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none of the Employment Transportation Assistance funds are sub - allocated to the Community Transportation System, sub - recipients are encouraged to coordinate EMPL - funded trips with the Community Transportation System. EMPL funds may be used as matching funds for under 5310, 5311, 5316 and 5317 federally funded transportation programs as appropriate. Counties or eligible authorities can transfer EMPL funds, all or in part, to the EDTAP and /or RGP programs. The EMPL funds must be transferred to the Community Transportation System if 1. The county finance director or the executive director of an eligible authority determines that any subrecipient of EMPL funds has spent 33% or less of their EMPL allocation by December 31st, OR 2. The county finance officer or eligible authority's executive director determines anytime after December 31S that any unexpended EMPL funds will not be needed for employment transportation from then until the end of the fiscal year. Once the funds are transferred to the Community Transportation System, the system will decide whether the funds will be transferred to EDTAP or RGP or used for employment transportation based on their predicted service demands. The transfer of any funds must be reported in the ROAP reports. Instead of transferring EMPL funds, ROAP recipients and their community transit systems should strategize ways of accommodating the public's work schedules by operating different hours, creating stops at the community colleges or universities, at JobLink Centers, Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment Security and /or offering voucher programs. In times of high unemployment, people need transportation to job interviews and re- training. EMPL funds that are transferred to another program assume the requirements of the program to which they are transferred. Any funds transferred from the EMPL program to the RGP program will have the same matching requirements as any other RGP funds. Additionally, EMPL funds transferred to RGP must be sub - allocated to the Community Transportation System The county or authority is responsible for billing their sub - recipients for any unspent funds. EMPL funded services are expected to be offered throughout the entire period of performance. The county must notify the assigned Mobility Development Specialist in writing if an EMPL funded service is discontinued. Rural General Public Program Description The Rural General Public Program assistance funds are intended to provide transportation services for individuals from the county who do NOT have a human service agency or organization that will pay for the transportation service. The county, in consultation with the Community Transportation System, must determine the RGP services to be provided with the RGP funds. The following guidelines also apply to any additional funds provided to the counties to supplement the Rural General Public Program. Allocation Formula The following formula was used to determine the county allocation of the funds available: • 50% divided equally among all eligible counties; and • 50% based upon the rural population of each county as a percentage of the total state rural population. 11 Attachment number 1 G -1 Page 80