The Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) National Technical Assistance Center
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The Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) will lead the administration of the CCAM National Technical Assistance Center. The center will provide technical assistance to support the mission of the Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM). As one of six FTA-funded centers that help federal grant recipients and other stakeholders develop innovative transportation solutions, CTAA will support CCAM Federal members and their partners in improving transportation access for people with disabilities, older adults, and individuals of low income.
The center will coordinate human services transportation that advances people's access to everyday destinations. It is anticipated to launch in early 2025.
CTAA will manage the center with the following content partners contributing support:
- RLS and Associates
- Aspire 2 Action
- Policy Map
- American Association of Service Coordinators
- American Public Transportation Association
- Burton Blatt Institute
- Community Roots LLC
- Health Outreach Partners
- Justice Center: Council of State Governments
- National Association of Community Health Workers
- National Association of County and City Health Officials
- National Community Action Partnership
- National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
- Texas A & M University
- US Aging
In addition, the center will have committed guidance partners from seven agencies across four federal departments to support their work:
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Labor
The diverse team of agencies and federal partners will carry out activities to encourage collaboration across the 130 Federal programs that can fund transportation, connect state and local CCAM grantees, and provide community planning and implementation grants to improve transportation access.