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Iroquois County officials warn rural transportation program faces driver shortage and a $60,000 funding gap
Summary
County staff and board members told the March 5 meeting that rural transportation operations face immediate challenges: a shortage of drivers, unresolved Medicare/Medicaid billing questions for a potential hospital partnership, and a roughly $60,000 contract-matching shortfall that could create an emergency funding problem by late June.
Iroquois County leaders told the county board March 5 that the county's rural transportation program is short of drivers and faces a funding shortfall that officials estimate at about $60,000 if matching contracts are not secured.
Committee members described ongoing efforts to partner with local health provider IMH and a regional operator (referred to in the meeting as…
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