Transportation:

Transportation is providing non-medical assistance, training and transport to a participant and the participant’s family caregiver, so the participant can access community activities in his or her own community in response to needs identified in the participant’s person-centered plan. A relative or legal guardian who is not a spouse or a legally responsible person of a participant with DDA preapproval can provide transportation services. Transportation services can include, but are not limited to:

  1. Orientation services in using other senses or supports for safe movement from one place to another,
  2. Accessing mobility services such as transportation coordination and accessing resources,
  3. Travel training such as supporting the individual and family in learning how to access and use informal, generic, and public transportation safely for independence and community integration,
  4. Services provided by different modalities, including public and community,
  5. Mileage reimbursement for transportation provided by another individual using their own car; and
  6. Purchase of prepaid transportation vouchers and cards, such as the Charm Card and/or taxi cards.