Onward’s mission is to eradicate transportation as a barrier to healthcare and to alleviate the burden of caregiving. We do this by providing total transportation management services for healthcare and a unique rideshare experience for individuals with mobility and cognitive impairments, door-through-door service with a Companion Driver. Our Companion Drivers are trained to help riders, especially those with mobility and cognitive impairment, put on shoes and a coat, carry their belongings to the car, fold a walker or wheelchair, and help them into the vehicle. And on the other end of their journey, they will walk their rider into their healthcare appointments and provide a direct handoff to the healthcare team. One distinct advantage of Onward’s service is our Rider-Driver favorites. Onward consistently matches riders with the same Companion Driver, as a result, they build trust and relationship and the Companion Driver learns their rider’s needs. In fact, riders have told us, “I am only going to dialysis today because of my driver Jessica.” We currently partnered with the San Francisco VA, UCSF Health, Alameda Health System, and Onlok and CEI, two PACE programs in the Bay Area, and provide over 3,000 rides per month, that is 100s of care appointments for dialysis, procedures, and surgeries that our riders can now safely attend. This door-through-door service is so valuable to our healthcare partners, that they cover it for their high risk patients, and it is helping to avoid costly ER visits and hospital readmissions.