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County report: GCC steps in to run transit service for older and disadvantaged riders; 880 trips in first month
Summary
Monroe County staff and the Guidance Care Center (GCC) reported on the first month of the county’s transportation disadvantaged program transition, saying GCC enrolled riders, doubled full‑time drivers and completed 880 trips in October, and outlined funding from county, FDOT 5310 grants and fares.
The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners heard a report on the county’s newly transitioned transportation disadvantaged program, which county staff contracted to the Guidance Care Center (GCC) to serve seniors, people with disabilities and low‑income residents.
At the meeting Maureen Dum Levy, GCC’s regional senior vice president, said GCC began coordinating county trips October 1 and “we enrolled 85 riders” in the first month. She told commissioners GCC expanded staffing — increasing full‑time drivers from two to four, two of whom transferred from Monroe County Transportation — and…
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