Accessible Transportation for All
Keep NH Moving
The Sullivan County Regional Coordination Council is made up of transportation providers, human services organizations, the regional planning commission, municipalities and other stakeholders who have an interest in improving community transportation in the region. The Council meets on a bimonthly basis with meetings at SCS on Main Street in Claremont. Council meetings are open to the public. New members are welcome and encouraged to join.
Sullivan County: Acworth, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Croydon, Goshen, Grantham, Langdon, Lempster, Newport, Plainfield, Springfield, Sunapee, Unity, and Washington.
Our mission is to improve mobility and access for all by coordinating regional and local community transportation services and information.
Southwestern Community Services (SCS) has been serving the needs of our citizens since 1965 when President Lyndon Johnson waged his “War on Poverty”. Over the years our programs have evolved and expanded to keep pace with the constantly changing needs of our citizens. We strive to stay in touch with the real needs of the people who find or develop programs that will best serve those needs. We have a diverse funding base ranging from federal to state and local governments, as well as private foundations and corporations. SCS is a major provider of social services to the residents of Cheshire and Sullivan counties in New Hampshire. SCS provides assistance through emergency shelter programs, workforce and senior rental housing, education and childcare, nutrition and health, energy conservation, utility programs, day and employment services for developmentally disabled individuals, public transit services, mobility management services, and community food programs.
Candy Reed
Mobility Manager
Region 4 (Sullivan County)
Southwestern Community Services
Sullivan County Transportation provides public transit routes in Claremont, Charlestown, and Newport. They also provide Demand Response service in Claremont certain hours of the day.
SCT is now providing a commuter route from Claremont to Lebanon with stops at the Lebanon City Hall, Dartmouth Coach, and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. From the Lebanon City Hall riders can connect to Advance Transit, and travel to anywhere in the Upper Valley to include the Veterans Hospital in White River Junction.
Sullivan County Transportation also operates a volunteer driver program that provides essential trips to residents of Sullivan County that are over the age of 60, or have a documented disability.
For more information regarding Sullivan County Transportation:
https://www.scshelps.org/transportation/
Or call the office: (603) 542-9609
Other resources:
Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission
Sullivan County Coordinated Transit Plan – 2019
COVID-19 Health Disparities Quarterly Report Jan 2024
Current bylaws can be found here: RCC Region 4 Final By-laws Ratified 4-16-24
Sullivan County Region 4 meetings are held bi-monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of even-numbered months at the Southwest Community Services building in Claremont.
Our next meeting will be December 17 at 1pm.
Past meeting minutes can be found here:
2024:
RCC Region 4 Meeting 10-29-2024 Minutes
RCC Region 4 Minutes 9-17-24 Adopted
RCC Region 4 Meeting 6-18-24 Minutes Adopted
RCC Region 4 Meeting 4-16-2024 Minutes Adopted
SCRCC Meeting Minutes 2-20-2024
2023:
Sullivan County Meals on Wheels program in Newport, NH has been able to offer a bonus program for the Meals on Wheels drivers as well as reimbursing them for their mileage.
Other programs include Auto Repair for Inspections, Bike Repair Training and Pop-ups, and SCT between Charlestown, Newport, Claremont, and Lebanon. More information on these programs will be added soon.
Be a volunteer driver?
Contact Terri Curtis: 603-542-9609 or email tcurtis@scshelps.org
Serve on the Sullivan County Coordinated Council
Contact Candy Reed
Candy Reed
Mobility Manager for Region 4/Sullivan County
Southwestern Community Services
My goal is to:
• Increase understanding and awareness of community transportation needs.
• Increase awareness of current community transportation options and programs
• Ensure that transportation considerations are included in local and regional planning activities.
• Increase local capacity for transportation services.
• Assist individuals with accessing all community transportation options.
• Work with the Regional Coordinating Council to discover, discuss, and find solutions to our
regional Transportation needs, car, bus, and bike-ped.
My recent achievements with the help of the DHHS/Covid-19 Disparities Grant have helped in the launching of:
• Car Repair Program with J.S Automotive in Claremont, Charlestown, and Newport, this program is done at the time of inspection needs, an application is filled out, the applicant is interviewed, and an assessment is done. Once the assessment is completed, the program will provide up to $1000.00 of work to make the car inspectable and roadworthy.
• Pop up the Bicycle Repair Program with the Rogue Robot 4-H group. They have pop-up tents that they set up out in Claremont and Newport and these young children have learned how to repair bicycles for children and adults in their communities.
