Section 1: Overview
Section 1: Overview
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History of Transportation Voucher Programs
History of Transportation Voucher Programs
The Rural Transportation Voucher Toolkit builds on over 25 years of experience. The first version of this toolkit was developed in partnership with RTC:Rural and the Association of Programs for Independent Living (APRIL). This revised version integrates lessons learned over the last 25 years and a digitally integrated toolkit system.
Original Toolkit
Original Toolkit
Transportation vouchers have been used for decades as a flexible, community-based solution to improve transportation access for people with disabilities, older adults, and rural residents. The model emerged as an alternative to traditional, inaccessible modes of transportation. In the late 1990s, long-retired RTC:Rural staff Tom Seekins partnered with Devva Kasnitz at the University of California, Berkeley and Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL) staff, Linda Gonzales and Denis Stomabugh, to develop the original transportation voucher program toolkit.
Toolkit Refresh
Toolkit Refresh
The original toolkit took the transportation voucher model and adapted it specifically to help CILs start and manage their own programs. Many CILs used the toolkit to create their own voucher programs, and now consumers have been on hundreds of thousands voucher trips. However, over the past few decades, some voucher programs have dissolved, and some aspects of the original toolkit are outdated. This toolkit is a top-to-bottom refresh and update of the original, with completely rewritten guidance and a new suite of tools that consider modern technology and funding.
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