Building a Coordinated Public Transit – Human Service

Transportation Plan:Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson,

Jefferson and Nemaha Counties

Welcome!“You have brains in your head, you have feet in your

shoes.You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”

-Dr. Seuss

Hosts for Today’s Summit

Coordinated Transit District 3

Kansas Department of Transportation– Stacey Dove– John Rosacker

Facilitators – KU Transportation Center– Pat Weaver– Christy Lane

Recalibrating our thinking for the day….

Please mentally take yourself to

that tranquil spot where you do your

best thinking.

Purpose of Today’s Summit

Develop a plan to improve coordination of public and human service transportation in our part of the state.

Focus on priorities for the next 1-3 years.

Summit Objectives

Learn about transportation services in our area. Learn more about our customers and the needs

of others in our communities from one another:

– Local and state agencies, both transportation and human service

– Local leadership

– Citizens

Develop priorities and an action plan for transportation.

Strengthen relationships among all the partners.

Identify new partners.

“Ground Rules” for Summit Participation

1. Balance talking and listening

2. Suspend preconceived ideas about the “way things have to be”

3. Help Summit to stay on schedule/task

4. Fully disclose what’s important to you – especially if it’s different from that of others

5. No acronyms

6. Ask questions, offer comments, raise issues, etc, but please…no speeches!

We will use CONSENSUS

Consensus is… any alternative action

determined by all members to be superior to status quo (pure) OR

an alternative action that all members can live with. (modified)

Northeast Kansas Summit HEADLINE NEWS

Along with your name and affiliation, please write one current “headline”

that informs the partners at your table about something that’s happening in your

agency/organization’s “world”.

Remember: A good headline is no more than 10 words or so. Here’s

one:

2007 Kansas Legislature doubles CTD 3

budget for public transportation!

Describing Our Communities:A Citizen Profile

What are the significant demographic characteristics of our six counties?

Six Counties of CTD 3:Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson,

Jefferson and Nemaha

Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Low Income Persons

Total population 77,943

Elderly 65+ 12,750 (16.4%)

Adults 18+ below poverty 5,128 (6.8%)

Elderly 65+ below poverty 1,339 (10.5%)

Persons with a disability 16+

4,065 (5.2%)

0-car households 1,599 (5.4%)

Density per square mile/census tract

Minority Populations in Northeast Kansas

Total Population 77,943

African American 1,675 (2.1%)

Native American/ Alaska Native

2,066 (2.7%)

Asian/Pacific Islander 249 (.3%)

Hispanic 1,557 (2.0%)

Density per square mile/census tract

Density per square mile/census tract

Density per square mile/census tract

Citizen Expectations in Northeast Kansas

What do you think most citizens expect from transportation services?

Meeting community expectations for transportation: How well are we doing?

1.What do we generally do well in transportation for citizens in our area?

2.What do we need to do better for transportation for citizens in our area?

62 Federal Programs fund transportation services in U.S.

Funding generally “flows” from Federal agencies, to state agencies to local provider agencies.

Executive Order #13330 issued in February 2004 directed Federal departments & agencies to work together.

SAFETEA-LU (federal funding for transportation) required that agencies receiving funds must have a coordinated public transit-human service transportation plan.

Purpose to ensure that transportation services are seamless, comprehensive and accessible.

Why do we need to plan for coordinated services?

State Governors&

Cabinet Secretaries

FederalAgencies

&Grant

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Education

Labor

EmploymentTrainingAgency

Office of DisabilityEmployment Policy

Centers forIndependent Living

DisabilityRehab andResearchRehabilitation

ServicesAdministration

Office of SpecialEducation Programs

Substance AbuseMental Health

TemporaryAssistance for

Needy Families

FamilyAssistance

HHSMedicare &

Medicaid Svcs

Aging

Health Resources & Services

CommunityServices

Child Care

Bureau

DevelopmentDisabilities

MedicaidProgram

HeadStart

Soc. ServicesBlock Grant

Children& Families

Transportation Service Chart

Transportation

Office of theSecretary

National HighwayTraffic Safety

AdministrationFederal TransitAdministration

Assistant Secretaryfor Transportation

Policy

DepartmentalOffice of

Civil Rights

Faith Based Transit

Area Agency on Aging

MedicalTransit Provider

Head Start

Office of theSecretary

AssistantSecretaryPlanning

Evaluation

Special EdTransportation

Rural TransitOperators

Private Paratransit

Private Taxi

ADAParatransit

TransitPass

Elderly&

Disability Program

Job AccessReverse Commute

Program

Rural GrantProgram

Urbanized Grant Program

LocalTransportation

Authority

Disability ServiceProvider

Family

Employment

Shopping

Independence

Recreation

Education

LocalGovernment

Health Care

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In Northeast Kansas we have a number of service and funding networks…

Transportation’s Coordinated Transit District 3 Tribal Governments Aging’s Planning and Service Area SRS Service Access Points Commerce’s Workforce Development Centers Community Developmental Disability

Organizations (CDDO’s) Community Mental Health Centers Centers for Independent Living And many more…

Coordination of transportation services can help improve mobility.

United We Ride is a federal, state, and local partnership to improve delivery of transportation services to all people.

Towards a coordinated human service transportation network

Today we are focusing on how our counties, tribal governments and region operate.

How we can improve access to services through better transportation in our area.

Planning is facilitated by a “Framework for Action.”

Framework for Action:Six key elements

Making things happen by leadership and partnership

Taking stock of needs and moving forward

Putting customers first

Adapting funding for greater mobility

Technology moves coordination to next level

Moving people efficiently

Northeast Kansas Coordinated Public Transit-Human Service Transportation Plan

Step 1: Conduct an Inventory            Step 2: Assess Transportation

Needs (Gaps)

Step 3: Identify Strategies to Address Gaps

(Prioritize)

Step 4: Develop Coordination Actions

Final: Implement the Plan

Action Plan

Transportation Vision for Northeast Kansas.

Goals identified from the “Framework for Action” and “What do we need to do better?”

12-36 month time frame

Objectives and Action steps as the key elements to carrying out the plan: what, how, when, and by whom??

Developing the Action Plan: Small group assignment

1. Does the Action Plan move us forward toward proposed vision?

2. What strategies does your group recommend?

3. What additional resources, including human resources, are needed to effectively implement the Action Plan?

Small group assignment: additional directions

Discuss and seek consensus on your group’s response to all 3 questions.

Report back your group’s three highest priority recommendations to the Action Plan (question 2)

Record your 3 recommendations (question 2) on flip chart paper in large, legible writing.

Verbally report group’s consensus on questions 1 and 3.

Before We Adjourn….

1. What was accomplished (or not accomplished) today?

2. What new information do we take away from the Summit?

3. What follow-up action is required and who is responsible?

For more information

Kansas United We Ride website– http://www.ksunitedweride.org

Contact Pat Weaver– weaver@ku.edu– 785-864-2595