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132 <br /> Technical Memorandum #1: Inventory of Current <br /> Organizational Direction and Service Delivery <br /> Title VI Analysis <br /> As part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI prohibits discrimination on the <br /> basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving Federal <br /> subsidies. A Title VI analysis was included as part of the needs assessment to ensure <br /> that OPT and CHT are providing nondiscriminatory transportation and that services <br /> are equitably distributed. An Environmental Justice Index was developed to locate <br /> concentrations of minority and low-income populations for the purposes of <br /> determining whether existing transit services are equitably distributed. A similar <br /> analysis will be performed for any recommended new services or service changes later <br /> in this study. <br /> Environmental Justice Inde (EJI):Methodology <br /> The EJI is similar to the TDI and TDIP in that it is an aggregate measure that may <br /> be employed with mapping software to capture specific demographic data, and it uses <br /> ACS data at the block group level. The EJI determined relative concentrations of racial <br /> and/or ethnic minorities and low-income populations within Orange County.4 <br /> Monitoring this demographic data helps ensure a high standard of social and economic <br /> equality, outlined by Title VI, when evaluating any modification to existing public <br /> transit services. <br /> As with the TDI, the EJI incorporated population density in its scoring process. <br /> Again, each block group was scored based on its numbers of minorities and low-income <br /> persons compared to the County averages. These individual scores were used in the <br /> following formula to determine an overall EJI score: <br /> EJI = PD x M x BP,where: <br /> • PD = Population Density, or persons per square mile <br /> • M = Number of persons who are racial and/or ethnic minorities <br /> • BP = Number of persons living below the poverty level <br /> The overall EJI scores ranged from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating an <br /> area with a larger number of racial and/or ethnic minority residents and/or low- <br /> income persons, as well as a higher population density. The block groups were then <br /> compared to the average EJI score for the County and designated as one of five <br /> 4 The framework for the EJI was introduced in a 2004 National Cooperative Highway Research Program <br /> report in order to offer"practitioners an analytical framework to facilitate comprehensive assessments of <br /> a proposed transportation project's impacts on affected populations and communities." <br /> OPT/CHT CTSP KFH <br /> and Consolidation Plan 1-21 <br />