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Advocates push for $2M travel-training expansion and $3M interim foster-student transportation
Summary
Youth advocates and child welfare groups told the Council that expanded travel training for students with disabilities and interim transportation for foster-care students are cost-effective and urgent priorities; they requested $2M for travel training and $3M for interim buses or reimbursals.
Multiple witnesses described how travel training—one-on-one instruction that teaches students with disabilities to use public transit—can expand independence, open internships and work opportunities, and reduce long-term transportation costs. Advocates asked the Council to invest $2 million to expand capacity.
AJ Botsaris, a recent Townsend Harris graduate and participant in Transitional Alliance work, said…
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