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Rise, Incorporated 06 Sunset Road Northeast ring Lake Park, Minnesota 55432-1387 (~;12) 786-833n FAX: 786.0008 ,4~ ,4fftrmative Action Employer January 11, 1994 Ms. Syh, ia Frolik Zoning AdminiStrator City of Ramsey 15153 Nowthen. Boulevard Ramsey, MN 55303 NW Dear Ms. Frolik: Thank you for your letter of January 5, 1994, advising us of the deadline requests and the date of the public hearing. Your past support through Development Block Grant program is appreciated. for 1994 CDBG the Community On behalf of Rib;e, Incorporated, its Board of Directors, and the many people Rise serves, we are submittir~g this proposal to request partial funding of a 15 passenger van for Rise program participants. We invite the City of Ramsey to join with several other Cities in Anoka County Whose residents use R/se transportation services and contribute toward the purchase of this lvehicte. The cost of the van is $19,090. We are requesting $2,000 from the City of Ramsey. In the past year Rise has experienced an increase in the number of people requesting our services and baa developed several new programs to accommodate them. In 1992 Rise served ;_187 per~ons, 51 percent or 667 were from Anoka County. Rise anticipates the number served ;in 1993 to increase by 8 percent across all agency programs to 1285 individuals, therefore, effecting Rise transportation services. While the populgtion Rise serves is increasing as is the severity of the disabilities of the pro,,ram particip, ants, public funding of programs and funding for capital expenses is decreasing. Therefore, Rise is sec'king funding from the CDBG program to help purchase a van to replace 'tone of the three aging vans with over 180,000 miles on it. If it weren't for Rise transportati(~n services, many people at Rise would not have access to our programs and community-based jobs. Each da3, Rise v~ans tran~ort over 200 people. Six of the individuals transported are from Ramsey. The pu~hase of a 15 passenger van will help us provide transportation to pro,am participants who depend upon Rise transportation ~to take them to job sites in the community. The Rise Board of Directors is committed to meeting the employment needs of our community by providing job placement for adults with disabilities who are unemployed or underemployed. '~'he board is dedicated to seeing that Rise provide vocational rehabilitation programs to all qualified people requesting services. committed to integration, employment, and independence for all people through service excellence. d5