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Address.....................................................................5303 S. Cedar, Lansing, MI 48911
Telephone..........................................................................................................887-4331
Veterans Assistance
(Long-term Objective: Assist in Meeting Basic Needs)
Provides veterans' burials and veterans' relief, including health services, utilities, rent, food and clothing. Also assists veterans in determining eligibility and applying for benefits, scheduling appointments at VA Medical Centers, and counseling as to eligibility or medical treatment, outpatient care, and drug and alcohol abuse treatment. The department also has contracts with Eaton and Clinton Counties to provide these services to their residents.
This Department provides office space and monitors the scheduling of appointments for the readjustment counselor from the Vet Center. The counselor is available for individual counseling sessions for all wartime veterans who are experiencing readjustment problems. Appointments are required.
This Department also provides office space for the Local Veterans Employment Representative and the Disabled Veterans Outreach Worker from the Michigan Employment Security Commission. They provide employment related services to aid veterans in addition to assisting private sector employers who hire certain target groups of veterans.
Veterans Transportation
(Long-term Objective: Assist in Meeting Basic Needs)
Provides transportation to and from the VA Medical Centers in Ann Arbor and Detroit for veterans, picks up prescriptions at VA Medical Centers and disburses them from the office. The County's Special Transportation Millage funds this activity.
Veterans Trust
(Long-term Objective: Assist in Meeting Basic Needs)
This Department has contracted with the Michigan Veterans Trust Fund State Office to provide for the completion and processing of applications for assistance to the Ingham County Trust Fund Committee. Revenue set aside for assistance to veterans is accounted for in the Veterans Trust Benefit Fund. Funding is supplied through State grants and is administered by the State.