Getting Rides to and From (Transportation)

For more information about transportation, read Transportation.

1. I need a ride to the Relative Caregiver Program (RCP) support group.

Your area RCP may provide transportation to relative caregiver support groups, meetings and events. Speak with your RCP case manager/family advocate. Get more details about the Relative Caregiver Program.

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2. The child I am caring for needs a ride to a doctor?s visit.

If the child is on TennCare, TennCare will provide transportation if the child does not have a ride. Transportation is arranged through the child?s Managed Care Organization (MCO) and is available to and from the doctor, hospital, or pharmacy. You should call at least five days in advance in order to arrange a ride. If there is an emergency and you don?t have five days warning of a doctor?s visit, you may have the child?s doctor call the MCO to arrange for a ride. For more details regarding transportation, contact the child?s MCO. The number for the child?s MCO should be on the child?s TennCare card.

Visit the TennHelp section on transportation for more details.

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3. I need a ride to a social service agency.

Visit the TennHelp section on transportation for more details.

Call your local transit/transportation authority about special services if you are elderly or disabled, or call your Area Agency on Aging and Disability (AAAD). See a list of Tennessee Area Agencies on Aging and Disability or view list of area transit authorities.

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4. I need transportation to find housing within the 60 days that my local Public Housing Agency (PHA) requires.

Call your RCP case manager/family advocate. Get more details about the Relative Caregiver Program.

Call your local transit/transportation authority about special services if you are elderly or disabled, or call your Area Agency on Aging and Disability (AAAD). See a list of Tennessee Area Agencies on Aging and Disability or see a list of area transit authorities.

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5. I need a ride to a nutrition site or grocery store.

Visit the TennHelp section on transportation for more details.

Call your local transit/transportation authority about special services if you are elderly or disabled, or call your Area Agency on Aging and Disability (AAAD). See a list of Tennessee Area Agencies on Aging and Disability or see a list of area transit authorities.

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6. The child I am caring for and/or I need a ride to a court hearing, visitation, work, etc.

Call your local transit/transportation authority about special services if you are elderly or disabled, or call your Area Agency on Aging and Disability (AAAD). See a list of Tennessee Area Agencies on Aging and Disability or see a list of area transit authorities.

Call your RCP case manager/family advocate. Get more details about the Relative Caregiver Program.

Limitation:
There is not a bus voucher program for the relative caregiver who can?t afford to buy a bus ticket. However, some programs may have relationships with taxi services that may help relative caregivers. Ask your RCP family advocate/case manager.

Another State?s Program:
A Second Chance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, offers transportation to children who are being cared for by their relatives to visitation with birth parents, appointments, and recreation activities.

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7. I need a car to help transport my relative?s children.

DHS First Wheels Program

The Department of Human Services suspended the First Wheels program in December 2006, so car loans are currently unavailable. DHS does not know, at this time, when the program will be reinstituted.

Programs Other States Offer:
The Good News Garage in Burlington, Vermont, provides donated, reconditioned vehicles to those in need for the cost of repairs.

Wheels for Work in Annapolis, Maryland, sells donated automobiles to welfare recipients at very low prices.

The Car Ministry Program in Falls Church, Virginia, gives donated vehicles to needy families.