Essex County Veterans Services (Division of Community Action)

The county’s veterans service operation sits in the Division of Community Action at 50 South Clinton Street, 3rd Floor, East Orange - Director Terrence McCoy, (973) 395-8350, with Consumer Advocate Melvin Williams - and Luis Salgado was nominated to the county’s Veteran’s Advisory Board by Advice and Consent in November 2025.

Also called: Veterans Services, Division of Community Action, East Orange, Terrence McCoy, Melvin Williams, Veteran's Advisory Board, Luis Salgado.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

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Essex County, NJCounty

Where to go. The county directory lists "Veterans Services Division of Community Action 50 South Clinton Street, East Orange, NJ 07019 - 3rd Floor Director Terrence McCoy (T) 973-395-8350 [email protected] Consumer Advocate Melvin Williams (T) 973-395-8360 (F) 973-395-8433 [email protected]". No county page describes the division's services; the directory lines are the county's published account of it, and the county flags flow through it: the Board's April 29, 2026 agenda carried "DEPARTMENT OF CITIZEN SERVICES, DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ACTION CONTRACT AWARD TO SSSOLEILCO, LLC, THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, TO FURNISH AND DELIVER VETERAN'S FLAGS - TWENTY-FOUR MONTH CONTRACT FROM DATE OF AWARD - AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $26,000.00." The board. The Board of County Commissioners' November 5, 2025 agenda carried "ADVICE AND CONSENT - NOMINATION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF LUIS SALGADO TO THE ESSEX COUNTY VETERAN'S ADVISORY BOARD," and its December 3, 2025 agenda commended Major Crosby T. Munro, William Gaona and Wali Muslim for the "2025 VETERANS OBSERVANCE AND CELEBRATION - NOVEMBER 13, 2025." The county's year-round Veterans Day and Memorial Day observances are held at the county-run Veterans Memorial Park (2.7 acres at West Market and Wickliffe Streets, Newark, with its Armed Forces Memorial and Staff Sgt. Jorge Oliveira Plaza). What could not be read. The board's minutes and resolution records sit behind eCode360's Cloudflare check, which passed once for the agenda list and re-blocked every later navigation, so the veteran items rest on agenda text and carry no resolution numbers. The 2024 adopted budget is the newest posted (95 pages, no veteran line); the 2025 and 2026 books are not posted. The county operates no veterans cemetery, and no county page mentions the state's BG William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Essex County Veterans Services (Division of Community Action)
Gate	Rule
Any Essex County veteran	The division assists county veterans; the directory publishes no eligibility test and no rating is required.

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Last updated 2026-10-11.

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VetTOC is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Information is for reference only and is not an eligibility determination. Verify with VA, the relevant state or territory, or an accredited VSO.