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4 Persons sixty years and older can be certified for services by completing a Client Registration Form which is kept on file at the OPT administrative office in Hillsborough. Persons under sixty seeking EDTAP service must have a certification completed and authorized by his/her physician. All EDTAP recipients must be recertified annually. The Orange County Transportation Development Plan Update that addresses the use of EDTAP funds was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on December 19, 1995 and is in effect through 1999. The Transportation Plan will be updated in FY2000- 2001. Work First Transitiona]/Em 1o ment Trans ortation Assistance Program Orange Public Transportation provides former Wark First participants or other low- income persons certified for Medicaid or Food Stamps with a maximum of $300 per year to assist with employment related transportation. For caz owners the funds can be used far repairs and/or insurance. Far non-caz owners the funds can assist with the purchase of bus passes, van or carpool expense, ar possibly the gift of a vehicle donated to the Work First program The actual service provider with vazy depending upon the need, i.e. aura repair shop, insurance agent, Chapel Hill Transit or Taz Heel Taxi. The OPT Mobility Specialist will determine the most appropriate vendor an acase-by-case basis: Rural General„Public (RGP~ Orange Public Transportation (OPT), managed by the Orange County Department on Aging, serves human service agencies' clients whose ridership is paid by the 141ocal sponsoring agencies and special populations such as the elderly, disabled or Medicaid clients who are supported with NC Department of Transportation, Home and Community Care Block Grant, or state public assistance funds. The majority of the OPT service is fixed routes or deviated fixed routes for human service clients. Utilizing lift-equipped vans and minibuses, minivans and cars yr private vendors, the OPT program continues to expand coordination of its demand-response medical trips. The geographic service area is rural Orange County, outside the Chapel Hill Transit service area. OPT transportation service is provided each weekday, with weekend or evening trips far~pecial leases or life-sustaining medical services. OPT had provided general public rides on a seat available basis far several years. However, in FY 1993-94 OPT program staff and the Human Services Transportation Board made a commitment to better serve the public by (1) changing the program's name from Coordinated Agency Transportation to Coordinated Area Transportation, and finally to its current Orange Public Transportation title, (2) designating existing bus routes to be promoted as public routes. In October, 1993 OPT established its fast general public deviated fixed route from Prospect Hill Health Center just north of the Orange/Person County line into Chapel Hi1UCarrboro. Additionally, the Orange Enterprises routes have been opened to the general public on aseat-available basis for eazly morning and late afternoon transportation between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. Finally, the four routes 2