Assisted School Travel Program (ASTP)
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Coast and Country Community Services is a contracted service provider of The Department of Education’s Assisted School Travel Program (ASTP). ASTP plays a significant role in meeting the needs of eligible students with disability by providing free specialised transport to and from school where parents and carers are unable to provide or arrange transport for the student either fully or in part. The program provides around 3,200 individual transport services daily through our contracted service providers, free of charge to approximately 12,800 students across NSW. Students with disability who are unable to travel to and from school under the Transport for NSW's School Student Transport Scheme or other services may be eligible for transport assistance under the ASTP.
To find out more about the Assisted School Travel Program, and your child’s eligibility please Visit or call ASTP on 1300 338 278.
You may be eligible if you:
• Are elderly and have limited mobility
• Have a disability or health issues that limit your mobility
• Have language challenges that limit your access to transport
• Live in an area with little or no public transport and don’t have access to private transport
• Face other significant barriers to accessing transport
To find out if you are eligible, please contact your local office at 1300 411 345 to speak to one of our team members. If you are aged 65 years and over (50 years and over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People), contact My Aged Care at 1800 200 422 for an eligibility assessment.