Health Council of South Florida

The overall mission of Florida’s transportation disadvantaged program is to ensure the availability of efficient, cost-effective, and quality transportation services for transportation disadvantaged persons. The Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged selected the Health Council of South Florida to serve as the Designated Official Planning Agency (DOPA) for Monroe County’s transportation disadvantaged program at the Commission for Transportation Disadvantaged (CTD) meeting of April 22, 1993.  During that year, the Local Coordinating Board (LCB) was established, an orientation session was held, by-laws were adopted, and a grievance committee was created.  At that time, DOPA also began work on the development of a five-year Comprehensive Transportation Disadvantaged Plan (CTDP) for the county, and the LCB began the process of selecting a Community Transportation Coordinator (CTC).