Senate Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #245 Coordinated Transportation
Requester:	Robert Wilford		Organization:		Tri-County Community Council, Inc.
Project Title:	Coordinated Transportation		Date Submitted:		01/29/2000 4:29:57 PM
District Member:	Charles Clary		Service Area:		Statewide
Counties Affected:	Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Taylor, Walton, Washington
Recipient:	Tri-County Community Council, Inc.		Contact:		Robert Wilford
	301 North Oklahoma Street		Contact Phone:		(850) 547-3688
	Bonifay 32425
Project Description:
Coordinate out of area medical trips for transportation.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
Transportation services/cost savings by sharing transportation costs. Example of cost saving trip: 6/4/99 trip to Gainesville-6 counties-13 riders-556 miles x $1.35 per vehicle mile =$750.60. Total Cost of trip by single county $2,463.90, service development trip cost 750.60 savings 1,713.30. Savings from April 1997 - August 1999: Miles saved 81,390, funds saved 85,460, trips provided 3,259.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Estimated several Community Transportation Coordinators' (CTCs) vehicles(s) and driver(s) being at the same location at the same time; increased productivity of CTC's vehicles and drivers by not sending a vehicle for long distance medical trip for the day with just one or two passengers; allowed additional trips to be provided within one county while having a customer needing long distance medical transportation service transported by a partnering CTC; reduced costs through shared mileage technique has resulted in considerable cost savings to funding sources-best illustrated by the fact that a trip to Gainesville, when accomplished through the Service Development Project, incurs 1/4 to 1/3 the mileage that would be incurred if the CTC was performing trip with just one passenger; facilitated increased efficiently with appointment schedulers which has required customers to become partner of the coordination equation by scheduling their appointments in concert with the availability of transportation services; proved through documented success stories that the Service Development Project has proven that it is a sound, much needed and feasible concept for the delivery/accomplishment of inter-county transportation; lessened inconvenience of customers being transferred between systems through astute coordination efforts; included CTCs, funding sources and other interested parties to ensure effective communications between all participants was continually effective; educated customers by developing user's guide to explain trip as group trip and the necessity to bring items for health and comfort; coordinated with thirteen counties: Holmes, Walton, Washington, Jackson, Calhoun, Liberty, Gulf, Okaloosa, Bay, Madison, Taylor, Jefferson, Gadsden; demonstrated that transportation service can be cooperatively prodided between many counties as easily as within a single county.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$100,000
Total cost of the project:		$200,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?					No
Was this project previously funded by the State?					No
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?					Yes
	Amount:	$100,000
	Purpose for future year funding:			Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?				Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?					No
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?					No
Is there a documented need for this project?					Unknown
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?					Unknown