OAR 274-039-0020: Recipient Eligibility

(1) Recipients eligible for RVHT funding provide mental and physical health access transit services to veterans who reside in census tracts to which, as of July 3, 2019, the US Department of Agriculture assigned a primary Rural-Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) code of 4 through 10 or are recipients of Federal Highly Rural Veterans Transportation funding available in counties with a population density of less than seven people per square mile. (2) An entity is eligible to apply for RVHT Program grants if it is a County, Transportation District or Indian Tribe.