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. Thank You for Your Service!