Disability Program Navigators (DPNs)
There are resources and guides in development now particularly aimed at assisting the Disability Program Navigators in identifying their customers' mobility needs and working with partners, like transit, in the community. |
This page, designed with the goals of the Disability Program Navigator in mind, intends to assist all advocates, planners and leaders in meeting the mobility needs of people with disabilities. The Community Transportation Association offers information and resources linking individuals with transportation needs to the workplace and vital services such as medical care. We hope that you will explore the rest of our webpages. You will find information valuable for both direct planning and coordination too. Coordination (whether you work directly with transportation or would like to partner with transportation or public services in meeting human service and employment needs) is invaluable to accomplishing community development, especially when groups work together in developing their community's unique "win-win" plan.
Helpful Information & Overview Materials
Resource Manuals
- Expanding Mobility Options for Persons with Disabilities: A Practitioner's Guide to Community-Based Transportation Planning. A CTAA/Easter Seals Project ACTION Publication (PDF)(457 KB)
- Access for All: A Resource Manual for Meeting the Needs of One-Stop Customers with Disabilities, 2001. National Center on Workforce and Disability
Disability Program Navigator Profiles
- Karen Engel, Disability Program Navigator, Fox Valley Workforce Development Board of Neenah, Wisc. (PDF) (217 KB)
- Randi Johnson, Eau Claire, Wisc. (PDF) (73 KB)
- Monica Huffstutlar, Ada, Okla. (PDF) (79 KB)
Best Practices & Examples of Demonstration Work in the Field
- Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency: Meeting the Mobility Needs of People with Disabilities (PDF) (150 KB)
- In the Spotlight:
- Allegan County Transportation: Meeting the Mobility Needs of People with Disabilities (PDF) (150 KB)
- OUTREACH Guarantees a Ride: Meeting the Mobility Needs of People with Disabilities (PDF) (171 KB)
- Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's Flex Service: Meeting the Mobility Needs of People with Disabilities (PDF) (167 KB)
Other Resources
- ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles
- ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Transportation Vehicles; Over-the-Road Buses
- Manuals on ADAAG for Transportation Vehicles
- The Effect of Children with Disabilities on the Mothers' Exit from Welfare
- Employing Welfare Recipients with Significant Barriers to Work: Lessons from the Disability Field
Partner Links and More
- Easter Seals Project ACTION: Disability & Transportation Access
- U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employment and Training Administration Disability Online
- www.disability.gov: Connecting the Disability Community with Information & Opportunities
- United States Access Board
- Federal Transit Administration's Passengers with Disabilities info page
- Law, Health Policy & Disability Center, University of Iowa College of Law
- American Public Transportation Association (APTA)