Clark County Veterans Service Commission: Van Rides to the Dayton VA

Every Ohio commission must arrange regular transport to the VA medical centres serving the county (Revised Code 5901.03(H); see the Ohio entry). Clark County's commission runs a van to the Dayton VA Medical Center twice a day and transports veterans to the Springfield community-based outpatient clinic. Only veterans with verified appointments are carried; a walk-in must have a VA staff member sign the appointment sheet, and a spouse or companion needs a physician's statement of medical need. Rides are booked and cancelled only through the office at 937-521-2030 - never by calling the driver - with cancellations due by 4 p.m. the day before (3 p.m. Friday for a Monday ride) or the veteran is counted a no-show. Riders to Dayton are expected back the same day, and the Van Transportation Agreement carries conduct rules with escalating penalties: a written warning, then 90-day, 180-day and permanent sanctions. Bus passes. The commission's monthly Report to Posts says bus pass assistance is given in the form of First Transit bus passes - First Transit operates Springfield's fixed-route buses - and its report form counts rides to the Springfield VA outpatient clinic beside the van trips. The scale, from the Report to Posts statistics (read 2026-10-13). The reports log 51 to 112 veterans transported a month - 2026's run from 51 (June) to 112 (April), with 5,769 van miles in July and a seventh driver added that month - beside 35 to 40 rides a month to the Springfield VA outpatient clinic. The vans. The commissioners authorized a 2025 StarTrans Senator II at $117,900 and a 2025 Chrysler Voyager LX at $68,900 early in 2026, then rescinded both (resolutions 2026-0098 and 2026-0099) and bought a 2025 Ford Transit van for $74,839 instead (resolution 2026-0194, March 2026); in September 2026 the board moved $44,839 more to cover a further Ford Transit van, money that includes a donation from the DAV which the commission's director warned would revert to the county's general fund if unspent by year's end. Who qualifies. A Clark County veteran with a verified appointment. No rating is needed.