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Transportation RFP and funding for Older Adult Centers
1:00:56
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Council Member Lee discusses the new transportation RFP and its implications for Older Adult Centers (OACs). She expresses concern about the adequacy of the funding and inquires about how it affects OAC budgets.
- New transportation RFP with $5.5 million in funding
- 108 OACs chose to include community transportation services in their RFP responses
- Transportation funding is inclusive of OACs' existing budgets, not additional
Linda Lee
1:00:56
And then for transportation I'm glad to see that there is this RFP that's out because I still remember when council members like Paul Valone and Barry had to take money from their own discretionary pots and actually provide that service for seniors in their neighborhood.
1:01:09
So I'm glad to see that you have this transportation RFP.
1:01:14
5,500,000.0 is a drop in the bucket if you ask me because we all know how much it costs to provide those rides and so is for the OACs that in the last part of that paragraph I think that you were saying every OAC had the opportunity to include transportation dollars as part of their response to the RFP and ultimately 108 chose to include community transportation services.
1:01:40
But is that in addition to or is that inclusive of the current budget that they already have?
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:01:45
It's inclusive of their budget.
Linda Lee
1:01:46
Inclusive, okay.
1:01:47
So that means that they're probably
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:01:48
If they saw it as an essential service for their area, then they would include it in their budget.
1:01:53
Okay.