Hempstead County (Arkansas) Veterans Service 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. Who and when. The Department of Veterans Affairs' county finder (last updated August 19, 2026) lists Donna Rosenbaum at 200 E. 3rd St., Hope, AR 71801, (870) 359-0181, [email protected], with hours of Monday 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Tuesday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Wednesday by appointment only. The county's own site has no veterans page, so there is nothing to compare. Hempstead is in the Department's District 4, whose District Veterans Service Officer is Eric Siddons in the Fort Smith courthouse, (479) 966-5295. The County Judge, Jerry T. Crane, is at P.O. Box 1420, Hope, AR 71802. The Quorum Court. In January 2025, SWARK Today reported, the Court voted unanimously to give the office $3,000 toward a new van (see the separate entry). No minutes or current budget are posted, so the office's yearly appropriation is not published. The veterans court. None: the Eighth North Circuit's plan for 2025 and 2026 names only an adult drug court, and the Judiciary's veterans treatment court map does not shade Hempstead.