One-third of all recipients live in Shelby County where Memphis Transit can handle the transportation needs. Clients are provided with monthly bus passes. The transit authority is building four land transport centers - large bus stops that include child care facilities. Tennessee allows school buses to carry any person being transported for educational purposes. The first three rows of school bus seats are equipped with children's car seats.
Parents transport their kids to high school day care centers and then continue to training.
An unexpected benefit is that the bus drivers find the presence of parents on the bus helps control student behavior. Many churches have joined the ranks of the transportation brokers. Others offer weekend clinics where the members change oil and spark plugs and do other minor maintenance work on the vehicles of low income persons. The state also has a Wheels First program that provides cars to welfare recipients and gives them the money to help cover operating costs. In 1992 social service agencies and Temple College formed the Temple Transportation Task Force with the goal of establishing a public transportation system.