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) (55.5 percent). 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.

This grant is also supported by funding from the Multimodal Account (44.5 percent).

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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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Paratransit/Special Needs and Rural Mobility competitive