Veteran Services | Phelps County Offices

715 5th Avenue, Holdrege, NE 68949

Eligibility

Open to veterans and their dependents

Required documents

Varies by service

Application process

Call for information or visit for services

Fees

None

Service area

Phelps County, NE

Other Information

Special Programs

Military Connected

Description

County level services: direct emergency economic aid for vital necessities to veterans, their widow, and dependents, according to their needs; personal visits for assistance and claims to housebound veterans or dependents; must have an honorable or under honorable conditions discharge from; active duty or wartime service; must be a resident in Nebraska in Phelps, Franklin, or Harlan County.

State level services do not require wartime service: applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund; fee exempt fishing and hunting permits; applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes; waivers of tuition. 

Federal level services provides and/or completes Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to: service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave Markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades. 

VA healthcare enrollment.

Providing organization

Phelps County Offices

County government offices.