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
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 22 organizations awarded nearly $12 million in state-funded grants through the 2021-2023 Consolidated Grant competitive process. An advisory committee established scoring and ranking criteria, which included priorities from regional planning councils and WSDOT, for the competitive process.
More descriptive information about each of the Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility competitive grants is included in the 2021-2023 Consolidated grants table (PDF 217KB).
|
Organization |
County/Counties |
Award |
|---|---|---|
|
The Arc of Tri-Cities |
Benton, Franklin |
$222,633 |
|
Coastal CAP (Coastal Community Action Program) |
Grays Harbor, Mason, Pacific, Thurston |
$317,303 |
|
Clallam Transit System (Clallam County Public Transportation Benefit Area) |
Clallam |
$276,586 |
|
ECHHO (Ecumenical Christian Helping Hands Organization) |
Jefferson |
$30,250 |
|
Entrust Community Services |
Yakima |
$427,882 |
|
Homage Senior Services (Senior Services of Snohomish County/Homage) |
Island, King, Snohomish |
$2,027,948 |
|
HopeSource |
Kittitas |
$535,029 |
|
Human Services Council |
Clark |
$680,282 |
|
IslandRides (San Juan Islands Shuttle Systems) |
Island |
$904,875 |
|
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation (Lummi Indian Business Council) |
Whatcom |
$589,050 |
|
Mt. Adams Transportation Service (Klickitat County Senior Services) |
Klickitat |
$513,489 |
|
People for People |
Adams, Benton, Franklin, Grant, Lincoln, Yakima |
$443,009 |
|
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe |
Skagit, Snohomish |
$447,791 |
|
Skagit Transit (Skagit Transit System) |
Skagit |
$20,000 |
|
Skamania County Senior Services (Skamania County) |
Clark, Klickitat, Skamania |
$631,553 |
|
SNAP (Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners) |
Spokane |
$253,324 |
|
Special Mobility Services |
Adams, Lincoln, Spokane |
$943,336 |
|
Spokane Tribe (Spokane Tribe of Indians) |
Spokane, Stevens |
$798,500 |
|
Stanwood Community and Senior Center |
Island, Snohomish |
$630,000 |
|
Thurston Regional Planning Council |
Thurston |
$64,000 |
|
Wahkiakum Health & Human Services/ Wahkiakum on the Move |
Cowlitz, Pacific, Wahkiakum |
$842,939 |
|
WTA (Whatcom Transportation Authority) |
Whatcom |
$45,000 |
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