Veterans Assistance Commission of DuPage County

DuPage County's Veterans Assistance Commission in Wheaton gives temporary emergency help with rent or mortgage, utilities, food, car costs, prescriptions, burial and rides to VA care to veterans with an honorable or general discharge below 300% of the poverty level after an unexpected financial event, and its accredited service officer files VA claims. Call 630-407-5655.

Also called: VAC, Veterans Assistance Commission, emergency assistance, rent, mortgage, utilities, VA transportation, Hines, Wheaton, claims help, homeless veterans.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

DuPage County, ILCounty

The Veterans Assistance Commission of DuPage County is the county's commission under the Military Veterans Assistance Act; see the Illinois entry on Veterans Assistance Commissions. It is a unit of local government run by a board of delegates from the county's veterans organizations and funded by the County, which set its fiscal 2026 transfer at up to $864,009. Office: 421 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton (630-407-5655; [email protected]). Financial assistance. Temporary emergency help, not ongoing support, paid for veterans with an honorable or general (under honorable conditions) discharge, their spouses and dependents. The applicant must live in DuPage County, show a DD-214, have an unexpected financial event, and have household income under 300% of the federal poverty level. The page states that limit as $3,765 a month for a single veteran and $5,110 for a married one, which is 300% of the 2024 poverty guidelines; the guidelines have risen since, so ask for the current figure rather than ruling yourself out. It lists mortgage or rent, utilities, emergency prescriptions, VA medical transport, burial expenses, work or home expenses, food and car costs. In 2025 it spent $325,700 on more than 150 veterans and dependents, about $2,172 each, most on rent and mortgages. Rides to VA care. The Commission contracts a door-to-door service from home to VA medical facilities; 180 veterans were registered in 2025 and it cost $106,620. Claims. Its veteran service officer, accredited through the National Association of County Veterans Service Officers, files for disability compensation, pension, health care, burial and survivors' benefits, free (630-407-5654; [email protected]). In 2025 it filed 100 service-connected claims, and its claims brought in $1,600,279.67. Homeless veterans. The Commission chairs the DuPage Homeless Veterans Taskforce with DuPage PADS, the Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans, Catholic Charities, Hines VA's homeless programme and County Community Services. Information given for help is entered in the County's Homeless Management Information System.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Veterans Assistance Commission of DuPage County
Gate	Rule
Below 300% of the federal poverty level for financial help	Financial help needs DuPage residence, an honorable or general discharge, an unexpected financial event and income under 300% of the poverty level. Claims help is open to any veteran. No rating is needed.

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Last updated 2026-10-03.

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