10/6/2008
Interagency Working Group to meet next Tuesday (Oct. 14) in Boise
BOISE - The Interagency Working Group (IWG), a coalition of state agencies and organizations that provides guidance on public transportation issues, will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14 in Boise, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
Given new initiatives around mobility in Idaho undertaken by ITD and its stakeholders this year, a number of additional agency representatives will be participating in this meeting.
The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Boise Airport, 3300 Vista Avenue, Boise, ID 83705.
Agenda items feature IWG decision-making around a number of key issues associated with the implementation of Idaho's Mobility and Access Pathway (IMAP), a visioning document that describes a new vision for mobility in Idaho as well as a structure and process to achieve it. The development of the structure is underway.
The IWG will make recommendations respective to IMAP, with the input of new agency participants including the Veteran's Administration, Department of Labor and Department of Environmental Quality, including the:
Group members include representatives from the transportation department, the Division of Medicaid, Community Transportation Association of Idaho, Commission on Aging, Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Council on Developmental Disabilities, Idaho Head Start Association and the Office of the Governor.
The meeting is open to the public. For more information, contact the Division of Public Transportation at (208) 334-8281.
Given new initiatives around mobility in Idaho undertaken by ITD and its stakeholders this year, a number of additional agency representatives will be participating in this meeting.
The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Boise Airport, 3300 Vista Avenue, Boise, ID 83705.
Agenda items feature IWG decision-making around a number of key issues associated with the implementation of Idaho's Mobility and Access Pathway (IMAP), a visioning document that describes a new vision for mobility in Idaho as well as a structure and process to achieve it. The development of the structure is underway.
The IWG will make recommendations respective to IMAP, with the input of new agency participants including the Veteran's Administration, Department of Labor and Department of Environmental Quality, including the:
- Confirmation of new job descriptions for the Public Transportation Advisory Council and the District Coordination Council members,
- Decision-making criteria respective to funding grant applications submitted by applicants to support Local Mobility Management Network Coordination Plans,
- Guidance on how to enable a robust mobility association to provide training, communications and legislative support to the mobility community, and
- A discussion about implications of the new structure and process as it relates to Idaho State Code.
Group members include representatives from the transportation department, the Division of Medicaid, Community Transportation Association of Idaho, Commission on Aging, Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Council on Developmental Disabilities, Idaho Head Start Association and the Office of the Governor.
The meeting is open to the public. For more information, contact the Division of Public Transportation at (208) 334-8281.