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Guaranteed Ride Home Registration Information for Employers (Click here for a PDF Brochure) Employers can register (for free) all their employees (who meet the GRH eligibility requirements) for the Guaranteed Ride Home (GRH) Program by completing one form and submitting it to CDTC. Employees who use some alternative mode of transportation to get to and from work, other than driving alone, such as carpooling, riding a non-CDTA bus, walking or bicycling, three or more times per week (on average) are eligible for reimbursement under CDTC's guaranteed ride home program. Persons who are eligible for GRH privileges under CDTA's Swiper pass program are not eligible for reimbursement under CDTC's GRH program. A Current List of Registered Employers is shown below: How Does The Guaranteed Ride Home Program Work? The person requiring a ride home will be responsible for contacting a taxi company and scheduling the trip. In addition, the guaranteed ride home user will have to pay for the trip out of his/her own pocket and submit a request for reimbursement form. Driver tips are not reimbursable. In addition, reimbursement will be limited to the cost of the taxi ride up to a maximum of $60.00 per trip, not to exceed four occurrences or $150.00 in a calendar year. You will be asked to complete a GRH usage report after each GRH is taken. Persons failing to complete this report will be ineligible for additional guaranteed rides home. CDTC will review the reimbursement form and mail out a check directly to the guaranteed ride home user. What Are The Restrictions To The Guaranteed Ride Home Program? Guaranteed ride home will be available only for unplanned circumstances which causes the employee to be unable to get home in a timely or usual manner. For example, an employee would qualify for guaranteed ride home in the event of personal or family illness, having to work late unexpectedly, or having been stranded by carpool partners. The program will provide for a maximum of four uses per year. Additionally, there is an annual cap of $150 and a per use cap of $60.00.
How Can An Employer Register? 1. The personnel department (or other appropriate department) of interested companies or organizations should contact CDTC either by mail, fax, e-mail or phone to request an employer guaranteed ride home packet. This packet will contain an employer participation form and guaranteed ride home reimbursement forms. The participation form must be completed and received by CDTC to establish employee eligibility. There is absolutely no cost to register! The only role of a registered employer is to verify that their employee did need an emergency ride home and that the employee's usual mode to work is via carpool, non-CDTA bus, walk, or bicycle. 2. An employee can request the guaranteed ride home packet for their employer and direct it to the appropriate office within their company. Employers can register for the program at any time. Employee eligibility for reimbursement will begin one week after the employer registration is received.
Current List of Employers Registered for the GRH Program NYS Office of Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD) For further information about the Guaranteed Ride Home Program, call (518) 458-2164, mail a letter of interest to CDTC, Guaranteed Ride Home Program, One Park Place Main Floor, Albany, New York 12205, fax your request to Guaranteed Ride Home Program (518) 459-2155 or email CDTC at questions@commuter-register.org. © 2008 Capital District Transportation Committee |