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New Human Service Agency Opportunities <br /> 1. Provide transportation for high-risk children to centers through subscription routes. <br /> 2. Revise the E&DTAP program policies confront the increasing demand for E&DTAP services. <br /> 3. Work closely with DSS to explore opportunities to provide transportation services for <br /> emerging welfare programs, such as Work First. <br /> It should be noted that during the development of the TDP, talks between OPT and the Orange <br /> County Partnership for Young Children(OCPYC)took place in an attempt to coordinate the transportation <br /> of high risk children. An agreement was worked out so that OPT would operate the two vans supplied <br /> by NCDOT under the state's Smart Start initiative and OCPYC would supply the monitors. Presently, <br /> OCPYC is having a difficult time recruiting the monitors. <br /> It should also be noted regarding the revision of policies for the E&DTAP program that an effort <br /> by OPT to deal with the increasing cost of providing the service as a result of the increasing demand and <br /> limited funds was postponed. A new policy will likely be to implement a $1.00 - $2.50 fare for each <br /> passenger, but has not been approved by the County at this time. Currently, OPT is researching different <br /> policy options to reduce the financial burden of E&DTAP funds for the transportation program. <br /> The alternatives that was selected by the Committee to be developed in the TDP was the additional <br /> general public services for the Orange Enterprise route and senior center nutrition route. The two <br /> alternatives will be developed in Chapters 4 and 5. <br /> The cost implications of making these changes are included in Table 3-2. <br /> Table 3-2: <br /> SUMMARY OF COST IMPLICATIONS OF NEW SERVICES <br /> Additional General Public Service <br /> Open Orange Enterprise route to the general public $10,010 <br /> Create general public demand-responsive route in Hillsborough $18,016 <br /> The additional transportation services cost approximately $26,500 per year. These changes will <br /> provide additional links between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill, and from rural areas in the County to <br /> -39- <br />