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Provides financial and support services to Veteran families that are homeless or imminently at risk of being homeless. The goal is to stabilize the families in housing, while providing on-going support as needed to sustain independent living. Services may include rental and utility deposits and limited assistance, some moving costs and emergency supplies, case management services, transportation assistance, assistance in obtaining VA benefits and other public benefits.

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Moving Expense Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Indigent Transportation
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Rental Deposit Assistance

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. 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
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran/Military Health Insurance

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.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Utility Service 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, 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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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Rent Payment Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
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
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Education Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Military Records
Veteran Burial Benefits
Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers. Assists Veterans applying for compensation and pension programs.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Burial Benefits
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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Veteran Burial Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
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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Debt Management
Tax Information
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Will Preparation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
General Legal Aid
School System Advocacy
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Consumer Law
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Information Services
Discrimination Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
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 Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Rent 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, 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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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Burial/Cremation Expense 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.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Offers assistance for a wide range of benefits to veterans, service members, and their families, including Federal, State, and County benefits.

County benefits include rent, utilities, transportation for medical care, medications, and burial expenses.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices

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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Prescription Medication Services
Veteran Burial Benefits
Food Vouchers
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Utility Service 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 in Iowa for the past one year and 6 months of that year in Shelby County.

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 Home; 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
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. 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
Veteran Benefits Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Assists Ringgold County honorably discharged veterans, their wives, widows, and dependent children. Services include help 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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Veteran Burial Benefits
Food Vouchers
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Assists veterans and their dependents in applying for and navigating the various federal, state and county programs offered to the veteran and his or her family.

Provides assistance in completing applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund, fee exempt fishing and hunting permits, applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes, and waivers of tuition.

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.

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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Burial Benefits
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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Veteran Burial Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Assist veterans and their families with information and access to federal, state and local veterans benefits.

Categories

Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran service office.

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Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Compensation and Pension 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.
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 Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Education Benefits
Military Records
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Helps administer emergency general relief for Veterans in need. Assists legal resident, indigent, honorably discharged Veterans, their spouses, widows, and dependent children.

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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Food Vouchers
Temporary Financial Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Provides assistance to Veterans with utility assistance, rent, burial expenses, and grave markers. Assists Veterans applying for compensation and pension programs.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Utility Service Payment Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Rent 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 or utility payments, burial expenses, dental/medical bill expenses, medically necessary prescriptions, and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Categories

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