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• OPT Vehicle Nos. 15, 22, and 24 are used for the Head Start Program. Vehicle number 15 <br /> serves the Northern Orange County region year round Monday through Friday along with the <br /> summer camp trips Monday through Thursday from June to August. Vehicle number 22 <br /> provides transportation for Head Start in the Efland area year round. Vehicle number 24 <br /> provides transportation for Head Start in the Hillsboro area along summer camp trips in the <br /> county. Head Start trips are provided from September to May, Monday through Friday, and <br /> summer camp trips June to August, Monday through Thursday. <br /> • OPT Vehicle No. 25 operates in the Hillsboro area providing transportation to the senior <br /> centers Monday through Friday year round. <br /> • OPT Vehicle Nos. 27 and 28 are relatively new vehicles and will be for the Smart Start <br /> program. <br /> • OPT Vehicle Nos. 2, 7, 14, 20, and 21 are heavily used. Vehicle No. 2 serves both Orange <br /> Enterprises and South Orange Senior Center. <br /> Administrative and Operating Costs <br /> A summary of the reported provider administrative and operating costs is presented in Table 2-4. <br /> Included in operating expenditures are costs for purchased services along with costs for staff and client <br /> reimbursements. Many agencies do not realize that administrative costs are incurred when client <br /> transportation is provided, but these agencies have staff who arrange transportation for clients. <br /> Administrative costs include labor hours and related office expenditures such as telephones, rent, etc. that <br /> are incurred when client transportation is arranged. It seems highly unlikely that the majority of the <br /> agencies, which did not report administrative costs, are operating without such costs. It should therefore <br /> be kept in mind that the cost data supplied by each agency are not necessarily complete. <br /> TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IDENTIFIED <br /> Many areas, destinations,and activities within Orange County are currently unreachable by human <br /> service clients and other residents due to a lack of mobility. Reasons for this lack of mobility include <br /> limited general public transportation, and the limited transportation resources of many human service <br /> agencies. The lack of mobility has lead to many unmet needs particularly in the outlying areas. Survey <br /> respondents were asked to identify unmet needs including operational and geographical, underserved <br /> activities and destinations, duplication of services, possibilities for coordination, and what the most <br /> -22- <br />