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Indiana veterans office lays out new accreditation standards for county service officers
Summary
Cambria Sparks of the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs told Rush County commissioners that new accreditation standards under Indiana Code 10-17-1-9 require service officers to meet training, reporting and office-hour requirements and to use the state claims-management system; counties have until June 30 to comply.
Cambria Sparks, district service officer with the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs, told Rush County commissioners that new state accreditation standards will change how county and city veterans service officers operate.
Sparks said the standards, cited in Indiana Code 10-17-1-9, require accredited service officers to meet specified office-hour thresholds, maintain private office space for sensitive veteran consultations, use the IDVA claims-management system for intake and tracking, and hold active PIV (personal identity verification) cards to access veterans’ records. "Everyone in these rules must fully meet these…
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