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In reply to the discussion: SOMETHING WONDERFUL happened today. [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)Just as an example. Where I live, a person can call to be picked up by an ACCESS VAN for a small amount (which may be waived with paperwork) or they can get free cab service for the low income disabled.
This man sounds like he is eligible for Medicaid, that's what funds this. If not eligible, there is still help available, but they get a permanent disability card from the state meaning they are unable to get around.
With low income, they do not have to pay for these services.
The food bank here has the ACCESS VANs coming and going for people to get food and that includes pet food. This would a good way of him having a steady supply of not only rice, beans and ramen, but fresh produce and a variety of other healthy choices.
Where I live, the food bank is an access point for all the kinds of services that can be obtained, from housing, education, transportation, health care, employment etc. If he was here, the ACCESS VAN shuttle bus or a cab would take him wherever he needs.
Here are links I found googling 'San Francisco, access' and 'disabled transportation':
Veterans Resources
http://sf311.org/index.aspx?page=744
San Francisco Access Guide
http://www.sanfrancisco.travel/accessibility/San-Francisco-Access-Guide.html
Accessibility
http://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/accessibility
Here is a government site, but I can't access the site because it's Facebook or some other system.
I can't find the disabled part but it was listed in the search results that gave me the site:
http://sfgov.org/
Thanks for being who you are and doing the right thing.