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Offer benefits for veterans and their families. Providing donations, community services, and scholarships for members.

Provides guidance, advice, referrals, and connection of benefits for Servicemembers, Veterans, and their families. RCTAA works as a referral conduit and partner with local, state, and federal agencies that support the Military and veteran community. The ten areas that covered include State Benefits, Disabled Veteran Benefits, Education and Training, Employment Assistance, Financial Assistance, Health and Life Insurance, Legal Assistance, Relocation Assistance, Effects of a Career Change, and Physical Mental Health and Well Being.

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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Military Transition Assistance Programs
The Veterans Service Office will assist veterans and their families in obtaining the local, state, and federal benefits that they are entitled to receive. This may include assistance in obtaining military records, compensation and pension benefits, education and retraining grants, health insurance, and veteran burial benefits.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Military Records
Veteran Education Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Burial Benefits

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent and utility payments, medical/dental assistance, prescription medications, burial assistance, and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Food Vouchers
Medical Expense Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans
Rent Payment Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Offers emergency help with food, clothing, transportation, rent and utilities to veterans and their widows and benefits assistance for those filing a claim with the Veteran Administration or state veteran benefits.

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Rent Payment Assistance
General Clothing Provision
Medical Expense Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Retirement Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Food Vouchers

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, utilities, burial expense and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Food Pantries

County level services provide 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 of Mills County for the past one year.

State level services (do not require wartime service) assist in completing applications for the Iowa Veterans Aid Fund; fee exempt fishing and hunting permits; applications to the Iowa Veterans Homes; and waivers of tuition.

Federal level services provide and/or complete 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.

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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans
Veteran Burial Benefits
Provides assistance to wartime veterans and their spouses with emergency basic needs such as medical, shelter, food, utilities, burial cost and special needs. Also helps with applying for compensation, pension, retirement benefits and widow's benefits and obtaining military records.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Retirement Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

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Advance Medical Directives
Discrimination Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Debt Management
School System Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Legal Information Services
Patient Rights Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Labor and Employment Law
Tax Information
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Consumer Law
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Protective/Restraining Orders
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance

Assists veterans and their families in obtaining the local, state, and federal benefits that they are entitled to receive. This may include assistance in obtaining military records, compensation and pension benefits, education and retraining grants, health insurance, and veteran burial benefits.

Can also provide transportation for eligible veterans to the Veterans Administration (VA) for medical appointments.

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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, burial expenses, and grave markers. Can also assist Veterans with applying for compensation and pension programs.

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County Government Departments/Offices
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities and burial expense assistance may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits

Offers to advise and aid veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or utilities and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Rent Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Assists Polk County honorably discharged veterans, their wives, widows, and dependent children. Financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or house payments, utilities and food. Assistance may also be provided for glasses and funeral expenses

APPLICATIONS/ADMISSIONS into Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown for disabled veterans and/or spouse.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Mortgage Payment Assistance

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent and utility payments, and burial assistance may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, mortgage interests payments, utilities, and burial expenses may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers. Can also assist Veterans with applying for compensation and pension programs.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Food Vouchers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
County level services provide 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 for the past one year.

State level services do not require wartime service. Assist in completing 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 provide and/or complete 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.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits

Assists veterans and their families in obtaining the local, state, and federal benefits that they are entitled to receive. This may include assistance in obtaining military records, compensation and pension benefits, education and retraining grants, health insurance, and veteran burial benefits.

Also serves as an agency of last resort for temporary financial assistance for rent, utilities (electric/heating fuel), prescription drugs, and other basic needs.

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Veteran Burial Benefits
Medical Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers; assists Veterans apply for compensation and pension programs.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers

Limited funds for medical, rent, food, and utility.

Claim filing assistance for vets and families, assistance with applications to Veterans Home in Marshalltown, and assistance in making applications for lifetime hunting and fishing licenses for service connected disabled vets (small fee).

Funeral assistance.

Information on county, state, and federal level benefits.

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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Provide financial assistance, assist stranded motorists, donates to needy veterans, provides community services and fellowship, and provides scholarships for members. Call for more information. Eligibility dates- WW1- 4/6/17-11/11/18, WW2- 12/7/41-12/31/46, Korean- 6/25/50-1/31/55, Vietnam- 2/28/61-5/7/75, Lebanon and Granada- 8/24/82-7/31/84 Panama- 12/20/89-1/31/90, Persian Gulf- 8/22/90 - continuing.
Provides assistance to veterans and their families who file claims with the Veteran's Administration (VA).

Family support network channels requests for any type of assistance including financial to Legion Posts throughout the United States. Callers are advised to give their home zip code and a call-back telephone number where they can be reached.

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Military Family Service/Support Centers
Veteran Benefits Assistance

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities, transportation assistance (bus tokens) and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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Veteran Burial Benefits
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Rent Payment Assistance
Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers. Can also assist Veterans with applying for compensation and pension programs.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Benefits Assistance