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Care Van and CCAP warn of transit funding pressures; Building Health seeks letter of support for KDOT grant
Summary
Building Health Inc. officials requested a letter of support for a KDOT grant to sustain a Care Van program in Crawford County; earlier CCAP speakers warned of impending service suspensions on some routes without additional funds.
Building Health Inc. representatives asked the City Commission Oct. 14 for a letter of support for a KDOT transit grant and described current service levels and unmet demand across Crawford County. At the start of the meeting, representatives from CCAP also told commissioners the county’s public transportation provider faces a funding shortfall that could force temporary suspensions of some routes.
Becky Grama, director of Building Health Inc. (a nonprofit subsidiary of the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas), said the agency operates Care Van general public transportation and non‑emergency medical transportation (NEMT) across Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee counties. Grama said the program provided 6,845 rides in Crawford County in the last program year (July 2024–June 2025) and that, from Feb. 1 through Aug.…
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