patients in Flint and nearby
Genesee County, both of which are
impacted by Flint's municipal water
crisis. Building on a 2015 FTA-
funded Healthcare Access Mobility
Design Challenge Grant, the project
will improve local coordination and
access in the community.
MA................................. Montachusett Regional D2016-RTWR-001-004 Montachusett Regional Transit 200,000
Transit Authority. Authority will receive $200,000 to
implement a technology that
analyzes routing and dispatching
among several providers to
integrate management of rides to
healthcare in western Massachusetts
and boost under-used fixed route
and paratransit services. The
software will allow paratransit and
Council on Aging systems to bid on
demand response, long-term and
shared ride contracts so people
seeking fixed route, paratransit
and senior ride services can
request additional rides or mix
rides to maximize efficiencies. The
software also will determine if a
provider has the capacity to
deliver service.
FL................................. Jacksonville D2016-RTWR-001-005 The Jacksonville Transportation 399,200
Transportation Authority will receive $399,200 to
Authority. develop a software interface
connecting medical scheduling
programs and transit schedules to
generate transit travel times and
costs for healthcare receptionists
and patients as they choose
appointments. With the potential to
link a large number of healthcare
providers to mobility management
nationally, the project will
provide a pilot data set to prove
the value of linking transportation
options with medical appointments.
TN................................. Knoxville Area Transit D2016-RTWR-001-006 Knoxville Area Transit will receive 200,000
$200,000 to expand its 2-1-1 call
center as a single point of entry
for older adults and people with
disabilities to access transit to
healthcare facilities in the
region. The project will improve
local coordination and access in
the community and train public
information staff, healthcare
providers and residents on how to
use KAT buses.
GA................................. Atlanta Regional D2016-RTWR-001-007 The Atlanta Regional Commission will 337,628
Commission. receive $337,628 to provide travel
training, free transit passes over
a six-month period, and paratransit
or reduced fare enrollment
assistance to at least 200
individuals to be selected from
four area health centers. The
program will address the difficulty
in accessing medical services via
paratransit by bolstering a travel
training and mobility management
effort and leveraging creative
community partnerships. A regional
summit will explore future
opportunities for collaboration,
identify barriers and propose
solutions.
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NY................................. Niagara Frontier D2016-RTWR-001-008 The Niagara Frontier Transportation 468,566
Transportation Authority will receive $468,566 to
Authority. fund transportation to prenatal
healthcare appointments for low-
income, high-risk pregnant women in
Buffalo, NY. The project provides
participants with a transit pass as
well as guidance on how to use the
public transportation system for
healthcare appointments. The
project concept was formed through
a HUD Sustainable Communities
Initiative and a 2015 FTA-funded
Healthcare Access Mobility Design
Challenge grant.
CA................................. San Diego Association D2016-RTWR-001-009 The San Diego Association of 160,000
of Governments. Governments will receive $160,000
to coordinate rides for patients,
both those traveling from emergency
rooms to hospitals for admission
and discharged patients traveling
to pharmacies, treatments or their
homes. The project will apply
mobility management as part of
hospital discharge planning,
helping patients learn about how to
attend healthcare appointments as
well as wellness activities using
public transportation.
MI................................. Detroit Department of D2016-RTWR-001-010 The Detroit Department of 509,475
Transportation. Transportation will receive
$509,475 to increase mobility for
older adults, particularly city
residents with lower incomes and/or
disabilities, to non-emergency
medical care. The project will use
scheduling software that improves
efficiency and coordination between
transportation and healthcare
providers, as well as offer
transportation to health/wellness/
prevention activities such as
recreation centers, parks, and
farmers markets.
IA................................. Iowa Department of D2016-RTWR-001-011 The Iowa Department of 130,560
Transportation. Transportation will receive
$130,560 for the Delaware County
Connections Program, a rural,
volunteer-based transit service
that will improve the coordination
of non-emergency medical
transportation and provide
healthcare access for people with
low incomes, older adults and
individuals with intellectual
challenges. The project focuses on
rides to wellness activities at
senior centers, farmers markets and
support groups.
NH................................. New Hampshire D2016-RTWR-001-012 The New Hampshire Department of 182,880
Department of Transportation will receive
Transportation. $182,880 to fund the Bridge to
Integration Project, a technology
that will bridge the gap between
Medicaid-funded transportation
brokers and NHDOT's coordination
software vendor system, an
innovation that will be tested at
three pilot sites. The sites will
test the new technology with the
goal of increasing access to
transportation for healthcare
appointments for Medicaid
recipients, older adults and people
with disabilities. Under NH's
managed care model authorized in
2011, all Medicaid populations are
to be enrolled in a managed care
program. The result has been an
increase in the Medicaid care
management population. By
partnering with the brokers and
implementing a coordination
software system, it will allow more
efficient and effective
coordination of transportation
resources and assets throughout the
state.
MO................................. Bi-State Development D2016-RTWR-001-013 The Bi-State Development Agency of 940,251
Agency. St. Louis, MO, will receive
$940,251 for its Gateway Program,
which features a public health
mobile clinic that provides health
screenings such as blood pressure
and cholesterol tests at MetroLink
Public Transportation Stations in
north St. Louis County. This public
transit and healthcare partnership
creates a bridge between silos by
serving the healthcare needs of
public transit riders along their
route. The program includes non-
emergency medical transportation to
and from appointments using transit
subsidies, and is designed to
provide underserved residents with
a bridge in care until they are
able to enroll in health insurance
coverage options available through
the Affordable Care Act.
OH................................. Ohio Department of D2016-RTWR-001-014 The Ohio Department of 133,000
Transportation. Transportation will receive
$133,000 to fund the Mommy and Me
Ride for Free program on behalf of
the Hospital Council of Northwest
Ohio. The project, which improves
coordination and access in Lucas
County by leveraging existing
transportation options, will
provide pregnant women and women
with infants access to
transportation. Using the TARPS and
TARTA transit systems, women will
increase their access to
healthcare, leading to better birth
outcomes and improved health status
for both mother and baby.
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NC................................. Research Triangle D2016-RTWR-001-015 The Research Triangle Regional 65,600
Regional Public Public Transportation Authority of
Transportation Durham, N.C., will receive $65,600
Authority. to expand the Go Triangle Regional
Call Center to improve coordinated
transit planning and application
assistance for paratransit riders
who are low-income, uninsured or
have mental health special needs.
By co-locating paratransit mobility
management services with fixed
route mobility management services,
the project will increase access to
care. The project builds on a 2015
FTA-funded Healthcare Access
Challenge Grant that tested
solutions for transportation for
low income, uninsured, or Medicaid
consumers of behavior healthcare
and developed a plan to implement
solutions.
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Total: $7,211,518.
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