Dawson County Veterans Emergency Aid Fund

Dawson County levies a small tax for a Veterans Emergency Aid fund under section 80-102 - $4,776.38 for 2026-2027 - and budgets $8,500 a year for emergency relief, but paid no relief from it in 2024-2025 or 2025-2026; the fund’s only spending was on grave markers.

Also called: county veterans aid, Veterans Emergency Aid, fund 1900, 80-102, emergency relief, grave markers, LB1300, Lexington, Cozad, Gothenburg, Overton, Sumner, Eddyville, Farnam.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Dawson County, NECounty

The fund. Dawson County's 2026-2027 budget carries fund 1900, Veterans Emergency Aid, with two lines: Emergency Relief, $8,500.00, and Grave Markers, $4,000.00. Emergency relief paid $0.00 in 2024-2025 and $0.00 in 2025-2026; grave markers took $936.10 and $1,189.61 (the latter a claim to CenTec Cast Metal Products approved April 1, 2026). The county levies 0.000093 per $100 of valuation for the fund, $4,776.38 of property tax for 2026-2027. Applying. The office's page says it provides "immediate emergency financial needs"; apply through the Veterans Service Office, 308-324-3041. Section 80-102 lets the county veterans service committee aid a veteran, a spouse, a surviving spouse or a minor child in need. Since LB1300 (Laws 2024, section 45) the veteran need only have served, been discharged honorable or general (under honorable conditions) or died in service, and lived a year in Nebraska and six months in the county; there is no wartime test. See the Nebraska entry on the county fund for the committee's discretion and the State's own aid fund.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Dawson County Veterans Emergency Aid Fund
Gate	Rule
Veteran, spouse, surviving spouse or minor child in need	Section 80-102 as amended in 2024: honorable or general service, a year in Nebraska and six months in Dawson County, and need the committee assesses. No rating is required.

Sources

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Last updated 2026-10-30.

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