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811 D Avenue, Vinton, IA 52349

Benton County Service Center

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent and utilities may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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270 Public Square, Greenfield, IA 50849

Adair County Veteran Affairs

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits and burial benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or mortgage interest payments, utilities and food may be available for Veterans and their dependents. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Provides rides to medical appointments to the VA Hospital in either Knoxville or Des Moines. Call at least 5 days ahead with the date of appointment and the time and location.

***Please note our transportation is not handicap accessible***

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United Way of the Midlands
666 Walnut Street, 25th Floor, Des Moines, IA 50309

Iowa Legal Aid - Des Moines

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties.  Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts. Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website. Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including: Consumer/Finance – debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices). Education – expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid. Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.  Family – adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support. Health – Medicaid, Medicare, government children’s health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care. Housing – federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices. Benefit Programs – ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications. Individual Rights – mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement. End of Life Planning – wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney. Drivers License. Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer’s disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

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United Way of the Midlands
203 South Madison Street, Bloomfield, IA 52537

Davis County Offices - Madison Street

Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers. Also helps Veterans apply for compensation and pension programs.

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United Way of the Midlands
36 East 8th Street, Dubuque, IA 52001

Dubuque County Veterans Affairs Office

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, mortgage interests payments, utilities, and burial expense may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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United Way of the Midlands
1200 University Avenue, Suite 110A, West Side Entrance, Des Moines, IA 50314

Primary Health Care - Centralized Intake

SSVF is a Veterans Affairs funded program which is delivered through Primary Health Care. This program is focused on helping homeless and unstably-housed Veterans and their families living in Warren, Polk, Dallas, Jasper, Story, and Marshall Counties. Services provided include: CASE MANAGEMENT services that will assist participants in obtaining VA and other public benefits, including: health care referrals, daily living referrals, personal financial planning, fiduciary and payee referrals, legal services, housing counseling services, employment and training referrals. TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (TFA) which may include rent assistance, moving expenses, security and utility deposits, transportation, and child care. All financial services based on eligibility and available funding.

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United Way of the Midlands
300 South Fourth Avenue, Suite 100, Rock Rapids, IA 51246

Lyon County Commission of Veteran Affairs Offices

Veteran service office.

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United Way of the Midlands
300 North Pine Street, Creston, IA 50801

Union County Offices

Offers emergency assistance to veterans and their widows, including help with food, clothing, transportation, rent, and utilities. Provides support for filing claims with the Veteran Administration or state veteran benefits, including assistance with medical expenses, burial benefits, and compensation or pension benefits for eligible veterans and their dependents. 

Additionally, offers guidance on retirement benefits for veterans who meet eligibility requirements. Facilitates access to military records, including obtaining copies of documents related to an individual's association with the armed forces, verifying discharge status, and addressing errors in military records. Provides information and referrals for veteran homes that offer care for veterans limited by age or illness who require support in settings where home care is unavailable or unsuitable.

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United Way of the Midlands
2275 South Linn Avenue, New Hampton, IA 50659

Chickasaw County Veteran Affairs Office

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims and Veterans Burial Benefits. Also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

When funds permit may provide emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent and utility payments, and food or food vouchers may be available.

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United Way of the Midlands
212 South 5th Street, Osage, IA 50461

Mitchell County Offices

Assists veterans, their spouses, and dependents with applying for a wide range of benefits, including disability compensation, disability pension, widow/survivor benefits, education and vocational benefits, medical benefits, applications to the Iowa Veteran’s Home, and burial benefits such as burial in a national cemetery, headstones and markers, memorial certificates, burial flags, and funeral allowances for eligible deceased veterans and their dependents.

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United Way of the Midlands
12 1st Avenue NW, Suite 203, Hampton, IA 50441

Franklin County Courthouse

Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, burial expenses, and grave markers. Can also assist Veterans with applying for compensation and pension programs.

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United Way of the Midlands
505 2nd Avenue West, Suite C, Spencer, IA 51301

Clay County Veterans Affairs Office

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent and utility payments, and burial assistance may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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United Way of the Midlands
623 6th Avenue, Council Bluffs, IA 51501

Pottawattamie County Veteran Service Office

County level services provide direct emergency economic aid for vital necessities to veterans, their widow, and dependents, according to their needs. Personal visits for assistance and claims to housebound veterans or dependents. Must have an honorable or under honorable conditions discharge from active duty or wartime service. Must be a resident in Nebraska for the past one year and 6 months of that year in Washington County.

State level services do not require wartime service. Assist in completing applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund; fee exempt fishing and hunting permits; applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes; waivers of tuition.

Federal level services provide and/or complete Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.

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United Way of the Midlands
612 Court Street, Harlan, IA 51537

Shelby County Veteran Service Office

County level services provide direct emergency economic aid for vital necessities to veterans, their widow, and dependents, according to their needs. Personal visits for assistance and claims to housebound veterans or dependents. Must have an honorable or under honorable conditions discharge from active duty or wartime service. Must be a resident in Iowa for the past one year and 6 months of that year in Shelby County.

State level services (do not require wartime service) assist in completing applications for the Iowa Veterans Aid Fund; fee exempt fishing and hunting permits; applications to the Iowa Veterans Home; and waivers of tuition.

Federal level services provide and/or complete Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.

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United Way of the Midlands
318 Leroy Street, Audubon, IA 50025

Audubon County Offices

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws, including burial benefits.

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United Way of the Midlands
200 North 5th Street, Guthrie Center, IA 50115

Guthrie County Offices - North 5th Street

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, utilities, burial expense, and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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United Way of the Midlands
301 North Buxton Street, Indianola, IA 50125

Warren County Offices

Provides assistance in determining eligibility and filing for veteran benefits, including burial benefits. These services include completion of forms, referrals, follow-up services, and other assistance. Temporary financial assistance may be available for rent or mortgage, utilities/propane, gas, and food.

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United Way of the Midlands
667 Ware Road, Room 100, Woodstock, IL 60098

Veterans Assistance Commission - McHenry County

Prepares, presents, and prosecutes claims for VA Disability and Pension benefits on behalf of veterans and/or their families. This program also assists with identifying and applying for other benefits or programs offered by the VA such as VA Healthcare.

Identifies programs/ services/ benefits the veteran and/or the veteran’s family can use, and are eligible for, that are not administered by the VA.

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United Way of the Midlands
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317 Seventh Avenue SE, Suite 404, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401

Iowa Legal Aid - Cedar Rapids

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties.  Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts. Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website. Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including: Consumer/Finance – debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices). Education – expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid. Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.  Family – adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support. Health – Medicaid, Medicare, government children’s health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care. Housing – federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices. Benefit Programs – ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications. Individual Rights – mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement. End of Life Planning – wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney. Drivers License. Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer’s disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

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United Way of the Midlands
601 Grant Street, Manchester, IA 52057

Delaware County Community Services

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, mortgage interests payments, utilities, burial expense and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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United Way of the Midlands
1610 Collins Street, Webster City, IA 50595

Hamilton County Social Services

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, utilities, and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

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United Way of the Midlands
Montgomery County Court House, 105 East Coolbaugh Street, Red Oak, IA 51566

Montgomery County Offices

Limited funds for medical, rent, food, and utility.

Claim filing assistance for vets and families, assistance with applications to Veterans Home in Marshalltown, and assistance in making applications for lifetime hunting and fishing licenses for service connected disabled vets (small fee).

Funeral assistance.

Information on county, state, and federal level benefits.

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United Way of the Midlands
625 31st Street, Marion, IA 52302

American Legion Post #298

Offer benefits for veterans and their families. Providing donations, community services, and scholarships for members.

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United Way of the Midlands
545 State Street, Garner, IA 50438

Hancock County Offices - 545 State Street

Provides assistance to veterans with utilities, rent, mortgage interest, funeral, burial expenses, and grave markers; assists Veterans apply for compensation and pension programs.

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United Way of the Midlands
1555 Colfax Street, Blair, NE 68008

Washington County Offices

Assists veterans and their dependents in applying for and navigating the various federal, state and county programs offered to the veteran and his or her family.

Provides assistance in completing applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund, fee exempt fishing and hunting permits, applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes, and waivers of tuition.

Provides and/or completes Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.

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United Way of the Midlands