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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
RURAL AREA PROGRAM
South Central Community Action Agency of, Jackson, Mississippi 39212, is considering applying
to the Mississippi Department of Transportation, Public Transportation Division, for assistance
through its Rural Area Program to provide public transportation services within Hinds, Rankin,
and Simpson Counties. Funding is available to state agencies, local public bodies and agencies
thereof, non-profit organizations, operators of public transportation services in locations other than
urbanized Area, and, under special circumstances, private operators of public transportation on a
competitive basis to undertake eligible transportation activities.
The goals of the Rural Area Program are: to enhance the access of people in non-urbanized Area to
health care, shopping, education, employment, public services and recreation; to assist in the
maintenance, development, improvement, and use of public transportation systems in rural and
small urban Area; to encourage and facilitate the most efficient use of all Federal funds used to
provide passenger transportation in non-urbanized Area through the coordination of programs and
services; and to provide for the participation of private transportation providers in non-urbanized
transportation to the maximum extent feasible.
The purposes for which these funds can be used are capital purchases that include such items as
support vehicles, communication equipment, wheelchair lifts, etc.; administrative costs that include
such items as salaries, office supplies, insurance, etc.; and operating expenses that include such
items as driver’s wages, fuel, oil, etc. More specific details regarding eligible activities, program
requirements and the program criteria will be provided at a public hearing which will be held at
South Central Community Action Agency Inc., 3891 I-55 South Frontage Road, Jackson,
Mississippi 39212 on February 3, 2026, at 10:00 AM.
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The purpose of this hearing will be to obtain citizen input into the development of the application.
