1) You must travel more that 25 miles roundtrip to request any reimbursement.

2) If your roundtrip Travel is over 100 miles you WILL only be required pre-approval from (CD) Circuit Director. (via email) 

3) If your roundtrip is over 150 miles or you WILL require pre-approval from your Circuit Director and your Circuit Director will have to receive pre-approval from the Statewide Director of Operations before your trip takes place. (via email) 

4) The date of the visit and the mileage entered in OPTIMA must match the mileage entered on the associated "Travel Voucher Form". You should assume that OPTIMA is being used as a verification tool. 

5) In pre-approved trips over 100 miles roundtrip you may decide to secure a rental car as described in the "Volunteer Travel Instructions".  However should you decide to use your personal vehicle the maximum miles you can expect to be reimbursed for that trip will appear in the yellow box at the bottom of your required "Rental Car vs Mileage worksheet".  The yellow box will also tell you how many miles to enter in your "Travel Voucher" form for that particular trip. 

Submit to:   Travel@gal.fl.gov    or  US mail to:  Guardian ad Litem -Volunteer Travel  - PO Box 10628  - Tallahassee, FL 32302

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12C Code   21310200000