Information
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) in partnership with the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) is now accepting applications for community-based organizations (CBOS) to assist in delivering the Transportation Wallet: Access for All program, a transportation incentive package that provides Portlanders living on a low income access to free transportation options like transit passes, bike-share memberships and other transportation services. Ideal CBOs have resident coordinators, case workers, or other direct contact with Portlanders living on low incomes and can support people signing up for the program, activating and using the included transportation services, and answering FAQs.
Applications closed on November 15th, 2024.
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Application Questions
- Organization Name
- Application contact person’s name, title, phone number and email address
- Executive Sponsor’s (Executive Director or leadership within organization) name, title, phone number and email address
- What type of organization do you represent (e.g. housing, employment, etc.)
- The Transportation Wallet: Access for All program focuses on serving Portlanders living on low incomes across the city, with particular focus on historically marginalized communities, people of color, elders, people with disabilities, and families. Please describe your organization’s track record of delivering programs/services that benefit these priority populations.
- The Transportation Wallet: Access for All program has been shown to help recipients reduce their transportation costs, improve access to healthcare and employment, and reduce car trips while encouraging participants try new transportation modes. How do these results align with your organizational goals and your clients’ needs?
- Does your organization currently encourage your residents or clients to use public transit or active transportation options, such as bike-share, scooter-share, or walking?
- If yes, please briefly describe these efforts.
- If no, please describe how you would like to start encouraging clients to use public transit or active transportation options.
- PBOT seeks to reach geographically diverse populations across the city of Portland. Please describe your organization’s mission, geographic representation, and general demographics (race, gender, age, disability status, etc.) of the communities you serve.
- We will offer two tiers of participation for Community-Based Organizations based on their staff’s capacity which will correspond to different Wallet allotments. See below for details. Which tier are you interested in applying for (1 or 2)?
- Please describe your organization’s staff capacity to support implementation of the Transportation Wallet: Access for All program. Please refer to the expected participation criteria for the relevant tier and provide details to support your response.
- Participation will include the need to facilitate post-surveys at the end of each calendar year to aid in the evaluation of the project. Participants will be compensated for their responses. While PBOT will lead the evaluation, will your organization be able to help facilitate the dissemination and collection of the surveys and other evaluation needs? Please describe any concerns or limitations.
- Please share any additional information related to your organization’s qualifications for the Transportation Wallet: Access for All program.
Participation Tiers
Tier 1: 100+ Wallet Allotment
- Executive Sponsor, Resident Coordinators, Case Workers, and other Client-Interfacing staff attend Transportation Wallet staff training (2 hours)
- At least one staff member attends quarterly check-in calls (1 hour)
- Designate 1 or more staff members for ongoing correspondence via email/phone to coordinate launch and Wallet drop-off timelines, registration process and fulfillment issues
- When there is staff turnover, new staff attend an as-needed orientation
- Recruit 100 participants for program per year
- Assist with registration form, sign-up process, and answering of FAQs
- Help facilitate post-survey at end of calendar year
- Assist in delivery of physical Transportation Wallet package to residents or clients
- Supporting residents or clients with activation and usage of Transportation Wallet benefits and troubleshooting issues
- Keeping a waitlist of people (name and contact info) who would be interested in applying for the program if additional Wallets become available
- Participation in the duration of the project’s two-year schedule (January 2025-December 2026)
- Compensation: $1,500 per organization (requires 501(c)(3) status)
Tier 2: 30 Wallet Allotment
- At least one staff member attends Transportation Wallet staff training (2 hours)
- Designate 1 or more staff members for ongoing correspondence via email/phone to coordinate launch timeline and registration process
- When there is staff turnover, new staff attend an as-needed orientation
- Recruit 30 participants for program per year
- Assist with registration form, sign-up process, and answering of FAQs
- Help facilitate post-survey at end of calendar year
- Assist in delivery of physical Transportation Wallet package to residents or clients
- Supporting residents or clients with activation and usage of Transportation Wallet benefits and troubleshooting issues
- Participation in the duration of the project’s two-year schedule (January 2025-December 2026)
- Compensation: $500 per organization (requires 501(c)(3) status)