Transcript This is the time for all good men

Building a Coordinated Public Transit–
Human Service Transportation Plan
Marion and McPherson 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
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Coordinated Transit District
6- Marion/McPherson CTD
Kansas Department of
Transportation
– John Rosacker
– Bret Rowe
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
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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
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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.
“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 A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S.
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
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an alternative action that
all members can live with.
(modified)
CTD 6 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 6
budget for public transportation!
Describing Our Communities:
A Citizen Profile
What are the significant
demographic characteristics
of our two counties?
Two Counties of CTD 6:
Marion and McPherson
Density per square
mile/census tract
Elderly, Persons with Disabilities
and Low Income Persons
CTD 6
Total population
42,475 (1.5%)
Elderly 65+
7,842 (18.5%)
Adults 18+ below poverty
Elderly 65+ below poverty
Persons with a disability 16+
0-car households
2,109 (7.6%)
600 (7.6%)
2,290 (5.4%)
825 (5.1%)
Density per square
mile/census tract
Density per square
mile/census tract
Density per square
mile/census tract
Minority Populations in
CTD 6
Total Population
42,475
African American
344 (0.8%)
Native American/ Alaska
Native
177 (0.4%)
Asian/Pacific Islander
138 (0.3%)
Hispanic
942 (2.2%)
Citizen Expectations in Marion
and McPherson Counties
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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?
Why do we need to plan
for coordinated services?
Medicaid
Program
Development
Disabilities
Family
Assistance
Temporary
Assistance for
Needy Families
Substance Abuse
Mental Health
Health
Resources
& Services
Faith Based
Transit
Special Ed
Transportation
Medicare &
Medicaid Svcs
HHS
Head
Start
Children
& Families
Health
Care
Rural Transit
Operators
Office of the
Secretary
Family
Area Agency
on Aging
Assistant
Secretary
Planning
Evaluation
Child
Care
Bureau
Soc. Services
Block Grant
Private
Paratransit
Aging
Education
Community
Services
Centers for
Independent Living
State Governors
&
Cabinet Secretaries
Disability
Rehab and
Research
Rehabilitation
Services
Administration
Federal
Agencies
&
Grant
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Education
Office of Special
Education Programs
Office of Disability
Employment Policy
Employment
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Shopping
Local
Government
Labor
Recreation
Employment
Training
Agency
Medical
Transit Provider
Transportation
Urbanized
Grant Program
Office of the
Secretary
National Highway
Traffic Safety
Administration
Departmental
Office of
Civil Rights
Federal Transit
Administration
Elderly
&
Disability
Program
Private Taxi
Independence
Rural Grant
Program
Head Start
ADA
Paratransit
Assistant Secretary
for Transportation
Policy
Job Access
Reverse Commute
Program
Disability
Service
Provider
Transit
Pass
Local
Transportation
Authority
Transportation Service Chart
62 Federal Programs fund
transportation services in U.S.
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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.
In our two counties, we have
a number of service and
funding networks…
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Transportation’s Coordinated Transit District 6
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Tribal Governments
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Aging’s Planning and Service Area
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SRS Service Access Points
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Commerce’s Workforce Development Centers
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Community Developmental Disability
Organizations (CDDO’s)
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Community Mental Health Centers
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Centers for Independent Living
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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.
The Kansas United We Ride Vision:
“To enhance multi-agency coordination
to provide efficient, sufficient and
reliable transportation to all Kansans.”
Towards a coordinated human
service transportation network
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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.”
Framework for Action:
Five key elements
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Making things happen by leadership and
partnership
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Taking stock of needs and moving forward
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Putting customers first
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Adapting funding for greater mobility
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Moving people efficiently
CTD 6 Coordinated Public TransitHuman 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
Developing the Action Plan:
Small Group Assignment
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State a “Transportation Vision for CTD
6.”
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Write Goal and Objectives for the Plan.
– identified from the “Framework for Action” and
– From “What do we need to do better?”
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Use a 12-36 month time frame
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List objectives and action steps to carry
out the plan:
– What, how, when, and by whom??
– What additional resources are needed/
A quick note on goals and
objectives:
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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).
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Goals are
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Objectives are
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broad
general intentions
intangible
abstract
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narrow
precise
Tangible
concrete
can be validated.
Small group assignment:
additional directions
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Report back your group’s three
highest priority objectives for the
the Action Plan.
Record your 3 objectives on flip
chart paper in large, legible
writing.
Verbally report group’s consensus
on the three highest priorities.
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
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Kansas United We Ride website
– http://www.ksunitedweride.org
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Contacts
– Bret Rowe
[email protected]
 785-296-4907
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– Pat Weaver
[email protected]
 785-864-2595
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