Rideshare

Rideshare Pilot Program

• 2006 - 13 focus groups, identification of needs
• Kids and Community Visioning Day, transportation identified as one of the most common barriers for parents
• Community-based survey

• provides low-cost and convenient transportation
• helps families to feel more included
• designed for parents with young children and expectant mothers
• If a referred family has a medical appointment or is going grocery shopping, the Rideshare Co-ordinator will be contacted, who will then arrange a ride for the family from a volunteer driver
• designed as a service to fill in gaps, not to duplicate existing services

• evaluation and further development of best practices
• to obtain feedback from riders and drivers that relates to program design
• to seek out funding opportunities for the full version of the Program

• 100% financed by the Parent Advisory Committee
• operates at 5% of full capacity
• operates for 3 months (October-December of 2007)

• 50 rides per month
• 6 families
• 4 volunteer drivers
• Rideshare Co-ordinator position – Volunteer PAC member
• car seats – riders must provide and install
• rider referrals from child and family-serving organization
• riders must have children under the age of 6, and be attending medical, agency-based appointments or going grocery shopping or to food banks within the city limits
• $2.00 fee for a round-trip ride
• rides are booked two days in advance
• 2 rides per family per week

• Rideshare Advisory Council
• 50% Parent Advisory Committee representation, 50% service provider representation
• Responsibilities: to provide guidance to the Rideshare Co-ordinator, assist in raising awareness of the Program, help in planning for the expansion of the full Program.
• The Rideshare Co-ordinator will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Program

• planning will take place to secure funding for the expansion of the Program in 2008 over the next 3 months

Additions to the full Rideshare Program:

• Program will serve over 100 families per month
• Rideshare Co-ordinator will be a full-time, paid position
• Program will be expanded to include families with children under the age of 15
• families will be able to receive up to 3 rides per week
• car seats will be purchased and installed in the cars of volunteer drivers

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• Click here for more information on your donations to the Rideshare Program

• Human Resources and Social Development Canada
  
• North Bay Social Planning Council
• Social Planning Network of Ontario
• The Gathering Place
• Wraparound Process
• Canadian Mental Health Agency
• Alzheimer’s Society of North Bay
• Family Enrichment Program
• The Nipissing Transitional Housing Program
• The Nipissing Family Program
• Children’s Aid Society
• The Domestic Violence Community Response Project
• Early Years Centre
• District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board