The Human Service Transportation Plan (HSTP) has been a
part of the NCICG family since July of 2007. Transit systems and human service
agencies wishing to receive funding from Section 5310 and Section 5311 federal
funding sources are required to be included in a local HSTP. This is a requirement
of the transportation bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st
Century (MAP-21).
Illinois consists of 11 HSTP Regions, of which NCICG is responsible for the
coordination of Regions 1 and 3. To assist in coordination in these regions,
the HSTP Coordinator is well-equipped to assist any organization involved in
HSTP in several ways. Some examples include, but are not limited to: developing
surveys, analyzing route data, transportation coordination between multiple
agencies, marketing, public outreach, and enhancing a transit vehicle
maintenance programs as well as some assistance on grant writing (note: the
HSTP Coordinator will not write or be contracted to write grants). Since the
inception of the program, NCICG has been successful in assisting organization
to receive well over $500,000.00 in JARC and New Freedom grant money. In
addition to JARC and New Freedom numerous organizations have received grants
for vehicles as a result of the HSTP process.
Meeting
Information for Calendar Year 2013
Region 1 (Boone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, and Winnebago Counties)
Region 3 (Bureau, DeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, La Salle, Lee, Ogle, and Putnam Counties)
HSTP
Plan Update
In 2007, the first HSTP Plans were
developed for Regions 1 and 3. These plans set the initial groundwork for the
HSTP Program. These plans focused on strategies to develop and guide the HSTP
process. They outlined some of the activities that transit systems wished to
pursue. It is now 2012 and 5 years since the first plan were developed. Updated HSTP Plans are available for download at the bottom of this page.The new
HSTP Plans contain many of the same elements as the first plans. In
addition to the prior plans, the updated plans contain some strategies that
transit systems are enacting to create better customer service and increase ridership.
Gaps and needs are identified as well as possible solutions to these
issues.
These plans present a roadmap of possible solutions to the many problems that people face with regard to personal mobility.
What’s
on Your Mind...
At HSTP monthly meetings we
often have a "topic of interest" on each of the agendas.
Examples may include, but are not limited to: what is being done to streamline
medical transportation and what are some of the concerns of the human service
organizations utilizing public transportation? We want to hear your concerns,
but more importantly we want to know what can be done to solve these issues.
Please submit any topic ideas to jmatsen@ncicg.org.