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California Department of Aging Mobility Management Workgroup Webinar

California Department of Aging Mobility Management Workgroup Webinar. “Bringing Transportation Solutions to Life in Local Communities”. Presented by Chris Jensen, Advocate/Community Organizer for Resources for Independent Living.

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California Department of Aging Mobility Management Workgroup Webinar

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  1. California Department of Aging Mobility Management Workgroup Webinar “Bringing Transportation Solutions to Life in Local Communities”

  2. Presented by Chris Jensen, Advocate/Community Organizer for Resources for Independent Living Resources for Independent Living promotes the socio-economic independence of persons with disabilities byproviding peer supported, consumer directed independent living services and advocacy www.ril-sacramento.org

  3. RIL has been providing services and advocacy in Sacramento and Yolo counties since 1978. • Things I do: • facilitate a local consumer advocacy group called DOGFITE, which stands for Disability Organizing Group for Initiating Total Equality. We currently have about 30 members • member of the Sacramento County, Disability Advisory Commission, and Chair the Subcommittee on Housing • current Chair of Sacramento Regional Transit’s Mobility Advisory Council • member Transportation Equity Workgroup, for the Coalition on Regional Equity (a project of the Sacramento Housing Alliance)

  4. Wheelchair lift Wheelchair ramp

  5. What is a BORPSAT?

  6. What is a BORPSAT? Bunch of the Right People Sitting Around the Table

  7. So, who should be at the table?

  8. So who should be at the table? It depends.

  9. So who should be at the table? It depends. People get together for different reasons. What is the issue?

  10. Some potential partners: • Council of Governments • Transit Agencies • Unions • Neighborhood Communities • Transit Advocacy Groups • Lawyers What group gets overlooked the most? Riders!

  11. What should those at the table, bring to the table? • Capacity • Skills • Information (White Paper Studies; Title VI) • Access to people (turn outs for events)

  12. How should goals be formulated? • Talk with the community • Surveys • Slicing the issue What is achievable?

  13. What Outcomes Are Best? • Measurable • Have a relationship to the goal • Are defined ahead of time • How to make an apparent defeat into a victory

  14. How can an organization effectively see transportation solutions through from beginning to end?

  15. How can an organization effectively see transportation solutions through from beginning to end? • Timely Updates • Meetings with Decision Makers • ?

  16. Resources for Independent Living 420 I Street, Suite 3 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 446-3074 (Voice & TTY) (916) 446-2443 (fax) www.ril-sacramento.org E-mail: chrisj@ril-sacramento.org

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