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Where we're located
Plum Senior Community Center, Inc.
499 Center-New Texas Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15239
Phone: (412) 795-2330
OPT Transportation Non-medical transportation through OPT (Older Persons Transportation) provides transportation to local centers, shopping trips, and other specialty trips. These offerings are augmented by senior program vans and chartered buses. Medical transportation services are coordinated through OPT to provide trips to doctors' offices and hospitals.
Plum Senior Center, Inc. is a non-profit corporation funded in part by Allegheny County Department of Aging, Plum Borough, and individual contributions. The Center can also be selected as a United Way "contributor choice" agency. Our United Way Contibutor Choice Number is 297, and our Federal Campaign Number is 9078. Please ask the office staff for further information. The phone number is (412) 795-2330.
OPT Transportation . . . Older Persons Transportation (OPT) is a shared-ride service
sponsored by the Allegheny County Area Agency on Aging (ACAAA). ACCESS Transportation
Systems, Inc., provides OPT service through contracts with local transportation companies.
OPT offers transportation for specific medical and non-medical purposes at a minimal cost
to Allegheny County residents who are 60 years of age or older and not living in a nursing
home. As a shared-ride service, OPT riders travel with others going in the same direction at
the same time. OPT provides door-to-door service, including help getting on and off
vehicles, and up and down as many as four steps. Service hours are from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m., Monday through Friday.
Types of Trips . . . You may ride on OPT for the following purposes:
Individual Trips
o Medical Appointments o Physical Therapy o Adult Day Care
o Chemotherapy/Radiation o Kidney Dialysis o Senior Companions
Group Trips
o Senior Center & Nutrition o Grocery Shopping o Senior Center Activities
Trip Limitations . . . Except for dialysis, chemotherapy/radiation or physical therapy,
you are limited to two round trips per month for medical purposes if you are 65 years of age
or older. If you are 60-64 years of age, you must receive prior approval from the Area
Agency on Aging for all medical trips.
You may use OPT for grocery shopping once a week in areas where shopping groups with a minimum of three riders are organized.
If you are a Medical Assistance recipient, you are not permitted to use OPT for medical
trips since Medical Assistance Transportation (MATP) is available to you by calling 1-888-
547-6287. You may use OPT, however, for non-medical trips, such as grocery shopping,
senior center visits and senior center activities.
Registration . . . You may register for OPT at any Allegheny County Area Agency on
Aging neighborhood senior center. Please call the ACAAA (412/350-5460) for the location
and phone number of the nearest senior center. If you are physically unable to register in
person, please call your senior center to make other arrangements.
You must present one of the following proofs of age when you register for OPT.
o Driver’s License o Birth or Baptismal Certificate o PACE Card
o Passport o Military Discharge Papers o Resident Alien Card
o Access 65 Card o Immigration/Naturalization o Social Security Letter
(For a Social Security age verification letter, please call 1-800-772-1213.)
More Information . . .
To learn more about Older Persons Transportation and other
services for older adults, please call the ACAAA at 412/350-5460.
DHS/Allegheny County Area Agency on Aging
441 Smithfield Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Registering for . . .
Older Persons Transportation (OPT)
DHS/Allegheny
