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Currently, Orange Enterprises serves 185 clients,and is in service year round with hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 <br /> p.m. five days per week. <br /> In order to access the agency's facility, clients either drive themselves,ride with family or friends, <br /> are picked up by staff, take a taxi, use OPT, or, if living in a group home, are transported by the group <br /> home's vehicle. Eighty percent of the clients are unable to drive themselves or do not have a car available <br /> to them. Transportation to different activities are provided, purchased, or reimbursed for all clients. <br /> During the past fiscal year, an estimated 3,448 miles of client transportation were provided with a <br /> reimbursement of$.29 per mile. The total amount spent on the purchase of transportation services from <br /> other operators during the past fiscal year was $21,569. Federal and state funding used for client <br /> transportation, excluding capital purchases, is provided under the Workshop Revenue Fund. <br /> Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health - Adult Day Treatment Program (OPC-ADTP) <br /> OPC-ADTP is a public agency which provides demand-responsive,subscription,and route or point <br /> deviation service to all eligible residents. Eligibility requirements are based on age and disability. The <br /> transportation service listed above are provided through the OPT system, with the use of two vans. <br /> Approximately 43 clients were served in the fiscal year 1993-1994. Also, within that fiscal year, an <br /> estimated 30,000 vehicle miles were used, along with 1,560 vehicle hours and 1,000 one-way passenger <br /> trips. Client transportation on different occasions was provided through the use of staff members or <br /> volunteers. An estimated $130 was spent on staff/volunteer reimbursement at a reimbursement rate of <br /> $.26 per mile. <br /> Total administrative and operating costs, along with federal and state funding were not readily <br /> available. <br /> Orange County Department of Social Services (OCDSS) <br /> OCDSS is a public agency which provides demand-responsive service to all eligible residents. <br /> Eligibility requirements are based on age, disability and income. OCDSS does not provide its own client <br /> transportation, with the exception of staff or.volunteers transporting clients. The reimbursement rate for <br /> those staff/volunteers is $.28 per mile, and the total cost was $28,000. The agency does purchase <br /> medicaid transportation for the clients from OPT, costing $69,000 in the last fiscal year. <br /> -16- <br />