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County's Management of ROAP Funds <br />All counties are eligible to receive Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) funding from the State of <br />North Carolina. As a recipient of ROAP funds, the county must implement administrative processes that will <br />ensure the following: <br />• ROAP funds are expended on needs identified through a public involvement and/or planning process. <br />• ROAP funds are expended on eligible activities only. <br />• Supporting documentation of expenditures is maintained. <br />• Service recipients meet eligibility requirements and their eligibility is documented. <br />• Trips and services funded with ROAP funding are monitored and evaluated throughout the period of performance. <br />• An accounting of trips, services and expenditures is provided in asemi-annual report to NCDOT. <br />• ROAP funds received and expended are included in the local annual audit. <br />Transportation Needs and Public Involvement in Funding Decisions Yes or No- <br /> <br />A. Was a list of transportation needs in the county compiled and prioritized BEFORE the county yes <br />sub-allocated the ROAP funds? If yes, then when? June 2010 <br />B. Were the agencies or organizations offering programming for elderly, disabled or low income <br />persons in the county notified that the county had ROAP funds to sub-allocate for transportation yes <br />purposes? If yes, then how? Meetings with human agencies <br />C. Were elderly, disabled and low income citizens notified that the county had ROAP funds to yes <br />sub-allocate for transportation purposes? If yes, then how? Brochures, schedules, web site <br />D. Does the county ask the Community Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) to recommend yes <br />how the ROAP funds should be sub-allocated? <br />E. How did the county decide on the amount of ROAP funds to sub-allocate to a subrecipient? <br />Orange Public transportation does not sub-allocate RGP or EDTAP funds. The transit department <br />allocates those funds through the department. Work first funds are transferred to Department of Social <br />Services to allocate as needed. <br />F. Does the federally funded Community Transportation System operating in the county have a <br />Community Transportation Service Plan (CTSP) or Community Transportation Improvement no <br />Plan (CTIP) that was developed in the last five years or being completed at this time? <br />G. If the Community Transportation System in the county has a CTSP plan that is older than five years, the county <br />must request planning funds for a CTSP by June 30, 2011 to maintain their eligibility for ROAP Program funds. Local <br />matching funds of 10% are required. When does the county plan to request CTSP planning funds? <br />Request was made June 2010. <br />H. Does your county have a Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan <br />yes <br />(LCP) that provides a list of unmet transportation needs and/or gaps in transportation services? <br />I. Does the county have other transportation plans that address public transportation needs? yes <br />If yes, list and describe these plans. Meetings were held with Human Services Departments to determine <br />needs. These needs were listed in priority and new routes or expanded routes have been developed to meet these <br />needs. <br />Financial Management of ROAD Funds Yes or No <br />J. Does the county disburse/allocate ROAP funds to any county governmental departments? yes <br />2 <br />