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October 29, 2008

Transportation Solutions Curriculum: Linking People with their Community

Workforce development and human service professionals and volunteers will soon have access to a new training tool that will guide them in helping customers take a crucial step in successfully securing a job or other services: finding transportation.

The Community Transportation Association and Easter Seals, Inc. will be sponsoring a valuable training opportunity-using the newly developed "Transportation Solutions: Linking People with Their Community" curriculum - to guide workforce development and human service agency professionals in assisting customers find suitable transportation options.

Available as a 10.5-hour in-person training for agency supervisors and transportation resource coordinators and a 4-hour workshop for direct service staff, the Transportation Solutions course includes:

  • Pre- and post-training assessments

  • Modules on
    • Identifying available transportation options

    • Uncovering funding for customer travel

    • Developing an Individualized Transportation Plan (.doc)(381 KB) with customers

    • Recording customers' unmet needs

    • Contributing to community-wide efforts to create responsive transportation solutions

    • Activities to help participants apply what they have learned

  • Resource section with Web links and templates

  • A glossary

Staff at the Community Transportation Association of America and Easter Seals, Inc., designed the curriculum with input from a 17-member National Advisory Committee drawn from federal, state, and local experts in a wide range of fields (e.g., workforce development, transportation, education, rehabilitation, disability services). Representatives from the Disability Program Navigator Initiative at the national and community level were part of the Committee.

You can also access a brochure (Note: PDF file) .

Posted by Nancy at October 29, 2008 10:28 AM

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