Cleburne County (Arkansas) Veterans Affairs Office

What it is. An Arkansas county veterans service officer is employed by the county judge and paid from the Quorum Court's budget, trained and accredited through the Department of Veterans Affairs, and partly reimbursed by the State under section 20-81-106 (one dollar for every two the county spends, up to $4,800 a year in a county with more than 2,500 veterans, plus $500 a quarter each for VA accreditation and for access to VA's benefits system); see the Arkansas entry on the Department and county service officers. Help with a claim is free. Cleburne County's page: "These services are available for us to assist you with... Education, Life Insurance, Homes with a VA Guaranty, Disability Compensation and Pension, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Benefits, Health Care with Primary and Specialty Care, Burial Benefits in a VA National Cemetery, Family and Survivor Benefits." Who and where. Destiny Erisman, 2319 Hwy 110 W, Suite B, Heber Springs, AR 72543; phone (501) 362-6211, fax (501) 362-4610; [email protected]; Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Department of Veterans Affairs' county finder (last updated August 19, 2026) lists the same officer, suite, phone and email, with the ZIP code 72546 and hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The county's page names Hollie Scoma as the District 3 Veterans Service Officer; the Department's own list now gives District 3 to Ric Bolton in Salem, (870) 253-9767. The budget. The Quorum Court's 2026 budget (Ordinance 2025-23) appropriates $79,846.00 to Veterans Service (1000-0800) and, on a separate line, $1,000.00 to "Disabled Veteran (GIA)" (1000-0806), a grant in aid to an outside organization, which under Ordinance 2025-19 must file three years of profit and loss statements, a balance sheet, a budget and a certificate of good standing with the County Judge by October 15 to be considered. Ordinance 2025-25 sets the Veteran's Service Officer's 2026 salary at $32,597.00 and a part-time post at $11,440.00; the proposed ordinance for the 27th pay period of 2026, on the October 8, 2026 agenda, raises the officer's salary line to $33,852.00.