Union County Veterans Transportation (Paratransit)

The service. "Transportation Assistance - Union County Paratransit Services. Veterans may qualify for transportation programs that help them travel to medical appointments, community services, and other essential destinations. Union County Paratransit Provides transportation service for Union County Veterans to access the major, in- out-of-county VA medical clinics. Transportation is available to schedule on the following days: Monday & Wednesday to East Orange VA Medical Center; Tuesday & Thursday to Lyons VA Medical Center; Daily to the Piscataway VA Clinic." The page also points veterans to the VA Beneficiary Travel Program, the VA Veterans Transportation Service and the NJ TRANSIT Reduced Fare Program. Funding. The board's June 25, 2026 agenda carried "Modifying the 2026 Union County adopted budget in the amount of $12,000 as a result of notification received from the State of New Jersey, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for a program entitled: Paratransit - Veterans Grant" (Commissioner Kimberly Palmieri-Mouded), adopted as 2026-437/438, and "Amending Resolution 2026-271, a contract awarded to MPC Bus Corporation, Brooklyn, NY to increase the contract in the not to exceed amount of $6,000.00 to reflect adjustments to the appropriation account by ($6,000 - Veterans) for a new not to exceed contract amount of $4,747,437.84, for the period of January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026 (Year 5)." The June 25 minutes record Commissioner Baker explaining the item "related to a program for Veterans, adding that $6,000 was being transferred from fiscal year 2025 to 2026." The county's earlier contract with the Gateway Family YMCA (2026-108) operates the Dudley House Veterans Transitional Housing Program for homeless veterans and eligible homeless males.