Collingsworth County Veterans Service Officer (Epifanio "JR" Castillo, Jr.), Wellington

The office. The county's Veterans Service page: Epifanio "JR" Castillo, Jr., MSG (Ret.), Collingsworth County Courthouse, 1st Floor, Room 6, Wellington, Texas 79095 (the courthouse is at 800 West Avenue); phone 806-205-1610; [email protected]. The page gives no hours, so call before going. The officer files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). How the county funds it. The approved 2025-2026 budget (October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026; the Commissioners Court approved it unanimously on September 15, 2025) lists a "Veterans Service Officer" position at $14,102.35 among the full-time salaries of the Courthouse department (with the custodian, $42,806.60 in all). The county has posted no 2026-2027 budget; the Court's September 21, 2026 budget hearing was called to approve the proposed budget. A county of under 200,000 people is not required to keep an officer (Government Code 434.032). The Court's record. The 2025 minutes list the Veterans Service Officer's report among the county reports the Court approves at its regular meetings, and on February 10, 2025 the Court unanimously approved "JR. CASTILLO, VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE TO ATTEND TRAINING" (see collingsworth-tx-commissioners-court-veterans-record). TexVet. TexVet's county list names Epifanio Castillo for Collingsworth at (806) 447-5705, [email protected], a different number from the county's page; use the county's. County contacts. The County Judge's office, Judge Scot Martindale (court coordinator Gloria Andrade), 800 W. Avenue #13, Wellington, TX 79095; phone 806-447-5408, fax (806) 447-5418; [email protected]; Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. The County Clerk records discharges (see collingsworth-tx-county-clerk-discharges).