The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has confirmed $8.4 Million in grant awards to help connect people to health care and other important services, a recent release from the department said.
The funds will be spread out across 17 projects. The primary goal is to increase support for underserved groups, with a focus on health care access.
This funding is from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Innovative Coordinated Access & Mobility (ICAM) Pilot Program that offers competitive grant programs and awards funding to projects that support the transportation disadvantaged that will improve the coordination of transportation services and nonemergency medical transportation services.
"Transportation is a lifeline for Americans, connecting them to doctors, dentists, hospitals and other health care providers all over the country," Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation secretary, said in the release. "Because of the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, today's grants will help improve the health and lives of people in underserved communities who need and deserve access to health care and other essential services."
The FTA anticipates that by helping people reach health and mental health services easier, more people will take advantage of the services and hopefully improve the health of the general public throughout the country.
