{"id":961,"date":"2016-05-04T16:41:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T16:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ridedupage.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=961"},"modified":"2025-03-04T20:15:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:15:42","slug":"veterans-medical-transportation-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ridedupage.org\/index.php\/sponsors\/veterans-medical-transportation-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Medical Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eligibility<\/b><\/p>\n

Residency<\/b>:<\/span> <\/b>All of DuPage County<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Senior<\/b>(minimum age):<\/b> N\/A<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Disabled<\/b>:<\/b> <\/b>N\/A<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Low<\/b>-Income: <\/b>N\/A<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

General <\/b>Public:<\/b> N\/A<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Other <\/b>Eligibility Requirements: <\/b>Eligible for VA Medical Services.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Trip restrictions<\/b><\/p>\n

For <\/span>appointments at a VA Medical Facility only. Maximum of 2 trips per week<\/span><\/p>\n

Registration Information<\/b><\/p>\n

Registration <\/b>location: <\/b>VAC of DuPage, 421 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Registration <\/b>times:<\/b> 8:30am – 4:00pm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Appointment <\/b>needed?<\/b> <\/b>Yes, call first<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Registration <\/b>allowed by mail?<\/b> No<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Registration <\/b>allowed by phone?<\/b> Yes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Eligibility <\/b>documentation required:<\/b> Military Discharge or VA medical card<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fare<\/b><\/p>\n

$<\/span>12.00 co-pay each way. Curb-to-curb service.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rider’s Guide<\/b><\/p>\n

View<\/span>\/Print a copy of the <\/span>Veteran Rider’s Guide<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Trip Planner<\/b><\/p>\n

The <\/span>Trip Planner<\/a><\/span><\/span> provides directions to\/from points all around the six-county Chicagoland region.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Title VI Program Notice:<\/p>\n

\u201cNo person in the United States shall on the ground of race, color, or national origin be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.\u201d (42 USC 2000d)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Contact Info<\/b><\/p>\n

Steve Fixler or Bill Brophy<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Ride DuPage<\/p>\n

Veterans Assistance <\/span>Commission of DuPage<\/span><\/p>\n

Phone: 6<\/span><\/a><\/span>30-407-5655<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":3101,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-961","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridedupage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridedupage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridedupage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridedupage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridedupage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridedupage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/961\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridedupage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridedupage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}