People with disabilities are not able to get where they need to go on their schedule. Access to Transportation is consistently the top concern for people with disabilities in Wisconsin, and it is one of seven priority issues BPDD focuses on in our 2019-21 state budget and policy platform.

Recommendations include:

• making sure that enough transportation is included for people with disabilities in Family Care and IRIS who are working or who want to work in the community
• reforming the Non-Emergency Medicaid Transportation (NEMT) service so people get the rides they need for medical appointments
• incentivizing a regional approach to transportation to maintain and expand public transportation capacity and make sure that people can get where they need to go on their schedules no matter where they live

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