Open Plains Transit is honored to be the Volunteer Coordinator for the VA Highly rural Transportation Grant for all thirty-nine eligible counties within Nebraska.

What is HRTG? The Highly Rural Transportation Grants (HRTG) is a grant-based program that assists Veterans in highly rural areas with travel to local, or out-of-town VA or VA-authorized healthcare facilities. This program is specifically for rural and frontier counties with fewer than seven people per square mile.

·        There is no cost to participate in the program for Veterans who live in an eligible county where services are available

·        VA Transportation Benefits (TB) are irrelevant and have no bearing on this program

·        The healthcare appointment must be pre-authorized (vetted) 

·        There is no cost to counties or public transit agencies,  but if the funds are not used by each county every year, they are lost.

If you are a Veteran residing in one of the blue-colored counties on the map below, please give us a call today. We'll get you registered (it takes approximately two minutes) and we'll connect with the appropriate transportation resource to get you to the healthcare you deserve. 

If you are a Veteran, but do not reside in one of the blue-colored counties on the map below, we offer a 25% discount on all intercity bus passage aboard Open Plains Transit vehicles. We appreciate our Veteran's sacrifices and Thank You for Your Service!