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WSDOT's Public Transportation Division provides Rural Mobility Grants to support public transportation in rural and small urban areas and Paratransit/Special Needs Grants to sustain and expand services to persons with disabilities, seniors, children and people in rural areas. The table below lists organizations that receive these state-funded grants, selected through a competitive process. An advisory committee established scoring and ranking criteria for the competitive process, which included priorities from regional planning councils and WSDOT.
In response to COVID-19, WSDOT provided additional funding to organizations with unmet needs to prevent reductions or cuts to essential public transportation services.
More descriptive information about each of the Rural Mobility and Paratransit/Special Needs competitive grants is included on the table for Consolidated Grants.
| Organization | County or Counties | Award* |
|---|---|---|
| Arc of Tri Cities | Benton, Franklin | $146,887 |
| Around the Sound | Pierce | $994,660 |
| Central Transit | Kittitas | $422,432 |
| Clallam Transit | Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap | $2,378,025 |
| Coastal Community Action Program | Grays Harbor, Pacific | $529,896 |
| Columbia County Public Transportation | Columbia, Walla Walla | $669,190 |
| Columbia County Public Transportation | Columbia, Walla Walla | $93,215 |
| Community Action of Skagit County | Skagit | $49,870 |
| Council on Aging and Human Services/ COAST Transportation | Asotin, Garfield, Whitman | $555,440 |
| Cowlitz Indian Tribe | Cowlitz, Lewis | $447,619 |
| ECHHO - Ecumenical Christian Helping Hands Organization | Jefferson | $27,500 |
| Entiat Valley Community Services | Chelan, Douglas | $12,000 |
| Entrust Community Services | Yakima | $97,882 |
| Garfield County Public Transportation | Garfield, Asotin | $379,499 |
| Grant Transit Authority | Grant | $219,375 |
| Homage Senior Services | Snohomish | $1,120,170 |
| HopeSource | Kittitas | $1,228,949 |
| Human Services Council | Clark | $786,316 |
| Island Transit | Island, Skagit, Snohomish | $1,673,140 |
| Jamestown S'Klallam | Clallam, Jefferson | $161,028 |
| Klickitat County Senior Services | Klickitat | $1,240,837 |
| Lewis Mt. Hwy Transit | Lewis | $651,350 |
| Lower Columbia Community Action Program | Clark, Cowlitz | $730,385 |
| Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe | Clallam | $34,970 |
| Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation | Whatcom | $706,860 |
| Makah Tribal Council | Clallam | $347,093 |
| Mount Si Senior Center | King | $1,029,000 |
| Northshore Senior Center | King, Snohomish | $122,029 |
| Okanogan County Transportation and Nutrition | Okanogan, Douglas | $1,808,218 |
| Olympic Community Action Program | Clallam, Jefferson | $128,475 |
| Pacific Transit | Pacific, Grays Harbor, Clatsop County, OR | $1,123,830 |
| People for People | Adams, Benton, Franklin, Grant, Lincoln, Yakima | $2,539,841 |
| Puget Sound Educational Services District | Pierce, King | $700,000 |
| Rural Resources Community Action | Stevens, Pend Oreille, Ferry | $3,239,841 |
| Sammish Indian Nation | Skagit, Island | $15,193 |
| San Juan County | San Juan | $332,066 |
| Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe | Skagit, Snohomish | $482,564 |
| Skamania County Senior Services | Clark, Hood River, Klickitat, Multnomah, Skamania | $606,658 |
| Sound Generations | King | $769,658 |
| Special Mobility Services | Adams, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane | $1,183,150 |
| Spokane Tribe of Indians | Spokane, Stevens | $865,086 |
| Squaxin Island Tribe | Mason, Grays Harbor, Thurston | $199,500 |
| Stanwood Community and Senior Center | Snohomish, Island, Skagit | $50,000 |
| Thurston Regional Planning Council | Grays Harbor, Lewis, Thurston | $1,268,400 |
| Wahkiakum County Health and Human Resources | Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Pacific | $595,800 |
| White Pass Community Services Coalition | Lewis | $688,675 |
| Yakima Valley Conference of Governments | Yakima | $50,000 |
*Award amounts in the table are as of September 1, 2020.
For more information, contact Evan Olsen, evan.olsen@wsdot.wa.gov or 360-705-6929 or your local WSDOT Public Transportation Community Liaison.
