More rides to be provided for Trumbull County veterans

Staff report

WARREN

The Trumbull County Veterans Services office will be able to offer thousands more rides every year to local military veterans, thanks to a federal transportation grant and help from Trumbull Transit and the Youngstown Air Reserve Base Community Council Charitable Fund.

Herm Breuer, Veterans Services director, said it will increase the number of rides available annually from about 2,100 to about 6,500.

Veterans Services operates a van that takes veterans to VA medical appointments in Cleveland, but sometimes there are not enough seats for the demand.

But in order to also help veterans who don’t qualify for rides because they are under 65 or not disabled, Veterans Services and Trumbull Transit reached an agreement to provide them through Community Bus Services.

Their services will be only within the county, Breuer said.

Read more about the program in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.