Welcome to Bolivar County Council on Aging, Inc. (BCCOA Transit)
Moving People, Enhancing Lives!
Moving People, Enhancing Lives!
Our vision is to provide an enhanced quality of life for persons we serve built on transportation excellence.
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Transportation drivers needed in Bolivar, Hinds, Madison, Sharkey, Sunflower, Warren, Washington and Yazoo counties. For more information, give us a call at 662-846-6161 or 601-981-5447.
P.O. Box 593; 800 South Davis Avenue, Cleveland, MS 38732
2458 Livingston Road Suite 360; Jackson, MS 39213 (Satellite)
1317 East Avenue North Suite C; Hollandale, MS 38748 (Satellite)
Bolivar County Council on Aging, Inc. operates its programs and services without regard to race, color, and national origin in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Any person who believes she or he has been aggrieved by any unlawful discriminatory practice under Title VI may file a complaint by contacting the Executive Director at 662-846-6161 or via email at lashondawilson@bccoatransit.org
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A complainant may file a complaint directly with the Federal Transit Administration at the Office of Civil Rights, Attention; Title VI Program Coordinator, East Building, 5th Floor-TCR, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20590
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1983, as amended, 29 USC 792 (“Section 504”), prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Section 504 confers primary responsibility for enforcement of its provisions on those Federal agencies extending financial assistance to the program or activity. No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States, as defined in Section 705(20) of this Title, shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by any Executive agency or by the United States Postal Service.
Contact: Evelyn Chaffin, Civil Rights Program Coordinator -601-359-7800
Public Notice of Intent to Apply
All interested public and private transit and paratransit operators within Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington and Yazoo counties are hereby advised that the Bolivar County Council on Aging, Inc. is applying to the Mississippi Department of Transportation, Public Transportation Division, Jackson, Mississippi, for a grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act federal appropriations. MDOT will also, to the greatest extent utilize any available older 5311 Moving Ahead for Progress in 21st Century (MAP-21) funds to fund projects, for the provision of public transportation services. Service (is being) (would be) operated within Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington and Yazoo counties. This program consists of an existing rural transportation service for the general public, elderly and disabled citizens in the counties served to employment, medical and educational facilities or any other social service need. In addition, non-emergency medical transportation services are provided in Coahoma, Madison and Warren counties. The purpose of this notice is to advise all interested transit and paratransit operators of the proposed services for the general public within the area (as) described above, and to insure that such a project would not represent a duplication of current or of proposed services provided by existing transit or paratransit operators in the area.
Bolivar County Council on Aging, Inc. is soliciting the general public’s feedback during their Public Comment period which will begin December 4, 2024 and ends December 31, 2024.
We welcome your comments and suggestions during this period. Comments may be mailed to:
LaShonda McKinney, Executive Director
Bolivar County Council on Aging, Inc.
PO Box 593
Cleveland, MS 38732
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
RURAL AREA PROGRAM
The Bolivar County Council on Aging, Inc. of Cleveland, Mississippi, is considering applying to the Mississippi Department of Transportation, Public Transportation Division, for assistance through its Rural Area Program to provide public transportation services within Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington, Sharkey, Issaquena and Yazoo counties. Funding is available to state agencies, local public bodies and agencies thereof, non-profit organizations, operators of public transportation services in locations other than urbanized Area, and, under special circumstances, private operators of public transportation on a competitive basis to undertake eligible transportation activities.
The goals of the Rural Area Program are: to enhance the access of people in non-urbanized Area to health care, shopping, education, employment, public services and recreation; to assist in the maintenance, development, improvement, and use of public transportation systems in rural and small urban Area; to encourage and facilitate the most efficient use of all Federal funds used to provide passenger transportation in non-urbanized Area through the coordination of programs and services; and to provide for the participation of private transportation providers in non-urbanized transportation to the maximum extent feasible.
The purposes for which these funds can be used are capital purchases that include such items as support vehicles, communication equipment, wheelchair lifts, etc.; administrative costs that include such items as salaries, office supplies, insurance, etc.; and operating expenses that include such items as driver's wages, fuel, oil, etc. More specific details regarding eligible activities, program requirements and the program criteria will be provided at a public hearing which will be held at Bolivar County Council on Aging, Inc. 800 S. Davis Ave and via zoom teleconference, on December 18, 2024 at 1:30 pm.
The purpose of this hearing will be to obtain citizen input into the development of the application.
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