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Veterans office wins $180,000 outreach grant; plans mobile claims unit and kiosk

2137154 · January 21, 2025
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Beltrami County Veterans Service Office reported a rise in veteran clients, new state grant awards and a mobile outreach unit purchase to expand services in remote areas; county officials discussed staffing and veterans home occupancy.

Shane Gustafson, Veterans Service Officer for Beltrami County, told the Board that the office closed 2024 having served about 1,400 veterans and surviving spouses and distributed nearly $38,000 in state soldiers assistance grants and about $20,000 in direct assistance through the local DAV chapter.

Gustafson said the office secured a $180,000 Northern Warriors Outreach grant. The funds bought a custom mobile claims unit (described as an "ice castle" fish-house…

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