Conway County (Arkansas) Veterans Services 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 $3,600 a year, or $4,800 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. Conway County's service directory lists the "Veterans Services Office" at 117 S. Moose St., 501-354-9628, and the County Judge's page counts "Veterans affairs" among the judge's duties. Who and when. The Department of Veterans Affairs' county finder (last updated August 19, 2026) lists Rita Carson at 117 S. Moose St., Morrilton, AR 72110, (501) 354-9628, [email protected], Monday to Wednesday 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The county's directory gives no hours and links the Department's old advocate search, which the Department has replaced with its county finder. Conway is in the Department's District 2, whose District Veterans Service Officer is Edward Skelton in the Fort Smith courthouse, (479) 387-6610. The budget. The Quorum Court's 2026 budget is Ordinance 2025-47, which the Court moved to amend on May 28, 2026; neither is posted, so the office's appropriation is not published.