Nonprofits Serving Children and Youth Asked to Take Transportation Survey
A+ Schools is asking Pittsburgh nonprofits that serve children or youth to take a survey regarding the costs involved for the transportation of children to their programs.
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A+ Schools notes that transportation is often cited as a barrier for why children don’t take advantage of programs that support their academic or social-emotional growth. However, many programs in the Pittsburgh region provide free transportation, whether it’s in the form of Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus passes or vans or shuttles.
A+ Schools created a survey to help better understand the transportation costs for youth-serving nonprofits in Pittsburgh. The goal is to increase funding for youth Pittsburgh Regional Transit access that would help them get to school, sports, tutoring, mentoring, and other out-of-school time activities.
The survey only takes about two minutes to complete. A+ Schools will not share any participating organization’s name or information that it provides without permission.
Questions in the survey include:
The monthly cost for transportation for students in the program
How much of that cost is related to buying Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus passes
How much a program would anticipate saving if students had a monthly bus pass that would allow them unlimited rides