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

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Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Benefits Assistance
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 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 Burial Benefits
County Government Departments/Offices
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Food Vouchers
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation

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

Assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining forms for claims to State and Federal Agencies, such as:
- U.S. and Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs
- Social Security Administration
- Department of Human Services
- Others to secure the benefits and services to which they are entitled
- Helps veterans obtain DD214
- Military medical records
- Other service-related documents

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.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
SSVF is a Veterans Affairs funded program which is delivered through Primary Health Care. This program is focused on helping homeless and unstably-housed Veterans and their families living in Warren, Polk, Dallas, Jasper, Story, and Marshall Counties. Services provided include:

CASE MANAGEMENT services that will assist participants in obtaining VA and other public benefits, including: health care referrals, daily living referrals, personal financial planning, fiduciary and payee referrals, legal services, housing counseling services, employment and training referrals.

TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (TFA) which may include rent assistance, moving expenses, security and utility deposits, transportation, and child care. All financial services based on eligibility and available funding.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Case/Care Management
Rental Deposit Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Moving Services
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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County Government Departments/Offices
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Burial Benefits

Offers the following benefits for those veterans who are eligible:

-County Veterans Aid
-A Bronze Grave Flag Holder
-Registration of DD214s
-Homestead Exemption
-Grave Registration
-Benefits Counseling and Advocacy
-Assistance with the application for State and Federal VA benefits.

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

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Veteran Burial Benefits
Veteran/Military Health Insurance
Assists veterans with applying for benefits including disability compensation, disability pension, widow/survivor benefits, education/vocational benefits, medical benefits, and applications to the Iowa Veteran's Home.

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

Offers programs to support Veterans and their families, including grants, scholarships, and awards and honors.

Collects used items to sell, with a truck to pick up donations from a home or other setting. Also offers trailer sites for donation drop off.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Scholarships
Household Goods Donation Programs
General Clothing Donation Programs

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

Categories

Veteran Burial Benefits
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Utility Service Payment 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.

Categories

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

Provides assistance to Veteran's with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers. Assists Veteran's applying for compensation and pension programs, and with pension forms, information and claims assistance for all VA benefits.

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Veteran Benefits Assistance
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment 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.

Categories

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

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