Carbon County (Pennsylvania) Veterans Affairs

Carbon County Veterans Affairs is the office every Pennsylvania county must have: a director of veterans affairs appointed by the county (16 Pa.C.S. 15524). See the Pennsylvania entry on county directors for the State programmes that go through it; the office posts the applications for the blind and the amputee and paralyzed veterans' pensions, Veterans Temporary Assistance, the Military Family Relief Assistance Program and the educational gratuity. Who and where. Director Christine LeClair; (570) 325-3986, fax (570) 325-5097, [email protected]. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs' directors list (September 9, 2026) gives 76 Susquehanna Street, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229; the office's forms give P.O. Box 129, Jim Thorpe, for mail. Call before going in. Freedom Medal. "Carbon County Veterans Affairs along with America250PA Carbon County will award the freedom medal to a select group of veterans for their service to their county and continuing dedication to God, country, and community", presented at the Annual Veterans Day Dinner at Penn's Peak (November 11, 2026, 5 p.m.). A nominee "Must have an honorable discharge from the military (DD214)", must live in Carbon County and must do continuing volunteer public service, for instance with veterans' organisations, non-profits, hospitals or veteran centres. Anyone may nominate on the county's form; the office's page gives the 2026 deadline as October 24, the form itself October 9. The year. The office runs the Veterans Day parade and observance, a quarterly community breakfast with the American Legion, Vietnam veterans' coffee mornings and a Vets Vote day, and reports to the Commissioners as the county's service officer. It also coordinates the mentors of the county's Veterans Treatment Court (its own entry).