<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Kloppel, Cynthia (TOMPKINS)" <<a href="mailto:Cynthia.Kloppel@dfa.state.ny.us">Cynthia.Kloppel@dfa.state.ny.us</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">July 26, 2011 11:53:45 AM EDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Tompkins Human Services List Serve (<a href="mailto:TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu">TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu">TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Working Families Transportation Assistance Program- a New Look</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Kloppel, Cynthia (TOMPKINS)" <<a href="mailto:Cynthia.Kloppel@dfa.state.ny.us">Cynthia.Kloppel@dfa.state.ny.us</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The Working Families Transportation Assistance Program is now open for new clients and has several changes to share.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Working Families Transportation Assistance Program now provides 2 months of transportation support in the form of subsidized gas cards, CityVan rides or bus passes. As in the past, eligible persons are low income parents with a child(en) under the age of 19 who is enrolled in school if school age (or child under age of 18, applicant or partner is pregnant or applicant is a Non Custodial parent of child under the age of 18) , has a household income at or less than 200% Federal Poverty Level, working, living in Tompkins County and a United States citizen or Immigration Status. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Example of the subsidized transportation support: person is eligible for the maximum gas card amount of $50.00 due to work transportation mileage and would pay $25.00 in cash as their co-payment to receive the $50.00 subsidized gas card. Please note that bus pass support for work transportation will not be available for new clients until after September 1, so that existing bus pass clients may receive the transportation support. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Working Families Transportation Assistance also provides bus pass help of 3 one day passes for a 2 week period, at no co-payment, for job search transportation for eligible parents. If you have any questions, please contact for further information. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">New brochures are being printed, and I will begin brochure distribution to existing referral agencies at the end of this week. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Cynthia Kloppel</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Mobility Program Specialist</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Tompkins County DSS</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">320 West State St.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Ithaca, NY 14850</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Phone: 607-274-5022</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="mailto:cynthia.kloppel@dfa.state.ny.us" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">cynthia.kloppel@dfa.state.ny.us</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Fax: 607-274-5247</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "></span><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>