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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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Military Records
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Education Benefits
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Benefits 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 or mortgage payments, and utilities 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
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance

Offers support to veterans, military personnel, and their families to address challenges related to deployments and reintegration. This program is staffed by certified veteran peer support specialists. Peer-to-peer mentoring, group support, and therapeutic counseling are available. Veterans and their family members are encouraged to drop in or call with any concern; if the agency does not have a way to assist, we are part of a network that can.

Programs offered Voices of Veterans writing group meets monthly, a support group for Vietnam veterans is held weekly, OIF/OEF veterans meet for food/comradery Wednesdays at 5:30 pm.

Other support meetings are started as the need arises.

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Military Family Support Groups
Peer to Peer Networking
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Support Groups
Veteran Reintegration Counseling

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.

Provides transportation for eligible veterans to the Veterans Administration (VA) for medical appointments.

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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial 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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Discrimination Assistance
School System Advocacy
Protective/Restraining Orders
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
General Legal Aid
Legal Information Services
Advance Medical Directives
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Consumer Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Debt Management
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
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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Food Vouchers
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
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 Iowa for the past one year and 6 months of that year in Clinton County.

State level services do not require wartime service. Assists in completing applications for the Iowa Veterans Aid Fund, fee exempt fishing and hunting permits, applications to the Iowa Veterans Home, 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
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
Home Purchase/Mortgage Refinance Loans
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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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Food Vouchers
Veterans services include veterans benefits and aid in the case of a hardship.

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Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
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.

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

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

Categories

Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits

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.

Categories

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

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.

Categories

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

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.

Categories

Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
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, burial expense and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Categories

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

Categories

Discrimination Assistance
School System Advocacy
Protective/Restraining Orders
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
General Legal Aid
Legal Information Services
Advance Medical Directives
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Consumer Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Patient Rights Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Debt Management
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Provides assistance in obtaining, filing, and completing forms for claims to state and federal agencies to secure the benefits and services to which they are entitled. Will also assist in obtaining military records, medals, awards, and ribbons.

Categories

Military Records
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits 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.

Categories

Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Compensation and Pension 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 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.

Categories

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

Offers to assist veterans with, Social Security, help with benefits, estimate of benefits, change of address, and help replace Medicare Card.

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
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers; assists Veterans apply for compensation and pension programs.

Categories

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