Metro - File #: 2019-0626

• File #: 2019-0626
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 8/6/2019
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 9/19/2019
• Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING a one-year pilot program to extend the expiration date of Youth on the Move (YOTM) passes for foster youth participating in the Independent Living Program (ILP) to their 23rd birthday; B. APPROVING a one-year pilot program to extend the lower age of the YOTM Program to 16-years of age at two (2) Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) offices in Los Angeles County; and C. INSTRUCTING staff to report back to Board within 12 months to determine whether or not these two pilot programs should be extended.
• Sponsors: Executive Management Committee
• Indexes: Application, Barriers (Roads), Board approved a Motion, Children, El Monte, Glendora, Hilda Solis, LADOT Transit, Los Angeles Unified School District, Metro Commute Services, Metro Divisions, Montebello, Motion / Motion Response, Norwalk, Operating revenues, Partnerships, Pilot studies, Program, Purchasing, Ridership, Students, Transit buses, Transit Pass, Video, Zoning
• Related files: 2019-0265, 2019-0755

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/26/2019	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: EXPANDING METRO'S YOUTH ON THE MOVE PROGRAM

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING a one-year pilot program to extend the expiration date of Youth on the Move (YOTM) passes for foster youth participating in the Independent Living Program (ILP) to their 23rd birthday;

B. APPROVING a one-year pilot program to extend the lower age of the YOTM Program to 16-years of age at two (2) Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) offices in Los Angeles County; and

C. INSTRUCTING staff to report back to Board within 12 months to determine whether or not these two pilot programs should be extended.

Issue
ISSUE

Young people in foster care and the probation system endure copious setbacks while they are system-involved and when they exit the system in their early twenties. For many of these young people, transportation can be a major barrier. The lack of financial support to purchase a Metro TAP card hinders their ability to navigate the county.

As part of an ongoing effort to pursue strategies to increase transit ridership and improve mobility for young people in foster care, Director Solis and others passed Motion 42 in April 2019 (See Attachment A), directing the CEO to report back on:

A. Recommendations to expand eligibility of the Youth on the Move program, including considering expanding the eligible age range from 18 to 21 to 16 to 24 or beyond;

B. Improved marketing strategies for Youth on the Move, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) and the Los Angeles County Probation Department;

C. Enhancements to the Youth on the Move application process to ensure it is seamless and low barrier, in partnership with DCFS and the Probation Department;

D. Identification of other transportation needs for youth who relevant foster care or probation contact and recomme...