Rides to Wellness Demonstration Grants Program Evaluation

Details

• Creators:
  Flynn, Jennifer A. ; Perk, Victoria A. ; Sipiora, Austin
• Corporate Creators:
  University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Access
  • Demonstration projects
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Health care
  • Lessons learned
  • Medical trips
  • Public transit
  • Recommendations
  • Deployment
  • Innovation
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA Report No. 0190
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1520676
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  2017-2019
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation
• Abstract:
  To address transportation barriers to healthcare access, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funded eight Rides to Wellness demonstration projects valued at $2,865,233 through the 49 U.S.C. § 5312 program to identify and test promising, replicable public transportation healthcare access solutions that support the “triple aim” of increased access to healthcare, improved health outcomes, and reduced healthcare costs. Federal transportation law 49 U.S.C. § 5312 requires an independent evaluation of demonstration projects. FTA engaged the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida to serve as the independent evaluator to conduct a summative evaluation of the grants. CUTR conducted document review and a series of interviews with individual project grantees, data from which were analyzed to assess project actual vs. expected outcomes against the overall goals of the initiative. This evaluation report includes an overview of the Rides to Wellness Initiative, profiles of each demonstration project including project outcomes and lessons learned, and findings and recommendations.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/55685/dot_55685_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.78 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Transit Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:399d77ce441cafe78ee5c228083830bc1a76af547a6e3e7c15a25fed34a316c4