Public Assistance

Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living

A model for using vouchers to fund transportation for people with disabilities in rural areas.
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Building Mobility Partnerships for People with Disabilities: Opportunities for Federal Funding

Programs that specifically target and provide for increased mobility for people with disabilities.
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Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Programs for Elderly Persons & Persons with Disabilities

Information on the FTA's program providing funding to States for the purpose of assisting private nonprofit groups in meeting the transportation needs of the elderly and persons with disabilities.
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Job Access & Reverse Commute Program

Provides funding to develop transportation services designed to transport welfare recipients and low income individuals to and from jobs (from urban to suburban and rural).
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Medicaid: Elimination of Reimbursement for Transportation

Summary of proposed rule eliminating reimbursement under medicaid for school administration expenditures and costs related to transportation of school-age children between home and school. This link opens a PDF document.
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United We Ride

Information regarding a joint initiative to coordinate federal programs that fund transportation services and assist states in creating local solutions to transportation issues.

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Using Social Security Work Incentives to Pay for Transportation

Information on how certain Social Security work incentives can be used to help offset the cost of transportation.

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Welfare-to-Work & Transportation

Information regarding the Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program which develops transportation services designed to transport welfare recipients and low income individuals to and from jobs.
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