Columbia County Veterans’ Affairs, VA Director Bridget Kingston, 11 West Main Street, Main Street County Annex, Bloomsburg (570-387-6501, fax 570-784-0257), Monday to Friday 8 to 4:30, assists veterans, spouses, widows and children with nursing-home financial fees (aid and attendance), health care, prescriptions, home loans, education loans, emergency funds, disability and pension claims, funeral costs and grave markers - and takes the Disabled Veterans’ Real Estate Tax Exemption application.
Also called: Veterans Affairs, VA Director, Bridget Kingston, claims, aid and attendance, pension, burial, grave markers, 570-387-6501, 11 West Main Street, Bloomsburg, 51 Pa.C.S. 8942, NACVSO, Bloomsburg, Berwick, Danville, Mifflinville, Catawissa, Orangeville, Benton, Millville.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
Pennsylvania's counties maintain a director of veterans affairs under 51 Pa.C.S. 8942 (see the Pennsylvania entries); Columbia's is a county office with its own page.
What it offers, from that page: "Veterans' Affairs offers Columbia County Veterans, their spouses, widows and children assistance. An applicant may be eligible for assistance in any of the following areas: nursing home financial fees (aid and attendance), health care, prescriptions, home loans, education loans, emergency funds, service connected disability, non-service connected disability, pension, funeral costs and grave markers." And: "For more information about Veterans Affairs, contact the VA Director at (570) 387-6501. Hours - Monday through Friday - Bloomsburg - 8:00am - 4:30pm." The page's related links name the Wilkes-Barre VA, va.gov and the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
The director. The county's staff listing names Bridget Kingston, Veterans' Affairs Director - a NACVSO member since 2019 (2024 on the association's roster) - at the Main Street County Annex.
The state exemption route. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs' Real Estate Tax Exemption page: "To apply for this benefit, contact your County Director of Veterans Affairs in the county you reside to apply for this program", with the State Veterans' Commission's January 1, 2025 presumptive need level of $114,637 and the eligibility criteria the State entry describes - so Columbia's director holds the forms and files the application for the county.
Where. Columbia County Veterans' Affairs, 11 West Main Street, Main Street County Annex, Bloomsburg, PA 17815; (570) 387-6501, fax (570) 784-0257; Monday to Friday 8 to 4:30. The county courthouse block is at 35 West Main Street, Bloomsburg.
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Columbia County veteran, spouse, widow or child
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