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St. Croix County veteran service officer summarizes outreach, benefit totals and transport needs
Summary
Veteran service officer Phil Landgraf told the St. Croix County board the office helps roughly 5,230 veterans and their dependents, bringing about $61 million annually in benefit dollars; he described outreach, care-package drives, cemetery flag programs and plans to replace an aging transport van.
Phil Landgraf, St. Croix County veteran service officer, briefed the Health and Human Services Board on March 19 about benefits outreach, local veteran counts and operational needs.
"How many veterans do you guys think are in St. Croix County? 5,230," Landgraf said, adding that veterans, their dependents and related benefits bring roughly $61,000,000 into the county annually and about $33,000,000 in compensation and pension dollars.
Landgraf described program work that includes VA disability claims assistance, help with VA health care enrollment, death benefits and…
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