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Lake County commissioners hear VSO briefing on outreach, benefits processing and potential cleanup grant
Summary
At a Lake County Board of County Commissioners work session, a veteran services staff member briefed commissioners on VA benefit processing, local veteran counts, training and outreach needs, use of the VA’s VMS database, and cooperation with Grand and Summit counties on a potential grant to help veterans with property cleanup and minor repairs.
Lake County Board of County Commissioners work-session attendees heard a briefing from a county veteran services staff member about local veteran outreach, benefit processing, and a potential multi-county grant to help veterans with property repairs and cleanup.
The veteran services staff member told commissioners that regional VA offices are the only part of VA operations currently affected by the federal shutdown and that medical services and benefit processing continue, though some benefit processing may be slower. “The only thing that’s being affected is the regional offices. Medical is still going like it should. VA benefits will not be affected. There’s still processing benefits. They may be slowed down,” the staff member said.
The briefing focused on three practical needs: outreach to reach more veterans (particularly older Vietnam-era veterans), modest increases in training and outreach budgets, and use of data systems to track…
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