As a US veteran living in California, I want to verify my eligibility for benefits with my transit agency using my Login.gov account, so I receive a discounted fare when I use my credit or debit card to pay for rides on public transit.
Assumptions
Once the Benefits app confirms a person is a US Veteran and they connect their contactless card to receive a reduce fare, the transit benefit never expires.
We will utilize the Older Adult enrollment pathway as a foundation to implement this eligibility check.
We will utilize Login.gov to share transit rider identity information with VA.gov. Login.gov contains all data points required by the VA to verify veteran status.
We will continue to ask the transit rider to choose one benefit that best matches who they are. We will defer the implementation of checkboxes that allow a transit rider to choose multiple options.
Specifications
The Benefits app will use US Veteran status to determine a transit rider's eligibility for reduced transit fares.
The Benefits app will verify an individual's Veteran status by using the identity gateway to query a person status maintained by VA.gov via the Veteran Confirmation API.
Veteran's will only have the option to use Login.gov to share identity information. No other authentication methods will be supported in the initial release of this feature.
If eligible, the veteran will receive reduced fare on transit and that benefit won't expire.
The veterans enrollment pathway can be enabled on a transit agency-by-transit agency basis. By default, this pathway is not enabled.
Design issue list
[x] #1692
[x] #1693
[x] #1707
Acceptance criteria
[x] All views to build this feature are presented in Figma at the Desktop breakpoint.
[x] All views to build this feature are presented in Figma at the Mobile breakpoint.
User Story
As a US veteran living in California, I want to verify my eligibility for benefits with my transit agency using my Login.gov account, so I receive a discounted fare when I use my credit or debit card to pay for rides on public transit.
Assumptions
Specifications
Design issue list
Acceptance criteria
Definition of "Done"
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