{"id":14064,"date":"2024-04-11T19:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T19:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imph.org\/?p=14064"},"modified":"2024-04-12T20:26:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:26:08","slug":"volunteer-drivers-an-essential-lifeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imph.org\/volunteer-drivers-an-essential-lifeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Drivers: An Essential Lifeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/imph-transportation-brief-2023-Accessible.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-1024x683.webp 1024w,https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-600x400.webp 600w,https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-768x512.webp 768w,https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-1024x683.jpeg\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"wp-image-14065 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:688px;height:auto\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Myriad issues prevent people, especially older adults, from accessing and obtaining services they need. One such issue, as identified by the <a href=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/taskforces\/social-isolation-in-older-adults\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Social Isolation in Older Adults Taskforce<\/a> members and long documented as an accessibility barrier to social and health services in our state, is availability of transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about policies that support volunteer driving programs in IMPH's <a href=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/imph-transportation-brief-2023-Accessible.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most recent report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/imph-transportation-brief-2023-Accessible.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VIEW TRANSPORTATION REPORT<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/imph-transportation-brief-2023-Accessible.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-1024x683.webp 1024w,https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-600x400.webp 600w,https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-768x512.webp 768w,https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-1024x683.jpeg\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AdobeStock_243454256.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"sp-no-webp wp-image-14065 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:688px;height:auto\"  > <\/picture><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Myriad issues prevent people, especially older adults, from accessing and obtaining services they need. One such issue, as identified by the <a href=\"https:\/\/imph.org\/taskforces\/social-isolation-in-older-adults\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Social Isolation in Older Adults Taskforce<\/a> members and long documented as an accessibility barrier to social and health services in our state, is availability of transportation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"work-type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14064"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14070,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14064\/revisions\/14070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14064"},{"taxonomy":"work-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imph.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work-type?post=14064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}