Garfield County Veterans Services (Service Officer Shawn Sanders; Glenwood Springs and Rifle offices)

Garfield County Veterans Services - Service Officer Shawn Sanders ([email protected], 970-456-5615), with a Glenwood Springs office at 801 Colorado Avenue (the state directory prints 803) and a Rifle office at 195 West 14th Street, office hours Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and remote hours Wednesday and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. - is the county veterans service office C.R.S. 28-5-801 requires, assisting veterans and survivors with claims free of charge.

Also called: Veteran Services, VSO, CVSO, Shawn Sanders, [email protected], 970-456-5615, 801 Colorado Avenue, 803 Colorado Avenue, 195 West 14th Street, Glenwood Springs, Rifle, 28-5-801, 28-5-803, DD 214, claims help, Glenwood Springs, Rifle, Carbondale, New Castle, Silt, Parachute, Battlement Mesa.

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

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Garfield County, COCounty

The county's own page. The Veteran Services page carries two offices and one phone: "Garfield County Veterans Services - Glenwood Springs, 801 Colorado Avenue, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601, 970-456-5615, Email Veteran's office" and "Garfield County Veterans Services - Rifle, 195 West 14th Street, Rifle, Colorado 81650, 970-456-5615, Email Veteran's office." The email is a contact form (/veteran-services/email - "CONTACT VETERANS SERVICES" with subject, name, email, phone and message fields), not a named mailbox; the page names no officer and no hours. The state's own directory. The Colorado Division of Veterans Affairs' county veterans service offices directory carries the row: "Garfield - Service Officer Shawn Sanders, [email protected], Address 803 Colorado Avenue, Glenwood Springs, 81601, Phone 970-456-5615, Hours: Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 8:30 am to 5:00pm; Remote Hours: Wednesday & Friday 8:30 am to 4:00 pm." The street number differs from the county's own page (801 there, 803 here) and the hours appear only here; a veteran heading to the office calls 970-456-5615 either way. The county's duty to run the office, the officer's qualification and two-year term, and the duty to assist any Colorado veteran or survivor are C.R.S. 28-5-801 through 28-5-804 (the State entry); the help is free, and Senate Bill 25-282 polices paid claims help. The other pages that name the office. The county site's "Older adults" menu lists "Veteran services" beside the Senior tax exemptions, and the site footer carries the Western Slope Veterans Coalition (westernslopeveterans.org) among the community links - a regional nonprofit, not a county office.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Garfield County Veterans Services (Service Officer Shawn Sanders; Glenwood Springs and Rifle offices)
Gate	Rule
Garfield County veterans and survivors	The county VSO counsels veterans and survivors on federal and state claims free of charge; no rating is needed to call.

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