Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility competitive
Paratransit/Special Needs grants sustain and expand services to people with disabilities. Rural Mobility grants support public transportation in rural and small urban areas.
Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility competitive grants cannot be applied for independently. WSDOT awards these grants as part of the Consolidated Grant program.
Paratransit/Special Needs
This grant is supported by state funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA). The CCA supports Washington’s climate action efforts by putting cap-and-invest dollars to work reducing climate pollution, creating jobs, and improving public health. Information about the CCA is available at www.climate.wa.gov.
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Paratransit/special Needs competitive grants assist nonprofits to sustain and expand transportation services to people with disabilities, including seniors and children.
Rural Mobility
Rural mobility competitive grants assist tribes, nonprofits and transit agencies to sustain and expand public transportation services to rural areas of the state. Funds can also be used to purchase vehicles and equipment to support these public transportation services.
Awards
The table below lists 42 organizations awarded nearly $47.7 million in state-funded grants through the 2023-2025 Consolidated Grant competitive process. An advisory committee established ranking criteria, which included priorities from regional planning councils and WSDOT, for the competitive process.
More information about each of the Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility competitive grants is available on the Consolidated webpage.
|
Organization |
County/Counties |
Project title |
Award |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington - King County |
King |
Volunteer Transportation Program |
$111,576 |
|
Central Transit |
Kittitas |
Fixed route and ADA demand-response operations |
$1,065,000 |
| COAST Public Transportation | Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman |
Demand-response and deviated fixed route public transportation services |
$999,214 |
| COAST Public Transportation | Asotin, Garfield, Spokane, Whitman |
Four ADA-compliant minivans and one ADA-compliant light duty cutaway as replacement vehicles |
$384,680 |
|
Coastal CAP |
Mason, Thurston |
Sustaining the Driven to Opportunity Program; providing demand-response service to low-income, disabled, and special needs populations in the underserved rural areas of Thurston and Mason counties |
$375,058 |
|
Coastal CAP |
Grays Harbor, Pacific |
Sustaining the Driven to Opportunity Program; providing demand-response service to low-income, disabled, and special needs populations in Grays Harbor and Pacific counties |
$676,524 |
|
Coastal CAP |
Grays Harbor, Pacific |
Grays Harbor Driven to Opportunity Program ADA van replacement |
$90,000 |
|
Coastal CAP |
Mason, Thurston |
Thurston/Mason Counties ADA van replacement |
$95,000 |
|
Columbia County Public Transportation |
Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla |
Sustaining accessible, six-days-per-week demand-response transportation services for the general public and for persons with special needs in Columbia County, with connections into Walla Walla and Garfield counties |
$780,834 |
|
Community Action of Skagit County |
Skagit |
Special needs mobility management project |
$48,938 |
|
Community Action of Skagit County |
Skagit |
Operating assistance for training of staff and volunteers and coordination of public transportation in rural areas of Skagit County |
$304,890 |
|
Community Action of Skagit County |
Skagit |
Fleet of cars for staff to conduct senior and disabled client home visits, facilitate street outreach to unhoused clients, attend training, and fund fleet maintenance and fleet storage space |
$424,710 |
|
Community in Motion |
Clark |
North County Shuttle Service program |
$465,100 |
|
Community In Motion |
Clark |
Employment transportation program |
$511,501 |
|
Community in Motion |
Cowlitz, Wahkiakum |
Sustaining operating assistance for Reserve-A-Ride program providing transportation for seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, and other at-risk Cowlitz/Wahkiakum residents |
$697,499 |
|
Community in Motion |
Clark |
Sustaining operating assistance for CIM's Reserve-A-Ride program providing transportation for seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, and other at-risk Clark County residents |
$855,411 |
|
ECHHO |
Jefferson |
Volunteer driver program that provides no-cost transportation to elderly, disabled, and low-income residents of east Jefferson County |
$34,392 |
|
Entrust Community Services |
Yakima |
Door-to-door special needs services |
$461,982 |
|
Garfield County Transportation Authority |
Garfield |
Operating assistance to sustain demand-response service |
$680,900 |
|
Grays Harbor Transit |
Grays Harbor, Lewis, Pacific, Thurston |
Replace 10 (ten), 35-foot-long heavy-duty coaches and two light-duty cutaways beyond their useful life |
$663,200 |
|
Homage Senior Services |
Island, King, Snohomish |
Transportation Assistance Program outreach |
$116,382 |
|
Homage Senior Services |
Snohomish |
Pay Your Pal program |
$83,308 |
|
Homage Senior Services |
Snohomish |
Expanding Transportation Assistance Program (TAP) |
$372,229 |
|
Homage Senior Services |
Snohomish |
Deviated fixed-route service from Darrington to Smokey Point |
$605,000 |
|
Homage Senior Services |
Snohomish |
Sustaining Transportation Assistance Program (TAP) |
$1,446,188 |
|
Hood River County Transportation District |
Klickitat |
Summer Weekend White Salmon/Bingen Hood River fixed route service |
$25,093 |
|
Hood River County Transportation District |
Skamania |
Seasonal intercity, fixed-route service that provides access to the Dog Mountain Trailhead along State Route 14 during peak wildflower season from Cascade Locks (limited) and Stevenson (primary) |
$48,000 |
|
Hopelink |
King, Pierce, Snohomish |
Regional Alliance for Resilient and Equitable Transportation (RARET) |
$191,282 |
|
HopeSource |
Kittitas |
Kittitas County connector operations |
$274,975 |
|
HopeSource |
Kittitas |
HopeSource dial-a-ride service |
$1,880,367 |
|
IslandRides |
San Juan |
Sustaining Operations of San Juan Islands Shuttle System |
$978,150 |
|
IslandRides |
San Juan |
Three Kia EV6s and one Chrysler WAV |
$308,750 |
|
Link Transit |
Chelan, Douglas |
Transportation Reimbursement Intercommunity Program (TRIP-Link) |
$142,500 |
|
Lower Columbia CAP |
Clark, Cowlitz |
Connecting the I-5 corridor: operating assistance to sustain rural public transportation service between Vancouver and Castle Rock |
$969,750 |
|
Lower Columbia CAP |
Clark, Cowlitz |
Connecting the I-5 Corridor: capital vehicle replacements |
$200,000 |
|
Mid-Columbia Economic Development District |
Klickitat, Skamania |
Gorge Regional Transit Network: inclusive outreach and education project |
$77,000 |
|
Mid-Columbia Economic Development District |
Klickitat, Skamania |
Gorge Regional Transit Network: implementation planning |
$50,000 |
|
Mt. Adams Transportation Service |
Klickitat |
Mt. Adams Express fixed-route service |
$554,768 |
|
Mt. Adams Transportation Service |
Klickitat |
Dial-a-Ride Services |
$980,756 |
|
Mt. Adams Transportation Service |
Klickitat |
Replacement vehicles for dial-a-ride and fixed-route service |
$424,800 |
|
Mt. Si Senior Center |
King, Snohomish |
Mt. Si Senior Center Snoqualmie Valley Transportation expansion to weekend service |
$450,000 |
|
Mt. Si Senior Center |
King, Snohomish |
Sustaining Snoqualmie Valley Transportation |
$1,110,971 |
|
Northshore Senior Center |
King |
Northshore Senior Center transportation |
$130,370 |
|
Okanogan County Transportation & Nutrition |
Okanogan |
Sustain Okanogan County demand-response service |
$1,096,874 |
|
Okanogan County Transportation & Nutrition |
Okanogan |
Bus replacements |
$428,624 |
|
Okanogan County Transportation & Nutrition |
Okanogan |
Sustain commuter routes |
$946,890 |
|
People For People |
Benton, Franklin |
Mobility management preservation for Benton and Franklin Counties |
$15,863 |
|
People For People |
Yakima |
Mobility management preservation for Yakima County |
$153,329 |
|
People For People |
Adams, Grant, Lincoln |
Mobility management preservation For Adams, Grant, and Lincoln counties |
$170,613 |
|
People For People |
Adams, Benton, Franklin |
Special needs transportation for Adam, Benton, and Franklin counties |
$287,321 |
|
People For People |
Adams, Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane |
Preservation of rural special needs transportation for Adams, Grant, and Lincoln counties |
$3,308,293 |
|
People For People |
Yakima |
Preservation of rural special needs transportation for Yakima County |
$3,394,974 |
|
Pierce County Human Services |
Pierce |
Sustaining accessible demand and deviated fixed-route transportation for special needs riders in east and south Pierce County |
$1,746,846 |
|
Puget Sound Educational Service District |
King, Pierce |
Sustaining the Road to Independence demand-response program that assists individuals with special needs in rural south King and east Pierce counties where there is little or no service |
$32,861 |
|
Pullman Transit |
Whitman |
Fixed-route service expansion to the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport |
$586,780 |
|
Pullman Transit |
Whitman |
Fixed route service in Pullman |
$950,934 |
|
Rural Resources Community Action |
Stevens |
Ferry County deviated fixed-route service |
$182,410 |
|
Rural Resources Community Action |
Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens |
Sustaining weekday commuter services between Kettle Falls and Colville and between Chewelah and Colville |
$460,438 |
|
Rural Resources Community Action |
Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens |
Tri-County dial-a-ride service |
$1,131,569 |
|
San Juan County Health and Community Services |
San Juan |
San Juan County transportation voucher program |
$395,868 |
|
Skagit Transit |
Skagit |
Community engagement coordinator position to conduct outreach with Limited English Proficiency population of Skagit County |
$7,917 |
|
Skagit Transit |
Island, Skagit Snohomish, Whatcom |
Northwest Washington regional public transportation study |
$160,000 |
|
Skamania County Senior Services |
Clark, Skamania |
Route-deviated transit service |
$217,856 |
|
Skamania County Senior Services |
Clark, Klickitat, Skamania |
Dial-a-ride service |
$317,824 |
|
Skamania County Senior Services |
Clark, Klickitat, Skamania |
Skamania County vehicle replacement |
$232,000 |
|
Sound Generations |
King |
Hyde Shuttle Eastside: community-based demand-response service for seniors and people with disabilities in Bellevue, Kirkland, and Redmond |
$577,600 |
|
Sound Generations |
King |
Hyde Shuttle: sustaining a community-based paratransit service for seniors and people with disabilities in urban, suburban, and rural King County |
$1,656,000 |
|
Special Mobility Services |
Spokane |
Spokane County mobility management project |
$707,324 |
|
Special Mobility Services |
Spokane |
Newport Community shuttle |
$104,906 |
|
Special Mobility Services |
Adams, Lincoln, Spokane |
Davenport and Ritzville community shuttles |
$458,503 |
|
Special Mobility Services |
Spokane |
Deer Park dial-a-ride and community shuttle |
$678,965 |
|
Special Mobility Services |
Spokane |
Replacement buses to sustain Deer Park services |
$324,000 |
|
Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners |
Spokane |
Neighbors on the Go program |
$211,885 |
|
Stanwood Community and Senior Center |
Island, Snohomish |
Snow Goose transit operations |
$584,986 |
|
The Arc of Tri-Cities |
Benton, Franklin |
Demand-response transportation services |
$48,240 |
|
The Arc of Tri-Cities |
Benton, Franklin |
Continuing operation of community van service |
$85,689 |
|
Thurston Regional Planning Council |
Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston |
Expanding ruralTransit (rT) program |
$941,176 |
|
Thurston Regional Planning Council |
Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston |
ruralTransit (rT) program |
$917,650 |
|
Transportation Choices Coalition |
King, Pierce, Snohomish |
Regional mobility survey for priority populations |
$80,000 |
|
Twin Transit |
Cowlitz, Lewis, Thurston |
Fixed-route and demand-response staffing and program support |
$321,961 |
|
Twin Transit |
Lewis |
Demand-response and special needs services |
$290,884 |
|
Twin Transit |
Cowlitz, Lewis, Thurston |
Fixed-route and deviated services |
$1,052,943 |
|
Wahkiakum on the Move |
Cowlitz, Pacific, Wahkiakum |
Rural bus service |
$885,084 |
|
Wahkiakum on the Move |
Cowlitz, Pacific, Wahkiakum |
Purchase two replacement buses that provide the only connection between Longview/Kelso and Naselle |
$160,000 |
|
Whatcom Council of Governments |
Whatcom |
Sustaining existing mobility management services and expanding activities and materials to teach seniors and youth how to ride fixed-route transit |
$26,111 |
|
Workforce Snohomish |
Snohomish |
Sustaining special needs transportation services |
$203,280 |
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