Blanco County Veteran Service Officer (Wendy Strunk), Blanco

The office. Wendy Strunk, Blanco County Veteran Service Officer; cell 830-330-1827 ("Please call, text, or email for an appointment"; the page carries a contact form). "The Blanco County Veteran Service Officer operates by appointment only at the Blanco County South Annex, 402 Blanco Ave, Blanco TX." The page links her VA accreditation record. What the office does, in the page's words: filing claims for VA disability, pension or education benefits; appealing a VA decision; burial and death benefits, including pre-need burial in a national cemetery; State forms for disabled veteran license plates and the disabled veteran property tax exemption; VA documents needed at other agencies; "Finding a ride for VA medical appointments"; VA health benefit applications; "Applications for VA funded home repairs"; and referrals to local and national non-profits. The page also lists mental health and peer support lines, the Blanco and Johnson City food pantries and American Legion Post 352 in Blanco. The office files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). TexVet's county list has no county officer for Blanco and gives the Texas Veterans Commission's Kerrville office, (830) 792-2553. What it reported. On October 14, 2025 Ms. Strunk gave the Commissioners Court her recap of fiscal 2024-25. Her handout, "Financial impact directly to Blanco County veterans", counts claims filed from October 1 to September 30 each year: back pay of $39,649.19 (2023), $289,222.94 (2024) and $337,249.81 (2025), $666,121.94 in all; $4,000 of other one-time payments; and monthly benefit increases of $93,587.56, or $1,123,050.72 a year. How the county funds it. General Fund department 10-545, "Veteran Services", is $79,259 in the FY2026-27 budget approved August 25, 2026: the administrator's salary $50,442 (FY2025-26 $47,632), Social Security $3,859, unemployment tax $252, insurance benefits $14,252 (new this year), retirement $5,655, office supplies $600, the office cellphone $1,000, education and expenses $2,500, dues $100 and the VetPro software fee $600; workers' compensation ($164) is asterisked outside the total. The department was $61,817 in FY2025-26 and $59,761 in FY2024-25.