Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment amends the term "handicapped"
to "handicapped/disabled" except where referencing the statutory program name;
removes and simplifies the regulatory burden of varying match requirements to a
consistent dollar-for-dollar; removes dates for applications, awards, and
disbursements; and removes the monthly disbursement requirement to reduce
regulatory burden to align with 7 CSR 10-7.030.
(1) Criteria. The following criteria is to be
used to distribute state financial assistance to eligible transportation
providers under section 208.260, RSMo:
(A)
Eligibility. Applicants must-
1. Meet one (1)
of the following criteria:
A. Be incorporated
as a not-for-profit corporation in Missouri under the provisions of Chapter
355, RSMo; or
B. Engage the
services of a not-for-profit corporation, County Sheltered Workshop or
Developmental Disability Services under the provisions of sections
205.968-205.972, RSMo, or Senior Citizens Service Fund Tax under the provisions
of sections 67.990-67.995, RSMo;
2. Show availability of federal, local, or
private funds for the project under application;
3. Show that their total operating costs
exceed their total operating revenues, including all dues, membership fees, and
all other sources of operating revenue; and
4. Show that its costs are limited to
operating costs specifically for transporting elderly and handicapped/disabled
persons;
(B) Distribution
of state assistance will be made on the basis of relative point scores
determined by the following criteria: need for service (maximum twenty-five
(25) points), trip purpose (maximum twenty-five (25) points), cost
effectiveness based on yearly statistical average cost per revenue mile and
one-way passenger trips of all applicants (maximum twenty-five (25) points),
and cost and availability of alternative service (maximum twenty-five (25)
points); and
(C) Federal, local,
and private funds will be matched with program funds on a dollar-for-dollar
basis to defray transportation operating losses for approved applicants.
(2) Applications,
Awards, and Disbursements.
(A) Fifty percent
(50%) of the funds appropriated under section
208.260,
RSMo shall be distributed to Area Agencies on Aging as that term is defined in
section
192.2005, RSMo using
the formula described in subsection (1)(B).
(B) Applications will be accepted each
year.
(C) Applications will be
processed each year.
(D)
Announcements of financial assistance to applicants will be made each
year.
(E) Awards will be made for a
period of twelve (12) months. Disbursements will be made on a reimbursable
basis subject to the above conditions.
(3) Information. Information regarding the
Missouri Elderly and Handicapped Transportation Assistance Program may be
obtained from the transit section in the Multimodal Operations Division, PO Box
270, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
*Original authority: 208.265, RSMo
1976.
