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September 2024
Webinar: Volunteer Transportation in Nevada
Blogs: Youth Independence, and Micromobility
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Service Animals & Transit
Celebrate Disability Employment Month
Take Our Monthly Survey
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Webinar: Volunteer Transportation in Rural Nevada
Oct. 1st | 1:00-2:00 PM ET
NADTC will host a webinar featuring Molly Walt, CEO, for Nevada Rural Counties Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). This learning opportunity will highlight their volunteer transportation program that provides escorted door-to-door transportation for low-income older adults, people with disabilities and veterans. Drivers serve as companions for medical, essential shopping and socialization opportunities for their clients. If you are interested in learning more about this successful volunteer transportation program please join us for this interactive discussion.
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Blog: Empowering Independence for the Next Generation | |
Guest bloggers Olivia Hook, Oklahoma DOT and Cristi Williams, Mobility Navigator in SW Oklahoma, highlight the Youth Leadership Forum, an event focused on youth with disabilities. Participants learn along side their peers to discover resources and community connections, including transportation, that can assist in their long-term success. Read the blog posting on our website. | |
SAVE THE DATE! Tuesday, October 29 at 2 PM ET, NADTC staff will discuss the results of our 2023 Transportation Provider Survey. Registration information will be announced soon! | |
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Resource Update!
NADTC recently updated the Service Animals and Transportation resource. This brochure includes the U.S. DOT’s definition of a service animal, rider’s rights and responsibilities regarding service animals, and customer service practices. This resource can be printed and used in a brochure rack or with other marketing and training materials to educate riders.
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The recording, transcript and presentation from NADTC's webinar, LGBTQ+ Riders: Insights from NADTC's 2021 Transportation Survey has been posted on the website. This webinar featured speakers from SAGE and NADTC who discussed key findings from the survey of diverse older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers. | |
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Every October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month recognizes the importance of ensuring all people have equal opportunity to contribute their skills and talents to their community. Visit "What Can You Do?" The Campaign for Disability Employment, to learn more about how to assist people with disabilities gain employment.
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National Report Highlights How Title VI Programs are Meeting the Needs of Native Elders | |
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USAging’s new 2024 Title VI Program Survey Chartbook finds that transportation is critical for connecting Native elders to services and to opportunities for social engagement and cultural events. According to the survey results, 89% of Title VI grantees provide transportation services to elders. 53% of Title VI grantees report that there is a tribal transit program in their community, and of those programs, 66% coordinate with transit programs to provide rides for Native elders and people with disabilities.
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Cybersecurity for Transit: What You Need to Know
National RTAP and the National Center for Applied Transit Technology (N-CATT) are co-hosting a webinar on October 1, 2-3:30 PM ET. This webinar will cover the basics of cybersecurity and provide guidance for small transit agencies on the actions to take to prevent, respond to, and recover from cyber attacks. Register here.
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Join the Conversation, the TACL Peer Forum was recently launched on LinkedIn as a way for transit professionals to ask questions about coordination and receive timely response from their peers and TA center staff. For more useful information, check out the Technical Assistance Coordination Library (TACL), which features informational reports and tools created by FTA and on transportation coordination for state and local stakeholders.
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NADTC Technical Assistance | |
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NADTC Technical Assistance Specialists are here to assist professionals like you to answer questions about a variety of topics related to transportation for older adults and people with disabilities, ADA accessible services and related issues.
Call 866.983.32220 or email contact@nadtc.org to start a conversation.
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National Aging and Disability Transportation Center
Washington, D.C.
contact@nadtc.org | 866.983.3222
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The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center is a program funded by the Federal Transit Administration and administered by USAging and Easterseals with guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living. | | | | |
