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What is the Rural Mobility Access (RMAP) Program?
Transportation should not determine whether someone can get to a doctor, pick up medication, buy groceries, or access basic services. Yet across rural Oklahoma, transportation remains one of the biggest barriers to health and independence. The Rural Mobility Access Program (RMAP) was created to help address that challenge.
The South Western Oklahoma Development Authority (SWODA) has been awarded $2.6 million in Year 1 of a five-year grant through the Oklahoma Rural Health Transformation Program.
The funding supports the launch of a new Rural Mobility Access Program (RMAP) designed to help residents overcome transportation barriers and access to medical/health services and food access.
What Services Can be Accessed?
- Doctor Visits and medical Care
- Pharmacies and prescription services
- Grocery stores and food access points
- Health-related programs and preventative care services
Who May Benefit?
Rural residents in Beckham, Caddo, Comanche (excluding Lawton), Cotton, Custer, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, McClain, Roger Mills, Stephens, and Tillman Counties who:
- Have limited transportation options
- Need help getting to medical or essential services
- May qualify for mileage reimbursement support
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Step 1: Determine if your area is eligble.
Find out if you live in an eligible county and have transportation needs related to healthcare, food access, pharmacy services, employment, education, or other approved essential services.
Step 2: Contact your Mobility Navigator
You MUST contact your Mobility Navigator before taking a trip.
The Mobility Navigator will
- Confirm eligibility
- Discuss transportation options
- Provide a voucher or authorization number if trip is eligible
- Provide information on how trip will be reimbursed and what documentation is required
- Determine whether another transportation option is available
IMPORTANT: Your Mobility Navigator must be contacted prior to each trip to ensure reimbursement.
Mobility Navigator Contacts
Caddo, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, McClain, and Stephens
Kendra Dilbeck
Phone: (580) 562-5036
Email: navigatorsc@swoda.org
Comanche (excluding Lawton), Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, and Tillman
Delaney Berfield
Phone: (580) 562-5033
Email: navigatorw@swoda.org
Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, and Washita
Jeff Johnson
Phone: (580) 562-5038
Email: navigatornw@swoda.org
Step 3: Travel to the approved destination using their own vehicle or a volunteer driver, family member, friend, or other transportation arrangement.
Step 4: Keep required documentation, including date of trip, destination, purpose of trip, miles traveled, voucher/authorization number, required receipts, and supporting documentation.
Step 5: Submit for reimbursement. Submit the trip log and required documentation to the Mobility Navigator for review and reimbursement. The documents submitted must be legible and signatures must be provided on the mileage reimbursement form transportation arrangement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Learn More About RMAP
RMAP is a regional transportation initiative led by the South Western Oklahoma Development Authority (SWODA) and the Southwest Oklahoma Regional Transportation Planning Organization (SORTPO). The program is designed to improve access to health care, wellness services, food access, and other essential needs for rural residents throughout southwest Oklahoma.
The program is funded through the Oklahoma Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, a statewide initiative supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Oklahoma received $223,476,948.62 to support innovative projects that improve access to care and health outcomes across rural communities. Through this initiative, SWODA was awarded $2.6 million in Year 1 of a five-year grant to strengthen transportation coordination and improve access to services across the region.
For many rural residents, transportation is more than an inconvenience. Long travel distances, limited transit options, and rising costs can prevent people from receiving routine medical care or accessing everyday necessities. In some communities, residents may travel 50 miles or more for appointments, pharmacies, or grocery stores.
RMAP was built to help remove those barriers by combining practical transportation solutions with local coordination and community partnerships.
Program Components Include:
- Transportation Reimbursement Initiative Program (TRIP)
- Mobility Navigators who assist residents with transportation coordination
- Volunteer driver development
- Support for rural transit vehicles
- Partnerships between healthcare providers, transportation services, and community organizations
- Regional transportation coordination and dispatch development
This publication is supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $223,476,948.62 with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CMS/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
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