Description:
Mercer County Veteran Services represents all Mercer County veterans of military service and their families, providing counsel, information and referral. Its primary functions are to:
-Write Veterans Administration claims for compensation/pension
-Assist with disability claims and education
-Assist with burial registration at Greenwood and Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle cemeteries
-Provide burial plots at no charge and mausoleums at a reduced cost at Greenwood Cemetery
-Assist with survivor benefits
-Conduct countywide ceremonies (Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Pearl Harbor Day)
-Provide transitional housing
-Help organize career and job fairs specifically for veterans
-Collect funds to distribute holiday meals to needy veterans for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter
-Provide referral services including transition to and from VA medical facilities; employment and vocational rehabilitation through Mercer County's One-Stop Career Center; social services; war veterans re-adjustment counseling; affordable housing; emergency and transitional housing; and Vet Center Clinic