Specifications include, but are not limited to: • A comprehensive assessment of driving and transportation needs (created in collaboration with MDCPS) with the development of a driving and transportation plan. • Education on the different types of public transportation and provide hands-on lessons to youth on how to access their local public transportation systems. • Education on how to obtain a regular learner’s permit and/or regular driver’s license according to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. • Assistance with gaining access to study material, gathering required documents for, and assistance with obtaining a regular learner’s permit and/or a regular driver’s license test in the state of Mississippi. • Be knowledgeable about any youth’s school of attendance Driver’s Education course and assure that the youth is connected to the Driver’s Education course, assisting youth with getting required documents and meeting all other requirements for participation in the course. • Provide support, monitor, and track progress of a youth participating in any school’s Driver’s Education course. • Provide education on searching for and obtaining an affordable vehicle. • Provide education on searching for and obtaining affordable insurance. • Provide financial management education on budgeting for individual transportation plans. • Assistance with payment of a transportation stipend to use only as approved by MDCPS for items such as public transportation passes, Regular Learner’s Permit, Regular Driver’s License, etc. • Education, navigation, and linkage of youth to all available community resources, supports, and services, especially MDCPS partnering agency services. • Understanding that not all public schools have a Driver’s Education course, provide a curriculum, for MDCPS review and approval, of a driving education course that includes both classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction. If the proposer plans to partner for this aspect of the program, provide a letter of intent for such services should an award be made to the proposer.
