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STUDY FINDINGS <br />Transportation Arrangements in Orange County <br />• Orange County has 11 principal human service agencies that require client transportation <br />services. <br />• The Chapel Hill Transit is the provider of public transportation services in Orange <br />County, but more specifically in Cantoro and Chapel Hill and one route to the Duke <br />West Campus in Durham. <br />• The Orange County Coordinated Agency Transportation (CAT) Program provides human <br />services transportation services and is administered by Orange County through the <br />Department on Aging. <br />• The agencies participating in the CAT program include JOCCA, OCCHS, Orange <br />Enterprises, OPC Mental Health Center, Wake Opportunities (Head Start), Cedar Grove <br />Day Care Center, Department of Social Services, and the Department on Aging. <br />• The coordinated system involves the sharing of vehicles owned by various participating <br />agencies; 23 of the 25 total vehicles in Orange County belong to the CAT program; the <br />remaining two of the 25 vehicles in the county belong one each to the Recreation and <br />Parks Department and to Wake Opportunities. <br />• Of the 23 CAT vehicles, CAT and Aging both share nine of the vehicles; seven more are <br />operated by CAT; Cedar Grove Day Care and Adult Day Treatment operate one each; <br />OCCHS operates two; and Wake Opportunities operates the remaining three. <br />NEEDS ANALYSIS <br />• Areas in the County that were identified as needing additional transportation services <br />include Little River Township, Eno, and Bingham; all areas in Northem Orange County; <br />areas in Chatham and Person Counties; Efland, Mebane, Cedar Grove, Caldwell, and <br />Hurdle Mills. <br />• Rural areas outside of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area which are not served by the Chapel <br />Hill Transit, were cited as underserved areas. <br />