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Union County Veterans Services details caseload, transport program and new grant award
Summary
Michelle Marcano, director of Union County Veterans Services, and Veteran Services Officer Robert Turner reviewed the office’s claims work, county-funded transportation to VA clinics, recent discretionary purchases under a state grant, and fiscal-year figures the office tracks to show local economic impact of veterans’ benefits.
Union County’s Veterans Services staff provided a broad update on benefits assistance, client services and recent discretionary grant funding during the meeting.
Michelle Marcano, director of Veterans Services, and Robert Turner, a county veterans services officer, described the office’s core work: preparing disability, pension and surviving-spouse claims; assisting veterans and families with VA health-care enrollment; and coordinating county transportation to VA-approved civilian and VA clinics. The presenters said Union County is one of a small number of North Carolina counties that offers county-funded transportation to VA clinics; Theresa Torres of…
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