Impact of Medicaid Cuts on Transportation and Mobility App for People with Disabilities Called G-Map

Jordan Hall, mobility coordinator for the Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, explains why non-emergency medical transportation is funded solely through Medicaid, and what proposed cuts would mean for rural Georgians with disabilities who rely on it for wound care, primary care, and specialty appointments. She and Loammi Aviles, transit section manager at Gwinnett, also walk through G-MAP, the newly launched Georgia Mobility and Access Planner, which lets riders check a building's accessibility before they book a trip, get longer crossing times at signals, and alert bus operators that they need extra time to board. You'll hear how five years of work with Georgia Tech, GDOT, and the Atlanta Regional Commission turned into an app the team hopes to replicate statewide. Watch, share it with someone who needs the ride, and tell us in the comments what accessible transportation looks like where you live. Chapters 0:00 Cold open: transportation is the building block 0:35 Welcome: Jordan Hall, SILC of Georgia 1:00 How Medicaid cuts reach transportation 1:40 Why NEMT only covers Medicaid recipients 2:55 Wound care, TBI, and the limits of telehealth 4:50 Can Georgia fill the federal funding gap? 6:05 What the G-MAP app actually does 7:20 Five years from application to launch 8:30 Mobility profiles and trusted companions 9:40 Georgia Tech's sidewalk inventory 11:00 Jordan's closing message: let your voice be heard 13:20 Loammi Aviles: inside the making of G-MAP 16:30 Safest routes, operator alerts, signal priority 19:10 How to download G-MAP Links G-MAP official site — https://georgia-map.com/ (includes the how-to video Loammi mentions) G-MAP on Google Play — https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... SILC of Georgia — https://www.silcga.org/ · Mobility page: https://www.silcga.org/mobility/ Gwinnett County G-MAP launch release — https://www.gwinnettcounty.com/-/news... Ride Gwinnett / Gwinnett County Transit — https://www.gwinnettcounty.com/govern... USDOT ITS4US Georgia deployment — https://www.its.dot.gov/research-area... (the $11.4M federal grant behind G-MAP)