Food and Nutrition Services

Resources

Flint MTA Rides to Groceries Service (launched 2017). The MTA has expanded the "Ride to Groceries" to now service all of Genesee County. Propane vehicles have been assigned to Your Ride Service Centers to transport passengers in various locations in Genesee County.  Passengers call in to the closest Your Ride Service Center to schedule a trip. The service runs seven days a week, 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Cost for this service is $3.50 each way.  There is no limit to the amount of groceries brought on to the vehicle.

Rides to Meals, Part 2: Strategies to Connect Youth with Summer Food Service Programs (April 2016 webinar). Webinar featuring two of these communities as well as a short review of other strategies featured in an upcoming NCMM Mobility Management In Practice brief on this topic. Also view the Food and Nutrition Service slides and other presenters’ slides.

Rides to Meals, Part 1: Strategies and Resources to Support Connections between Summer Food Service Programs and Transportation (June 2015 webinar). Explored ways in which public transit programs can partner with FNS-funded summer food programs to ensure youth have access to nutrition over the summer months, showcasing two examples from Texas.

Transportation Strategies to Connect Youth with Summer Food Programs (Joblinks Employment Transportation Center, 2013). Explores potential collaboration strategies mobility managers, transportation providers, and summer meal sites can pursue to reduce the number of children who go hungry each summer. Concludes with suggested strategies that mobility management professionals can use to support access to summer food programs within their communities.