One day per week, transportation is provided from Camano Island into Skagit County as an essential link to medical appointments, and social and health services. Services are provided on the islands, with scheduled trips to the mainland to access services. Accessing Senior Transportation Call to sign up and to make trip reservations. The NWRC serves as the broker for these services, authorizing and arranging transportation for people in Island, San Juan, Skagit, and Whatcom Counties. In other words, if an appropriate doctor is available within close proximity to a person's home, the NWRC cannot authorize transportation to a doctor out of the area, even if the person might prefer it.
Transportation provided includes a variety of modes in order to appropriately meet individual needs.
The NWRC has a variety of contract arrangements with many transportation vendors to provide MAA transportation. After hours or on the weekends an answering machine will take messages and provide information about requests for upcoming trips. People are asked to call at least 48 hours before their medical appointment. All calls are toll free. When making a request, people will provide information to NWRC MAA telephone screeners about their Medicaid eligibility, type of trip needed, and other transportation resources available.