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Carrie Porter Transportation Specialist
Greater WI Agency on Aging Resources
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Definition of Specialized Transportation
“Specialized transportation services” means a transportation system, either publicly or privately owned, which provides to elderly or disabled persons general or special service on a regular and continuing basis in a designated service area.
WI state statute 85.21
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Specialized Transportation Providers
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Specialized Transportation
Funding
• Local – tax levy, foundations, fundraising• State – 85.21, 85.215• Federal – Federal Transit Administration &
Medicaid
***Coordination!***
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Benefits of Transportation
• Individual• Community– Economic driver– Employment
• Healthcare– Physicians, long term care facilities
• Tax payers– Medicaid– Local tax dollars
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Key Issues for Specialized Transportation
• Adequate funding • Coordination• Non-Emergency Medical Transportation NEMT
brokerage• Federal surface transportation bill
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