Implementing Driver Selection and Training for Human Service Agencies: Administrator's Guidelines. Final Report.

Human Service agencies find it necessary to insure that transportation is available so the primary mission of the agency can be accomplished. This document is designed to help agencies obtain greater productivity for their transportation dollar through the coordination of transportation training programs. First, it is designed to show how training can be used to create additional transportation resources, and second, it is designed to use training to reduce accidents and insure safety for both client and provider. It is also designed to help agencies make maximum use of low-cost, locally available resources to accomplish the training. The document consists of two chapters: Chapter 1 which describes the principles behind the design and coordination of training programs and Chapter 2 which simply describes some of the approaches that a sample of states were using as of September 1981. These examples are not meant to be viewed as models for organizing state programs, but only as case studies to show the range of options available.