Inclusive Planning Grant

About the Inclusive Planning Grant

In June 2018, the King County Mobility Coalition was awarded a national grant by the Federal Administration for Community Living (ACL) to spend six months leveraging an inclusive planning process to evaluate how people find and secure transportation in our region. The project encourages the use of inclusive planning processes by including YOU, the user, in the discussion and development of programs designed to fit YOUR needs. We are focused on improving transportation for all King County community members, with focus on older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers, including non-English speakers, low-income individuals, people experiencing homelessness, immigrants, refugees, Veterans, and youth. The goal of the grant is to demonstrate the value that inclusive planning processes bring to coordinated transportation efforts.

In fall 2018, we conducted extensive community outreach to learn what challenges people in the region face when attempting to find and secure transportation. The Steering Committee for the grant used the community feedback gathered to create an Action Plan that will help guide the efforts of the KCMC in the future. In early 2019, the KCMC was awarded Round 2 funding to continue this work through the end of 2019, and the Action Plan was used to determine the prioritized projects for the year.

From April 2019 to January 2020, Round 2 of Inclusive Planning efforts led to the creation of an Inclusive Planning Steering Committee and three Workgroups that corresponded with needs identified in Round 2 efforts. Each project, with charters and deliverables listed in a section below, adopted plans for sustainability. 

Mission

The mission of the Inclusive Planning Grant Steering Committee is to improve the experience of finding and securing transportation in King County and the Puget Sound Region for people with disabilities, older adults, and caregivers.

Meetings

For Inclusive Planning Round 2 efforts, a Steering Committee was formed along with three project workgroups. View past meeting materials, including past meeting notes and slides, here.

Project Sustainability

After Round 1 Mobility for All Summits and feedback in 2018, the Inclusive Planning Steering Committee elevated several actionable projects to be pursued through Workgroups in 2019’s Round 2 Inclusive Planning efforts. Each project’s charter details how the Workgroups planned to advance the identifying projects. Below is a recap on the sustainability of each project post-Round 2 efforts:
  • Transportation Marketing Plan (including Community Transportation Navigators): View the project charter here; Funding was secured to launch a Community Transportation Navigators pilot until June. This pilot will use a peer-to-peer model to disseminate transportation and mobility information and services to hard-to-reach communities. The CTN Pilot was significantly impacted by COVID-19, which eliminated the opportunity for direct outreach; however, a modified pilot tested key programmatic goals. View the Community Transportation Navigators Evaluation Report to learn more.
  • One-Call/One-Click: View the project charter here; The King County Mobility Coalition will continue establishing institutional buy-in for a regional One-Call One-Click and explore funding opportunities using the One-Call One-Click Business Plan.
  • Inclusive Planning Toolkit: View the project charter here; The King County Mobility Coalition and Inclusive Planning Toolkit Workgroup will find continuing ways to distribute the Inclusive Planning Toolkit to make it as widely available as possible!

Join Today

We are always looking for new participants and partners who share our passion for improving mobility and access to transportation in and across King County. To learn about the grant, call us at (425) 943-6760, send an email to mobility@hopelink.org, or sign up for the KCMC Mailing list.
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