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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 7, 2005 <br />Action Ages 'F <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: NCDOT Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) Grant Funding <br />DEPARTMENT: Aging/Transportation <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y!N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Certified Statement <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jerry Passmore, ext 2009 <br />AI Terry, ext 2002 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a FY 2005/2006 Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) fund <br />application far $116,426. <br />BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), Public <br />Transportation Division, designates ROAP funds each fiscal year to Orange County. ROAP <br />consolidates the Elderly and Disabled Transportation Assistance Program (EDTAP), the Work <br />First Transitional/Employment Transportation Assistance Program and the Rural General Public <br />(RGP) Program into a single application package. These ROAP funds allow Orange County to <br />continue servicing the above-mentioned programs from July 2005 through June 2006. <br />Orange Public Transportation is the lead agency for public and human services agency <br />transportation in rural Orange County and the recipient of the EDTAP allocation of $55,376 with <br />no local match required, Orange Public Transportation (OPT) will continue to use its allocation <br />to provide medical transportation for the sixty-plus and disabled residents of Orange County. <br />Additionally, OPT will offer one shopping/personal business round trip per week to those two <br />population groups who live outside the Chapel Hill Transit service area and do not have access <br />to the Orange Express public shuttle. To the extent possible, trips will be grouped by <br />geographic area per weekday and the destination will be the closest possible provider, All <br />EDTAP service recipients are asked to contribute $3,00 per one-way trip. This fee is waived for <br />any individual whose family income is at or below 125% of the poverty level as determined by <br />the Department of Health and Human Services. Contributions are utilized to fund additional <br />trips, <br />With an allocation of $10,367, Orange Public Transportation provides former Work First <br />participants ar other low-income persons certified for Medicaid or Food Stamps with a maximum <br />of $300 per year to assist with employment related transportation, For vehicle owners, the <br />funds may be used for repairs and/or insurance. For non-vehicle residents, the funds may <br />