VITAL COMMUNITIES
Medical Transportation & Volunteer Driver Programs
Find A Ride
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire residents enrolled in Medicaid who do not have a vehicle or a friend/family member who can drive them can call 844-259-4780 to request a ride. Please call at least 48 hours in advance. More details can be found here: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/ombp/medicaid/transportation/documents/how-to-request-transportation.pdf
VERMONT
VETLIFT: a volunteer program giving Veterans a Lift: www.connectingcommuters.org/vetliftvt/
DIAL-A-RIDE (For seniors, people with disabilities, Medicaid recipients, and people & families in need)
- Stagecoach offers several Dial-A- Ride options. Call 802-728-3773 or email info@stagecoach-rides.org to find out whether you’re eligible for the following free or subsidized services:
- Senior Meal Program provides transportation for seniors from their homes to meal sites in Randolph, Bethel, Chelsea, Royalton, Hancock, and Bradford. Call your local senior center for details.
- Ticket to Ride Program provides door-to-door transportation to grocery stores, medical appointments, work, errands, and social events. It is free for riders over age 60 and those with disabilities when there is no other transportation available in the household.
- Medicaid/Non-Emergency Medical Transportation provides free transportation to medical appointments for Medicaid recipients living in Barnard, Bethel, Bridgewater, Hartford, Hartland, Norwich, Pomfret, Rochester, Royalton, Sharon, Stockbridge, and Woodstock, and who do not have access to a vehicle.
- The Current operates Dial-A- Ride services (including medical appointment transportation for Medicaid recipients, senior meals transportation, and shopping trips) on weekdays for eligible riders in Ascutney, Brownsville, Cavendish, Grafton, Reading, Rockingham, Springfield, Weathersfield, Westminster, Windham, and Windsor. To determine if you’re eligible or to schedule your ride, call 802-460-7433.
Give A Ride
Many people in our community have no transportation of their own, cannot use the bus and yet need to access healthcare and other critical services. Interested in becoming a volunteer driver? Contact your senior center, faith group, health or community center to find out how you can help neighbors get where they need to go. Stagecoach coordinates many of the volunteer drivers here in the Upper Valley. Download Stagecoach’s Volunteer Application Packet and call 802-728-3773 or e-mail info@stagecoach-rides.org to get started as a Volunteer Driver. Volunteers are reimbursed for mileage and play a crucial role in the organization.
Join the Stagecoach Volunteer Driver team – you’ll find it a rewarding experience!
Transportation at Senior Centers or Social Service Agencies
Bugbee Center – van service to Bugbee senior center and grocery store for Hartford area seniors
Grafton County Senior Citizens Council – serves Lebanon area seniors
Thompson Senior Center – provides van and volunteer drivers to Woodstock (VT) area
Easter Seals – serves New Hampshire
Granite State Independent Living – provides wheelchair van, non-medical transportation and other transportation assistance for New Hampshire
Pathways of River Valley 603.448.2077 – serves Southern Grafton County (NH)
Transportation services available as part of participation in program.
West Central Behavioral Health – serves Southern Grafton County (NH)
Transportation services available as part of participation in program.
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