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County Benefits
The Buffalo County Veterans Service Office offers the following
benefits for those veterans who are eligible:
County Veterans Aid
A Bronze Grave Flag Holder
Registration of DD214s
Homestead Exemption
Grave Registration
Benefits Counseling and Advocacy
Assistance with the application for State and Federal VA benefits.
County Veterans' Aid Fund.
The CVA fund is a temporary emergency fund to assist veterans,
their spouses, and dependents when there is an unforeseen
emergency and there are no other resources available. Eligible
veterans are persons who served on active duty, received an
Honorable Discharge, and served during one of the defined
"wartime eras" and who have resided in Nebraska
for at least one year, and Buffalo County for at least six
months. Applicants may request assistance with food, shelter,
clothing, funeral, medical, dental, and surgical items. The
applicant must apply through the County Service Office in
Buffalo County. This is an "aid" program so the
veteran must demonstrate an "inability" to meet
the obligation to pay these bills, via an application.
Flag Holders.
State of Nebraska statute requires the County Veterans Service
Office to provide a flag holder reflecting the veterans wartime
era. The Buffalo County, Veterans Service Office also annually
inventories these flag holders to insure they remains on the
correct grave and we replace damaged markers.
Registration of DD214.
Buffalo County records a "certified copy" of the
original copy of a veterans military separation document (DD-214).
Once recorded the veteran may call us from any where in the
world and we will provide them with a "certified copy"
when needed.
Homestead Exemption.
Annually, the Buffalo County Veterans Service Office obtains
a letter from the VA Regional Office that establishes who
are eligible veterans (or widows) for a tax exemption on their
personal residence. These letters are provided to the County
Assessor.
Grave Registration.
Upon notification of the burial of a veteran in Buffalo County
we complete a "grave registration card". We maintain
a copy here in Buffalo County, and the original is sent to
the State of Nebraska, Department of Veteran's Affairs in
Lincoln. We also order a "Presidential Memorial Certificate"
for the family of all deceased Buffalo County veterans.
Phone us at (308) 236-1253.
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