{"id":2875,"date":"2025-03-05T14:12:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/?post_type=impact_story&p=2875"},"modified":"2025-03-05T14:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:12:19","slug":"ride-the-wave","status":"publish","type":"impact_story","link":"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/es\/impact-stories\/ride-the-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00fabase al WAVE: el conector comunitario de Western-Washtenaw"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2875","impact_story","type-impact_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-basic-needs"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":2876,"quote":"It\u2019s our vision that within our communities, all people will have access to all places.","citation":"Marie Gress, executive director at WAVE","topic":[166],"program_theme":[131],"button_text":"Read More"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_impact_story_hero","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_impact_story_hero":{"kicker_text":"Partners","heading":"Ride the WAVE","summary":"","image":2876,"cta":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"El transporte es esencial para acceder a necesidades b\u00e1sicas como la alimentaci\u00f3n y la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica. Gracias a Area Value Express (WAVE) de Western-Washtenaw<\/a>, los miembros de la comunidad pueden contar con un servicio de transporte asequible y confiable que, en algunos casos, salva vidas. \u201cEn el mercado de agricultores, una se\u00f1ora se me acerc\u00f3 para decirme: \u2018WAVE le salv\u00f3 la vida a mi mam\u00e1\u2019\u201d, coment\u00f3 Shasta Angell, coordinadora de relaciones comunitarias de WAVE. \u201cSu mam\u00e1 necesitaba di\u00e1lisis y nadie pod\u00eda llevarla, as\u00ed que WAVE la llev\u00f3 a las citas\u201d.\r\n\r\n\u201cNuestro despachador las recordaba y coment\u00f3 que a la madre solo le quedaban unos meses de vida cuando llamaron, pero vivi\u00f3 un a\u00f1o m\u00e1s\u201d. Para satisfacer todas las necesidades, WAVE ofrece servicios de transporte especializados para personas mayores y personas con discapacidades. Su personal participa en capacitaciones anuales para garantizar que todos puedan acceder a su transporte puerta a puerta de bajo costo y a las rutas de autob\u00fas.\r\n\r\n

BARRERAS A LA MOVILIDAD<\/h3>","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_group","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_group":{"version":"3","header":{"":null,"show_arrows":false,"heading":"","subheading":"","abstract":""},"columns":[{"image":2877,"title":"","abstract":"","button":""},{"image":2878,"title":"","abstract":"","button":""},{"image":2879,"title":"","abstract":"","button":""}]}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Recently, WAVE expanded their western-Washtenaw service area to include Grass Lake, Waterloo, Unadilla, Putnam and Pickney.\r\n\r\nChelsea has a higher rate of ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained and Employed) than Washtenaw County overall. In Chelsea, 41% of households are unable to afford all their basic needs.\r\n\r\n\u201cChelsea has been and continues to be our hottest spot, closely followed by Scio Township, and then, Sylvan Township,\u201d said Marie Gress, executive director at WAVE. \u201cIn Sylvan, we service many from the St. Louis Center, a community for people with developmental disabilities, who often ride WAVE to work at the Dollar Tree, shop at the supermarket, or hang out at the library.\u201d\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nEl transporte para un solo adulto cuesta $462 mensuales, seg\u00fan el presupuesto de supervivencia ALICE. Para una familia de cuatro personas, es m\u00e1s del doble de esa cantidad, ascendiendo a $1,113. Cuando los sueldos no cubren los alimentos, los servicios p\u00fablicos y el alquiler, estos costos pueden parecer imposibles.\n\n\u201cNuestra visi\u00f3n es que dentro de nuestras comunidades, todas las personas tendr\u00e1n acceso a todos los lugares\u201d, dijo Marie.\n\nOperando dentro de esa visi\u00f3n, WAVE garantiza un desconto del 50% en todas las tarifas para personas de bajos ingresos, personas mayores (60+), personas con discapacidades y estudiantes (K-12).\r\n\r\n

ABIERTO A TODOS<\/h3>","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_image":{"image":2881,"helper_width":"narrow"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Los autobuses de WAVE prestan apoyo a toda la comunidad de Western-Washtenaw, incluyendo a cuidadores, estudiantes y aquellas personas que cuentan con medios de transporte alternativos. Estos servicios permiten a todos recuperar un tiempo muy valioso. \u201cSol\u00eda llevar en auto a mi ser querido durante 20 minutos hasta su programa de 2 horas, 20 minutos de regreso a casa, luego 20 minutos para ir a recogerlo y otros 20 minutos de vuelta a casa\u201d, coment\u00f3 un cuidador. \u201cGracias a WAVE, ahora dispongo de casi 4 horas tres d\u00edas a la semana para m\u00ed, para hacer mandados, tareas dom\u00e9sticas, tomar un caf\u00e9 o incluso ir al cine con un amigo; \u00a1sin duda, antes no pod\u00eda hacer eso!\u201d. WAVE est\u00e1 disponible para llevar a los pasajeros a cualquier lugar, desde el trabajo y las clases hasta citas en la peluquer\u00eda y reuniones sociales. Los estudiantes locales ya han comenzado a hacer uso de estos viajes asequibles.\r\n\r\n\u201cS\u00e9 conducir, pero empec\u00e9 a usar WAVE para ir y venir de la Universidad de Eastern Michigan porque es m\u00e1s barato que conducir yo mismo y puedo estudiar, leer o terminar los deberes durante el trayecto\u201d, coment\u00f3 un estudiante. \u201cTermin\u00e9 el semestre con todo sobresalientes\u201d. \u00bfLe interesa viajar con WAVE? Consulte su \u00e1rea de cobertura y sus rutas en l\u00ednea<\/a>. Reserve un viaje puerta a puerta llamando al (734) 475-9494, enviando un correo electr\u00f3nico a book.my.ride@wavebus.org o a trav\u00e9s de su aplicaci\u00f3n, Ride Pingo.\r\n\r\n\"\"","":null,"settings":""}}]},"yoast_head":"\nRide the WAVE: Western-Washtenaw\u2019s Community Connector - United Way for Southeastern Michigan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/es\/impact-stories\/ride-the-wave\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ride the WAVE: Western-Washtenaw\u2019s Community Connector - United Way for Southeastern Michigan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/es\/impact-stories\/ride-the-wave\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"United Way for Southeastern Michigan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/featured-image-crop-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2059\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/impact-stories\/ride-the-wave\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/unitedwaysem.org\/impact-stories\/ride-the-wave\/\",\"name\":\"Ride the WAVE: Western-Washtenaw\u2019s Community Connector - 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