The Senior Transportation Programs is a not-for-profit, social service
program that was started in 1978 by CICOA Aging and In-Home Solutions(an
Area Agency on Aging) to address the transportation needs of
individuals, age 60 or older, to enhance their continued well-being and
independence.

The program provides transportation services for approximately 2,000 senior citizens, which includes
persons who are physically mobile, those whose sole means of mobility is a wheelchair, and those who
are indigent.

The program utilizes the following combination of transportation services to meet the needs of
the senior community:
The Taxi Discount Program which issues taxi discount coupons to senior citizens enabling
them to access public taxi transportation any hour of the day, and any day of the week;
The Wheelchair Transportation Program issues vouchers good for wheelchair transportation
anywhere in Marion county. The service is provided by Yellow Cab Wheelchair Service;
The Essential Needs Transportation Program utilizes volunteer & staff drivers,
to transport senior citizens to doctors' offices, clinics, hospitals, government
services, or shopping for food and other necessary items;
and, a Grocery /Shopping Shuttle Service which provides daily, time based transportation for
twenty (20) senior apartment complexes to grocery stores and shopping centers. The
program coordinates with the City of Indianapolis transit system, and other not-for-profit
agencies.

All of these services are designed to address the problems caused by lack of transportation,
including isolation and limited access to needed services. Consumers have opportunities to
provide input on these programs, both by frequent individual contact with program staff, and
through the annual survey process. The program receives funding from Federal tax sources i.e.
The Older Americans' Act and State tax sources i.e. The Older Hoosiers' Act. The funds are
administered through CICOA The Access Network. United Way of Central Indiana, and private donations also fund the
programs. Client donations are generous and key sources of donated income because clients
know the value of the programs and participate in financing it.

This is a program of the Indianapolis Senior Citizens Center, Inc. located
at:

708 E. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202.