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79 <br /> 3 <br /> Persons sixty y= and older can be certified for services by completing a Client <br /> Registration Form which Is kept one file at the OPT administrative office in Hillsborough , <br /> N .C. Perms under the age of sixty seeking EDTAP service must itave a cer#ification <br /> compllcd and autlorized by his/her physician. All IDTAP recipientas must he rc - <br /> certified annually. <br /> I <br /> I � I:ta�h �nenf lam. <br /> Work Fiat TrausatianaljEmplgymentTransfartactfon Assistancepropram <br /> With an allocation of S10,699 ,00, Change Public Transportation provides forinet' Werrk <br /> First participants or other low-income persons certified for Medicaid or Food Stags <br /> with a maxunuin of $300, 00 per year to assist with erriploymeul relater/ (rawportation. <br /> For v mhicle owners the funds may be used for repairs and/or insurance, For non-vehicle <br /> own= the funds mat assist with the purse of bus passes, van/car pool i�xponsc, or <br /> possibly a vehicle donated to the Whccls For Work Program. The actual survive provides <br /> willvary depending upon the nee , i.e. auto repair shop, insuranceetrt, Chapel Hill <br /> Transit; TriangIv. Transit Authority, or other local transit conipames. The OPT <br /> Transport:. bon Coordinator will dc=)ine the most appropriate transit solution on a case - <br /> by-case basis. <br /> Attachment C. <br /> Rural General Public (R. [TP) <br /> Orango PuI)No Transportation (OPT), managed by th a Orange County Department on <br /> ft <br /> A. && , serves human service agcncies ' clients mfiose ridership is paid by the 14 local <br /> sponsoring ag ics and spacial populations such as the eklorly, dis,ablcd or .Medicaid <br /> ulienis who are supported with NC DeparrLmcnt of Transportation, Home and Commtmity <br /> : are Block Grant, or state pLibiic assistmee funds _ 'rho rnajarity of the C�FT s vioc <br /> consists of public routes, fixcd routes, f rcd- deviated routes . Utilizing ]ift� equipped vans <br /> and minibuses, minivans and cars or private vendors, the OPT pwgriam continues to <br /> Wand coordination of its demand -response == ical and public watts . <br /> The gcographic service area is rural Orange County, outside the Chapel Hili Transit <br /> semce = L OPT tr#msportation service is provided each weekday, with w +ackend or <br /> evening strips for upecial lenses or li i'c- swtainin r er medical svices. <br /> The development of a regional sem%4iee hcmeecn Hillsborough and Durharn , KC , became _ <br /> operational on 2001 , The regional service provider (Triangle Trawit ALL harily) provides <br /> commuter service h4nnday through Friday i"rom Hi11 $bomugh to Duke Medical Center. <br /> }PT pmvi des "feeder " routes into Hillsborough where riders c au connect w ith 'Triangle <br /> Transit Authority (1 A ) routes , <br />