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From page 28... ... Page 4-1 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 provides guidance on identifying and reaching out to community organizations and individuals, and partnering with them to improve transportation for veterans, military service members, and families. These efforts should be the early focus of the leader and the core leadership group. Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... Page 4-2 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table? " • The public transit agency. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... Page 4-3 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table" • The FTA has created a listing of organizations for its VTCLI program -- see http://www.fta.dot.gov/grants/12305_13537.html and scroll down to see organizations listed under the heading "Potential Partners -- Veteran and Military Communities." • An additional resource, which was also developed to support the VTCLI program, lists organizations that might be potential partners; see "A Guide To Serving Your Military Community," dated 3-7-12, under this link http://www.fta.dot.gov/grants/12305_14198.html • • To locate speci�ic VA facilities in and nearby your community, you might start with information on the VA's Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... Page 4-4 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table? " Possible ways to engage community organizations and individuals for an initial meeting are provided below. Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... Page 4-5 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table" Local VSOs may have an understanding of the community transportation issues of their members. For example, at your local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Read the entire page →
From page 33... ... Page 4-6 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table? " The importance of perseverance. Read the entire page →
From page 34... ... Page 4-7 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table" transportation. You will be more successful pursuing transportation improvements that meet the commander's interests and that show how these improvements will beneit the installation. Read the entire page →
From page 35... ... Page 4-8 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table? " organizations. Read the entire page →
From page 36... ... Page 4-9 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table" An early action may be to engage your partners by asking them to distribute a short e-survey to their clients or the individuals they serve. The survey would ask about transportation issues and common trips made. Read the entire page →
From page 37... ... Page 4-10 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table? " Participation in your community's efforts to address veterans' homelessness is a good way to promote and report on your leadership group's efforts to improve transportation for veterans and also to recruit new partners. Read the entire page →
From page 38... ... Page 4-11 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table" Beyond this initial outreach phase, ongoing outreach and communication are important to educate the community about the services that are available to veterans, military personnel, and their families. In order for those who work directly with veterans to effectively share this information with their veteran program participants, they need to have easy access to up-to-date information about available services. Read the entire page →
From page 39... ... Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table? " Page 4-12 Chapter 4: Community Tools 4.1 Easter Seals Project ACTION Toolkit on Outreach: VTCLI Community Engagement Toolkit 4.2 Checklist of Organizaons and Agencies to Potenally Include for Outreach 4.3 Transit Planning 4 All: Resources for Community Engagement for Transit Planning 4.4 Suggested Quesons to Ask with Inial Contact to Collect Baseline Informaon Read the entire page →
From page 40... ... Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table" Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Page 4-13 4.1 Easter Seals Project ACTION Toolkit on Outreach The Easter Seals Project ACTION VTCLI Community Engagement Toolkit provides an extensive set of tools for outreach, with templates for invitation letters, questionnaires, meeting agendas, RVSP forms, press releases, checklists, meeting participant, evaluation forms, etc. The Toolkit includes eight steps, with customizable resources provided for review, adaptation, and use. Read the entire page →
From page 41... ... Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table? " Page 4-14 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families 4.2 Checklist of Organizations and Agencies to Potentially Include for Outreach This checklist is a guide to assist your community in looking for organizations and individuals to consider as candidates to come "to the table" and participate in local efforts to improve community transportation. Read the entire page →
From page 42... ... Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table" Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Page 4-15 4.2 Checklist of Organizations and Agencies to Potentially Include for Outreach (continued) Yellow Ribbon Program (National Guard and Reserve) Read the entire page →
From page 43... ... Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table? " Page 4-16 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families 4.3 Transit Planning 4 All: Resources for Community Engagement for Transit Planning The objective of Transit Planning 4 All is to encourage "inclusive transportation partnerships to promote community living." Created through collaboration between the U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 44... ... Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table" Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Page 4-17 4.4 Suggested Quesons to Ask with Inial Contact to Collect Baseline Informaon l. Organizaon Informaon Organizaon Phone Number Contact Email Address ll. Read the entire page →
From page 45... ... Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table? " Page 4-18 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families 4.4 Suggested Quesons to Ask with Inial Contact to Collect Baseline Informaon (connued) Read the entire page →
From page 46... ... Chapter 4 Outreach: "Getting the Right People to the Table" Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Page 4-19 Chapter 4: Additional Resources Armed Forces Services Corporation, for the Federal Transit Administration and the National Resource Center for Human Service Transportation Coordination, March 7, 2012, A Guide to Serving Your Military Community, a Technical Assistance Document in Support of the Veterans Transportation and Community Living Initiative http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/VTCLI__A_Guide_to_Serving_Your_Military_Community_2012-03-07.pdf Federal Transit Administration, Coordination Public Transit -- Human Service Transportation Plan guidance, in proposed circular for Section 5310, dated 7-11-13, https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/07/11/2013-16624/enhanced-mobility-for-seniors-and-individuals-with-disabilities-proposed-circular#h-9 Federal Transit Administration, "VTCLI -- Community Resources: Potential Partners;" see http://www.fta.dot.gov/grants/12305_13537.html U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Frequently Asked Questions; http://www.bia.gov/FAQs/index.htm Read the entire page →

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... Page 4-1 Community Tools to Improve Transportation Options for Veterans, Military Service Members, and Their Families Chapter 4 provides guidance on identifying and reaching out to community organizations and individuals, and partnering with them to improve transportation for veterans, military service members, and families. These efforts should be the early focus of the leader and the core leadership group.