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... 16 C H A P T E R 3 All levels of linkage functionality apply to any model of coordinated services, whether the coordination involves a consolidated centralization of functions -- eligibility, reservations and scheduling, dispatching, and operations -- or not. In the former case, it must be acknowledged that even with a centralized coordinated service, there will be trips that this coordinated service cannot service and that there are likely additional services in the community, region, or state that are not part of the coordinated system that could accommodate those trips.
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... 17 who volunteer for a certain day or days, and provide a day's manifest of trips for the driver to serve. Some programs work by asking a volunteer driver to pick from a list of trips.
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... 18 providers and expand and enhance transportation options for individuals, especially in rural areas -- or at times -- where transportation resources are scarce. Typically, travel vouchers are provided by a sponsoring organization to an eligible individual (eligibility determined by the sponsoring organization)
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... 19 example, if the person above travels from Atlanta to Savannah for three weeks a year, she never needs to apply for local eligibility. The transit agency in Savannah may require, in order for the person to continue receiving paratransit service beyond 21 days within the same year, that she apply for eligibility in the same manner as would a resident.
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