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

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/Military Health Insurance
Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance

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 Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
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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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
Food Vouchers
Retirement Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Veteran service office.

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

Provides assistance to all eligible Veterans discharged from active military service under honorable conditions and/or their family members in applying for federal benefits and other Veteran's aid. Services include support with emergency funding when available, food vouchers for purchasing groceries, transportation expense assistance for fuel expense and utility service payment assistance to prevent or address utility shutoffs. Additional services include access to low-cost or hard-to-obtain prescription medications, general relief for indigent individuals, and guidance on Veteran burial benefits, including burial in national cemeteries, headstones, markers, and burial flags.

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Prescription Medication Services
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Food Vouchers
General Relief

County level services include the following: 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 (wartime service for some benefits); and must be a resident in Nebraska for the past one year and 6 months of that year in Cass County.

State level services do not require wartime service and include the following: completes applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund, nominal fee for fishing and hunting permits, applications to the Nebraska 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 Burial Benefits
Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Benefits 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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Veteran Burial Benefits
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
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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Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
School System Advocacy
Protective/Restraining Orders
Debt Management
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
General Legal Aid
Tax Information
Discrimination Assistance
Legal Information Services
Labor and Employment Law
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Consumer Law
Advance Medical Directives
Adoption Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Landlord/Tenant 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, mortgage interests payments, utilities, and burial expense may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Categories

Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran service office.

Helps veterans navigate funding opportunities for in-home care services, including applying for the Veterans Administration Aid and Attendance benefit.

Aid and Attendance offers veterans and surviving spouses help with daily tasks in the home or assisted living. Veterans must have served at least 90 days during a period of war. If approved for the VA Aid and Attendance benefit, clients may choose any agency to provide the services, they are not obligated to choose this agency.

Service covered include help with daily activities such as dressing, bathing, meal preparation, and housekeeping.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
In Home Meal Preparation
Personal Care

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 food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Categories

Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Burial Benefits
Rent 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, mortgage interests payments, utilities, and burial expense may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Categories

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

Categories

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

Categories

Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation

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 and must be a resident in Nebraska for the past one year and 6 months of that year in Scotts Bluff or Banner County.

State level services do not require wartime service and include the following: completes applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund, fee exempt fishing and hunting permits, applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes, and 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.

Categories

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

Provides:

- Financial aid to military veterans and their families.

- Assists with benefits, pensions, and filing lost discharge claims.

- Referrals to mental health providers for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other combat related situations.

- Non-emergency transportation to Hines Hospital.

- Emergency financial assistance for rent, utilities, food and personal needs.

Benefits information on county, state, and federal level benefits.

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

Funeral assistance.

Application assistance for VA medical care.

Categories

Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans
Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers; assists Veterans apply for compensation and pension programs.

Categories

Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
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, mortgage interests payments, utilities, burial expense and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Categories

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

Categories

County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
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.

Categories

Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
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 expense may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Categories

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

Provides financial and support services to Veteran Families who are homeless or imminently at-risk of being homeless.

Aims to stabilize these families in housing, while providing on-going support as needed to sustain independent living.

Services may include, rental and utility deposits, limited rental and utility assistance, limited moving costs and emergency supplies, case management services, transportation assistance, information and referrals to community resources, assistance in obtaining VA benefits, assistance in obtaining and securing other public benefits, and assistance in securing permanent housing.