This is the time for all good men

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Building a Coordinated Public Transit Human
Service Transportation PlanClay, Geary,
Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, and Washington
Counties
Welcome!
You have brains in your head, you have feet in
your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction
you choose.
-Dr. Seuss
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Hosts for Todays Summit

• Coordinated Transit District 4- Two Lakes
  Coordinated Transit Alliance
• Kansas Department of Transportation
• John Rosacker
• Stacey Dove

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Recalibrating our thinking for the day.

Please mentally take yourself to that tranquil
spot where you do your best thinking.
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Purpose of Todays 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.

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Summit Objectives

• Learn about transportation services in our area.
• Learn more about our customers and the needs in
  our communities.
• Identify our partners and strengthen
  relationships among all the partners.
• Develop priorities and an action plan for
  transportation.

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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 whats important to you
   especially if its different from that of others
5. No A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S.
6. Ask questions, offer comments, raise issues, etc,
   but pleaseno speeches!

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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)

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CTD 4 SummitHEADLINE NEWS

• Along with your name and affiliation, please
  write one current headline that informs the
  partners at your table about something thats
  happening in your agency/ organizations world.

Remember A good headline is no more than 10
words or so. Heres one 2007 Kansas
Legislature doubles CTD 4 budget for public
transportation!
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Describing Our CommunitiesA Citizen Profile

• What are the significant demographic
  characteristics of our six counties?

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Six Counties of CTD 4Clay, Geary, Marshall,
Pottawatomie, Riley, Washington
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Density per square mile/census tract
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Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Low Income
Persons
CTD 4
Total population 131,583 (4.8)
Elderly 65 15,207 (11.6)
Adults 18 below poverty 13,992 (11.2)
Elderly 65 below poverty 1,260 (8.3)
Persons with a disability 16 5,379 (4.1)
0-car households 2,578 (5.3)
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Density per square mile/census tract
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Density per square mile/census tract
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Density per square mile/census tract
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Minority Populations in CTD 4
Total Population 131,583
African American 8,878 (6.7)
Native American/ Alaska Native 807 (0.6)
Asian/Pacific Islander 3,499 (2.7)
Hispanic 5,555 (4.2)
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Citizen Expectations in Clay, Geary, Marshall,
Pottawatomie, Riley, and Washington Counties

• What do you think most citizens expect from
  transportation services?

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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?

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Why do we need to plan for coordinated services?
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Development Disabilities
Medicaid Program
Children Families
Family Assistance
Faith Based Transit
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Special Ed Transportation
Substance Abuse Mental Health
Health Care
Medicare Medicaid Svcs
HHS
Rural Transit Operators
Family
Health Resources Services
Office of the Secretary
Area Agency on Aging
Assistant Secretary Planning Evaluation
Head Start
Child Care Bureau
Soc. Services Block Grant
Education
Private Paratransit
Aging
Community Services
Centers for Independent Living
State Governors Cabinet Secretaries
Disability Rehab and Research
Rehabilitation Services Administration
Employment
Federal Agencies Grant
Education
Office of Special Education Programs
Shopping
Local Government
Recreation
Medical Transit Provider
Transportation
Office of the Secretary
Private Taxi
Elderly Disability Program
Urbanized Grant Program
Independence
Disability Service Provider
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Head Start
Rural Grant Program
ADA Paratransit
Local Transportation Authority
Transportation Service Chart
Departmental Office of Civil Rights
Job Access Reverse Commute Program
Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy
Transit Pass
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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.

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In our six counties, we have a number of service
and funding networks

• Transportations Coordinated Transit District 4
• Tribal Governments
• Agings Planning and Service Area
• SRS Service Access Points
• Commerces Workforce Development Centers
• Community Developmental Disability Organizations
  (CDDOs)
• Community Mental Health Centers
• Centers for Independent Living
• And many more

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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.
• The Kansas United We Ride Vision
• To enhance multi-agency coordination to provide
  efficient, sufficient and reliable transportation
  to all Kansans.

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Towards a coordinated human service
transportation network

• Today we are focusing on how our counties and
  region operate.
• How we can improve access to services through
  better transportation in our area.
• Planning is facilitated by a Framework for
  Action.

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Framework for ActionFive key elements

• Making things happen by leadership and
  partnership
• Taking stock of needs and moving forward
• Putting customers first
• Adapting funding for greater mobility
• Moving people efficiently

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CTD 4 Coordinated Public Transit-Human Service
Transportation Plan

• Step 1 Conduct an Inventory
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• Step 2 Assess Transportation Needs (Gaps)
• Step 3 Identify Strategies to Address Gaps
  (Prioritize)
• Step 4 Develop Coordination Actions
• Final Implement the Plan

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Developing the Action PlanSmall Group Assignment

• State a Transportation Vision for CTD 4.
• Write Goal and Objectives for the Plan.
• identified from the Framework for Action and
• From What do we need to do better?
• Use a 12-36 month time frame
• List objectives and action steps to carry out the
  plan
• What, how, when, and by whom??
• What additional resources are needed/

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A quick note on goals and objectives

• The difference between where we are (current
  status) and where we want to be (vision and
  goals) is what we do (target objectives and
  action plans).
• Goals are
• broad
• general intentions
• intangible
• abstract
• can't be validated as is
• Objectives are
• narrow
• precise
• Tangible
• concrete
• can be validated.

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Small group assignment additional directions

• Report back your groups three highest priority
  objectives for the the Action Plan.
• Record your 3 objectives on flip chart paper in
  large, legible writing.
• Verbally report groups consensus on the three
  highest priorities.

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Before We Adjourn.

• What was accomplished (or not accomplished)
  today?
• What new information do we take away from the
  Summit?
• What follow-up action is required and who is
  responsible?

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For more information

• Kansas United We Ride website
• http//www.ksunitedweride.org
• Contacts
• Stacey Dove
• Staceyd_at_ksdot.org
• 785-296-5284
• Pat Weaver
• weaver_at_ku.edu
• 785-864-2595