The goal of the competitive R2W Demonstration Grants is to find and test promising, replicable public transportation healthcare access solutions that support the following Rides to Wellness goals:
increased access to care, improved health outcomes and reduced healthcare costs.
To support
these goals, the R2W Demonstration Grants will:
1.
Develop replicable, innovative, sustainable solutions to healthcare access challenges; 2.
Foster local partnerships between health, transportation, home and community-based services and other sectors to collaboratively develop and support solutions that increase healthcare access; and 3.
Demonstrate the impacts of transportation solutions on improved access to healthcare and health outcomes and reduced costs to the healthcare and transportation sectors.