City supports 26 community groups through Transit Fare Assistance Program

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The City of Fredericton is pleased to announce that the 2022 Transit Fare Assistance Program has been able to provide regular single-ride and ParaTransit tickets to 26 community agencies or programs. Tickets were allocated based on identified need and ticket availability.

Agencies receiving support in 2022 include the following:

  1. 12 Neighbours Community
  2. Ability New Brunswick
  3. Adult Literacy Fredericton
  4. AIDS New Brunswick
  5. Autism Connections
  6. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fredericton & Oromocto
  7. Boys & Girls Club of Fredericton
  8. Canadian Mental Health Association of NB
  9. Capital Region Mental Health & Addictions
  10. Central Valley Adult Learning Association
  11. Christ Church Cathedral
  12. Crosspoint Wesleyan Church
  13. Fredericton Community Services (Greener Village)
  14. Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre (UNB)
  15. Jobs Unlimited
  16. John Howard Society of Fredericton
  17. Liberty Lane Inc
  18. Multicultural Association of Fredericton
  19. Neil Squire Society
  20. NB Community Harvest Gardens
  21. NB Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services
  22. Opal III (Fredericton Respite Services)
  23. Prison Christian Ministries (Seed the Need)
  24. Salvation Army Community Church (Family Services)
  25. Wilmot United Church (Wednesdays @ Wilmot Program)
  26. Youth in Transition (Chrysalis House)

The program is designed to provide additional support to community groups as they assist their clients’ efforts to attend medical appointments, access education and training, seek employment, or visit service providers. Under the program, these agencies can apply to receive Transit and Para Transit tickets to distribute to their clients. The program will operate throughout 2022.

Participating groups must demonstrate sound management and accountability for all tickets they give out by submitting online Ticket Usage Records to the City regularly.