Formula Grant MI2022059

A TOTAL OF $363231 WILL BE USED FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 2022 THROUGH MARCH 2025 TO ENHANCE MOBILITY FOR SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES INCLUDING $9304 IN FY2021 SECTION 5310 CARRYOVER FUNDS $226945 IN FY2022 SECTION 5310 FUNDS $36422 IN MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION FUND (CTF) MATCH FUNDS AND $90560 IN OTHER LOCAL FUNDS FOR: - CAPITAL COST OF CONTRACTING FOR AAATAS GOLDRIDE SERVICE- MOBILITY MANAGEMENT FOR SUBRECIPIENT PEOPLES EXPRESS (PEX)- OPERATING ASSISTANCE FOR SUBRECIPIENT PEX- PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR SUBRECIPIENT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES (JFS) - SOFTWARE FOR SUBRECIPIENT WAVE THE RECIPIENT (AAATA) CERTIFIES THAT AT LEAST 55 PERCENT OF PROGRAM FUNDS ARE BEING USED ON CAPITAL OR TRADITIONAL 5310 PROJECTS WITHIN THIS GRANT APPLICATION AND THE PROJECTS ARE DERIVED FROM THE 2020 SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ONHAND COORDINATED HUMAN SERVICES-TRANSPORTATION PLAN (CHSTP) FOR THE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (RTA) AREA WHICH INCLUDES THE ANN ARBOR URBANIZED AREA. THIS COORDINATED PLAN WAS LOCALLY DEVELOPED AND APPROVED THROUGH AN OPEN PROCESS LED BY THE RTA WITH INPUT FROM THE WASHTENAW COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COORDINATING COUNCIL (TCC) THAT PREVIOUSLY MANAGED THE AREAS COORDINATED PLAN. PLAN DEVELOPMENT INVOLVED SURVEYS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH PARTICIPATION BY SENIORS INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES PUBLIC PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT TRANSPORTATION AND HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE RTA WILL WORK WITH THE TCC AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS TO REGULARLY REVIEW THE NEW CHSTP 5310 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN AND 5310 PROGRAM OF PROJECTS TO GUIDE A COORDINATED APPROACH TO SERVING SENIORS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW INCOMES. ATTACHMENTS INCLUDE: EXPORT FROM JOBNET STIP SYSTEM; RTA SPLIT LETTER; RTA CHSTP; AND 5310 PMP;- PURPOSE OF THE AWARD: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THAT ENHANCE MOBILITY FOR SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE ANN ARBOR URBANIZED AREA (UZA) OF MICHIGAN. - ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: SECTION 5310-ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT UNDER THIS AWARD INCLUDE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE MOBILITY MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS CAPITAL COST OF CONTRACTING AND PURCHASE OF SOFTWARE BY NONPROFITS IN THE ANN ARBOR UZA AND AAATA.- EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THROUGH THIS AWARD THE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES (JFS) CAREVAN PROGRAM WAVE PEOPLES EXPRESS (PEX) AND AAATAS GOLDRIDE ON-DEMAND SERVICE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS DESIGNED TO MEET THE SPECIALIZED NEEDS OF SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN WASHTENAW COUNTY. JFS EXPECTS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT APPROXIMATELY 9000 CLIENTS TO ACCESS ESSENTIAL DESTINATIONS. PEX EXPECTS TO PROVIDE ABOUT 2400 RIDES AND SUPPORT ITS MOBILITY MANAGERS IN TAKING 9000 CALLS PER YEAR TO ENABLE CLIENTS TO REACH FIXED ROUTE STOPS AND KEY DESTINATIONS SUCH AS DIALYSIS APPOINTMENTS. WAVE EXPECTS TO TRANSITION A PILOT SOFTWARE MOBILITY AS A SERVICE PLATFORM TO A PERMANENT PLATFORM WHICH ALLOWS ACCESSIBLE MAPPING REAL TIME INFORMATION AND MOBILE TICKETING THAT HELPS TO SERVICE ITS SENIOR AND DISABLED CLIENTS. AAATAS GOLDRIDE SERVICE EXPECTS UP TO 30000 RIDES TO PROVIDE CURB-TO-CURB TRANSPORTATION SERVICE FOR SENIOR CLIENTS.- INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES OF THIS AWARD ARE SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES THROUGHOUT THE ANN ARBOR UZA. THE JFS CAREVAN PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE ELDERLY AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS WITH TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS SOCIAL EVENTS AND EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES. THE PEOPLES EXPRESS ON-DEMAND SERVICE HELPS FILL TRANSPORTATION GAPS IN THE UZA BY PROVIDING DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE THAT ENHANCES ACCESS FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN NORTHFIELD PITTSFIELD SUPERIOR LODI SALINE AND YPSILANTI TOWNSHIPS AND THE CITY OF SALINE. THE WAVE SERVICE HELPS FILL TRANSPORTATION GAPS IN THE UZA BY PROVIDING DOOR-TO-DOOR AND EXPRESS ROUTE SERVICE THAT ENHANCES ACCESS FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN WESTERN WASHTENAW COUNTY (CHELSEA DEXTER). THE AAATAS GOLDRIDE ON-DEMAND SERVICE HELPS FILL TRANSPORTATION GAPS IN THE UZA BY PROVIDING DOOR-TO-DOOR SERVICE THAT ENHANCES ACCESS FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN ANN ARBOR YPSILANTI AND YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP.- SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS AWARD ARE PROGRAMMED TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THREE ELIGIBLE PRIVATE NONPROFIT SUBRECIPIENTS AND BASED ON THE SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ONHAND COORDINATED HUMAN SERVICES-TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND 2022 CALL FOR PROJECTS: JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WASHTENAW COUNTY (PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE); PEOPLES EXPRESS (MOBILITY MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING ASSISTANCE); AND WAVE (TRANSPORTATION SOFTWARE).