GRIT’s Community Assessment Online
Part II: Develop a Community Profile
This online assessment is designed to help YOUR community or agency
consider the feasibility of operating a voucher system for
transportation. Before using this tool, we recommend completing the CAO Part I: Learn About Voucher Systems
to develop a basic understanding of voucher systems. Once you do, the
questions in this section will make more sense. Use the GRIT
Community Assessment Planning
Worksheet to gather the information you'll need before beginning the
online community assessment.
Part II: Develop a Community Profile uses a
CAO computer program to ask you a series of questions. Based on YOUR
responses, the CAO program will make a recommendation about the
feasibility of your community becoming a GRIT voucher site. As you
proceed through the questions, the CAO program will begin to respond to
your answers. You can try different responses to consider "what would
happen if. . ." We encourage you to back up to a previous question and
try a different response to get a different answer.
Your possible answer:
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The GRIT CAO may respond by:
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o Yes
o No
o I don't know
o Multiple choice
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Asking another question
Giving a No recommendation
Giving a Yes recommendation
Asking you to gather more data
Giving you information about voucher systems
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Remember the CAO program can only offer a
recommendation. You know your agency or community best and will make
the final decision about whether to go ahead and use a voucher system.
Important!
Don't use the "back arrow" on your browser to return to a previous
question! If you want to go back, use the Back to Previous Question
link that will appear on the right side of the screen.
The CAO program has other nifty features. In the menu on
the right you may access Consultation Information. As you
proceed through the assessment, the CAO will keep a running list of the
questions you have looked at and the answers you selected. This list
will include any responses from the CAO program. You can print out a
copy at any time by clicking on Show My Consultation Information.
If your combination of responses does not please you,
simply start a new assessment and try a different combination of
questions. Also, when the CAO program asks you to gather data, it will
list questions with a link to an explanation of why you need the data.
This web page and the CAO computer program are
best viewed using Internet Explorer.
Should you need more information or have questions about
the system, contact Ms. Cathy Haarstad, GRIT Project Director at
1-800-233-1737.
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