Catch-A-Ride Gets OKI Money To Transport Seniors, Disabled

The OKI Regional Council of Governments announced awards of $1.34 million to transportation agencies across the tri-state last week.

LifeTime Resources Catch-A-Ride photo.

(Cincinnati, Oh.) - A grant from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments will help provide free public transportation in southeastern Indiana.

LifeTime Resources’ Catch-A-Ride is receiving $31,640 from OKI.

It’s part of $1.34 million awarded last week to public transportation organizations across the tri-state for providing better transportation access for the elderly and people with disabilities.

“This funding will assist in providing transportation to those who would otherwise have no options,” said OKI president and Kenton County Judge Executive Kris Knochelmann. “These projects have the potential to positively impact the lives of citizens in the eight county OKI region.”

Federal funding was made available through the Section 5310 – Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities program. The goal of this program is to provide formula funding to states for the purpose of assisting private nonprofit groups in meeting the transportation needs of older adults and people with disabilities when the transportation service provided is unavailable, insufficient, or inappropriate to meeting these needs.

OKI was identified as the Designated Recipient for Section 5310 federal funds allocated to the Cincinnati urbanized area by the Governors of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana in 2014.

Below is the full list of OKI funding recipients and amounts: