OKI Coordinated Public Transit Human Services Transportation Plan ...

OKI Coordinated Public Transit – Human Services Transportation Plan May 20122.4 County Profiles of Transportation Services for the Target PopulationsTable 2-3 shows the total number ofagencies in each Ohio county and inthe northern Kentucky service areaoperating transportation services forthe target populations and thenumber providing this service foreach type of user. Overall, lowincomeusers have the fewestspecialized options. The number ofspecialized options for other types ofusers varies from county to county.More detail is provided in Appendix C.Table 2-3. Services per CountyPopulation ServedElderlyMentallyDisabledPhysicallyDisabledLow IncomeTotalArea AgenciesButler County 12 11 7 7 7Clermont County 8 5 7 5 4Hamilton County 13 12 6 9 5Warren County 7 5 6 6 4Northern Kentucky 4 3 4 4 3Butler County has 12 agencies operating transportation services for the targetpopulations, with 11 of those providing service for elderly individuals. Seven agenciesoperate transportation services for disabled and low income individuals.Clermont County has eight agencies operating transportation services for the targetpopulations, with seven of those providing service to physically disabled individuals.This is the highest number of agencies with transportation available for physicallydisabled individuals in any county of the planning area. Five agencies operatetransportation services for mentally disabled individuals and five for elderly individuals.Only four agencies operate transportation services for low-income individuals.Hamilton County, with 13 agencies operating transportation services for the targetpopulations, has the highest number of such agencies of any county in the planningarea. Twelve of these agencies operate specialized transportation services for theelderly, nine operate transportation services for the mentally disabled, six for thephysically disabled and five for low-income individuals.Warren County has seven agencies operating transportation services for the targetpopulations. Six operate transportation services for both the physically and thementally disabled, five for the elderly and four for low-income individuals.The Northern Kentucky counties of Boone, Campbell and Kenton have only fouragencies operating transportation services for the target populations, the fewest in theinventory. All four agencies serving Northern Kentucky provide transportation service todisabled individuals. Three agencies provide transportation service to elderly and lowincomeindividuals.Chapter Two2-8