SUMMARY FINDINGS ON TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS AND PURCHASERS TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER CATEGORIES Paid Drivers only operate vehicles Staff Drivers operate vehicles as part of overall duties Volunteer Drivers no reimbursement or mileage reimbursement TRANSPORTATION PURCHASER CATEGORIES Contract Purchasers have contract or arrangement with provider(s) to transport clients Fare Media Purchasers purchase GDRTA tokens or passes for use by clients 1
THE MVRPC REGION County Providers Purchasers Greene 10 4 Miami 3 1 Montgomery 29 13 Preble 4 3 Regional 5 5 Totals 51 26 2
GREENE COUNTY Major Transportation Providers (2 or more vehicles in service daily) Greene CATS 26 vehicles 120,000 trips per year Demand Response and Flex Route services Serves General Public and Human Service Agency Clients Countywide service for county residents Limited service to Montgomery County Xenia Adult Recreation and Service Center 10 vehicles 12,500 trips per year Serves seniors, primarily medical trips Service for residents to county and regional destinations Beavercreek Senior Center Volunteer Drivers 3 vehicles 8,400 trips per year Serves seniors Service for city and township residents Fairborn Senior Citizens Association Paid/Volunteer Drivers 3 vehicles 4,000 trips per year Serves seniors Service for city and township residents 3
GREENE COUNTY Major Transportation Providers (cont.) Women s Recovery Center Staff Drivers 3 vehicles Trips N/A Serves women undergoing drug and alcohol treatment Yellow Springs Senior Center Volunteer Drivers 2 vehicles 6,100 trips per year Serves seniors and persons with disabilities Medical and critical shopping trips Service for township residents Major Transportation Purchasers Greene County MRDD Contracts with Greene CATS Greene CATS uses contractor to deliver trips Greene CATS will broker trips that contractor cannot handle Trip fees based on fully allocated costs, with adjustments for changes in demand Greene County DJFS Contracts with Greene CATS (similar to MRDD) Separate trip billing rates for demand response and flex route service Trip billing rates based on distance (within county, first ring counties and beyond) 4
GREENE COUNTY Major Transportation Purchasers Greene County Council on Aging Provides transportation grants to Beavercreek Senior Center, Fairborn Senior Center, Xenia Adult Recreation and Services Center and Yellow Springs Senior Center with funding provided by the county Senior Services Levy Provides transportation for seniors not served by the senior center transportation programs (above) through contracts with private providers (Easy Transport and People s Ambulette) and Greene CATS Major Findings Greene County has Extensive Coordination in Place Two major purchasers contract with one provider - Greene CATS Contracts are based on fully allocated costs with adjustments for changing situations Greene CATS staff housed at county facilities Greene CATS serves as a broker to obtain transportation if the primary contractor cannot fulfill trip 5
GREENE COUNTY Major Findings Focus Populations (seniors, persons with disabilities and low income persons) can travel within Greene County and into Montgomery County from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm every day of the week Greene CATS demand response service will provide trips anywhere in the county and into Montgomery County (based on sufficient advance notice and capacity) Greene CATS demand response service operates from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm every day of the week Greene CATS demand response service offers subscription service (regularly recurring trips) suitable for work trips Greene CATS flex route service provides a convenient and free alternative transportation option for all residents who can access the route, and for all persons with disabilities who can be picked up or dropped off within ¾ of a mile from the route 6
MIAMI COUNTY Major Transportation Providers (2 or more vehicles in service daily) Miami County Transit System (MCTS) 14 vehicles 50,000 trips per year Demand Response service Serves General Public and Human Service Agency Clients Countywide service for county residents Miami County (Riverside) MRDD 11 vehicles 66,000 trips per year Primary purpose workshop transportation for adult clients Major Transportation Purchaser Miami County DJFS Contracts with MCTS for Medicaid non-emergency medical, work/training and Title XX (services for low income persons) trips Standard trip billing rate based on fully allocated costs 7
MIAMI COUNTY Major Findings Miami County has Significant Coordination in Place Major purchaser contracts with one provider - MCTS Contracts are based on fully allocated costs with adjustments for changing situations Focus Populations (seniors, persons with disabilities and low income persons) can travel countywide from early morning to late evening on weekdays, with more limited service on weekends MCTS will provide trips anywhere in county (based on sufficient advance notice and capacity currently using 7 days advance notice) MCTS provides service from 5:00 am to 8:00 pm every weekday, from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm on Saturdays and from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm on Sundays 8
MONTGOMERY COUNTY Major Transportation Providers (3 or more vehicles in service daily) Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (GDRTA) Fixed Route Bus Services 200+ vehicles 11,250,000 trips per year Serves General Public and Human Service Agency Clients Set up two special routes (Senior EZ) designed to serve seniors Project Mobility - GDRTA ADA Paratransit Service ~85 vehicles 275,000 trips per year Demand Response service Serves only certified ADA Paratransit-eligible persons GDRTA is also a funding partner in the Senior Transportation Expansion Project Montgomery County MRDD 52 vehicles 392,000 trips per year Extensive fixed route services utilizing school buses Also uses staff drivers and purchases GDRTA bus passes 9
MONTGOMERY COUNTY Major Transportation Providers (cont.) Choices in Community Living Staff Drivers 21 vehicles 10,000 trips per year Serves persons with mental retardation as part of total care program (State Medicaid Residential Services Program) Senior Resource Connection 10 vehicles 35,000 trips per year Provides Adult Day Services transportation to two sites in the county PLACES, Inc. Staff Drivers 10 vehicles 12,500 trips per year Serves persons with serious mental illness Provides transportation as called for in client s service plan Wesley Community Center 7 vehicles Trips N/A Provides Nutrition and Medical transportation under contract to the Area Agency on Aging Provides Medicaid (non-emergency) transportation under contract to Montgomery County DJFS Provides Personal Assistance Transportation for frail elderly seniors with county Human Services Levy funding 10
MONTGOMERY COUNTY Major Transportation Providers (cont.) Kettering Lathrem Senior Center Paid/Volunteer Drivers 6 vehicles 9,800 trips per year Provides transportation for senior residents of Kettering, including trips up to 3 miles beyond city boundaries United Rehabilitation Services 4 vehicles Trips N/A Provides transportation to day programs for adults with disabilities South Community, Inc. Paid/Staff Drivers 4 vehicles 10,000 trips Provides transportation for mental health clients of all ages Seasonal utilization of vehicles all four vehicles used in summertime other times used only a few days per week Trotwood Area HandiVan Volunteer Drivers 3 vehicles 3,000 trips per year Provides transportation for seniors and persons with disabilities in the Trotwood and Drexel areas, with planned expansion to parts of Harrison and Jefferson Townships 11
MONTGOMERY COUNTY Major Transportation Purchasers Montgomery County DJFS Contracts with Wesley Community Center and private providers for Medicaid non-emergency medical trips All Other Transportation Purchasers Six (out of 12 ) agencies purchase GDRTA tokens and passes for client transportation Four agencies use private vendors or taxicabs One agency uses a Wesley Community Center van One agency reimburses staff for client transportation Major Findings Montgomery County has Limited Coordination in Place Many purchasers use GDRTA tokens and passes Only one contract in place between major purchaser and human service agency transportation provider GDRTA is active participant in STEP program and has taken initial steps to coordinate with one human service agency transportation provider (Kettering Senior Center) Project Mobility clients (Kettering residents) transported on Senior Center vehicles 12
MONTGOMERY COUNTY Major Findings (cont.) Focus Populations (seniors, persons with disabilities and low income persons) making trips in proximity to GDRTA fixed routes can travel from early morning until late at night The level of service (hours of operation and frequency of service) is higher in the more urbanized portions of the GDRTA service area providing greater travel opportunities for the focus populations living and traveling in those areas Persons with disabilities certified for Project Mobility can travel at the same times as the users of GDRTA fixed routes as long as their trip origin and destination are within the designated three-quarter mile corridor surrounding GDRTA fixed routes Focus Populations that do not fit into the above categories have limited transportation options unless they are seniors residing in specific communities providing transportation service, or they receive transportation as a client of a human service agency Focus Populations have very limited options to travel outside Montgomery County 13
PREBLE COUNTY Major Transportation Providers (2 or more vehicles in service daily) Preble County MRDD 15 vehicles 51,400 trips per year Provides client transportation countywide with occasional trips to Dayton as required Preble County Council on Aging 11 vehicles 11,700 trips per year Serves seniors who are county residents Provides Medical and Nutrition Transportation under contract with the Area Agency on Aging Service priority for medical trips eligibility screened to assure service to those who need it most Community Action Partnership 4 vehicles 4,900 trips per year Provides Headstart, medical and jobs trips in Preble County under contract to DJFS 14
PREBLE COUNTY Major Transportation Purchasers Preble County DJFS Contracts for Medicaid NEMT and Required Work-related transportation services Contract providers include Community Action Partnership and United Transportation Service Preble County Veterans Services Contracts for medical trips using United Transportation Service Preble County Mental Health and Recovery Board Purchases complete services, including transportation, from Samaritan Behavioral Health Major Findings Preble County has some Coordination in Place Two major purchasers contract with two providers Focus Populations (seniors, persons with disabilities and low income persons) have very limited travel options With no public transportation in place, the focus populations must depend entirely on being eligible for the available human service agency transportation services 15
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS AND PURCHASERS Major Transportation Providers Toward Independence Staff Drivers 28 vehicles 42,500 trips per year Serves persons with developmental disabilities Regional service operating out of 12 locations Graceworks Lutheran Services 18 vehicles Trips N/A Provides shuttle bus services in a Seniors Village and transportation for MRDD group homes Regional transportation provider serving Butler, Hamilton and Montgomery counties Goodwill/Easter Seals of Miami Valley 15 vehicles Trips N/A Serves seniors and persons with disabilities Regional transportation provider serving Allen, Butler, Miami and Montgomery counties 16
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS AND PURCHASERS Major Transportation Purchasers Area Agency on Aging With Older Americans Act funding, purchases Nutrition Transportation, Adult Day Services (ADS) Transportation and Medical Transportation for seniors in a nine county area, including Greene, Miami, Montgomery and Preble counties Contracts for Nutrition Transportation with Sunrise Center (part of Goodwill/Easter Seals of MV) in Miami County, Wesley Community Center in Montgomery County and the County Council on Aging in Preble County Contracts for ADS Transportation with Sunrise Center in Miami County and with Goodwill/Easter Seals MV and Senior Resource Connection in Montgomery County Contracts for Medical Transportation with Xenia Adult Recreation and Service Center in Greene County and the County Council on Aging in Preble County Administers PASSPORT (Medicaid) funding program in Greene and Montgomery counties including contracts for Medical Transportation with Wesley Community Center in Montgomery County and with private transportation providers including Eagle One Transport, Eaton Medical Transport and Peoples Ambulette/Wheelchair Services Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley Administers PASSPORT funding program in Miami and Preble counties including Medical Transportation services 17