Herkimer County PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Veteran Peer Support Program

Herkimer County runs a PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Veteran Peer Support Program through its Veterans' Service Agency under a standing memorandum of understanding with the Mental Health Department, renewed July 8, 2026 with $109,732 of State Office of Mental Health money for the year ending June 30, 2027; ask the agency at 315-867-1127.

Also called: Dwyer, peer support, VPSP, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, Mental Health, Memorandum of Understanding, Resolution 344, Resolution 194, 109037, 109732, Ilion, Herkimer, Ilion, Little Falls, Mohawk, Frankfort, Dolgeville, Salisbury, Fairfield, Newport, Poland, Russia, Norway, Ohio, Wilmurt, Webb, Old Forge, Inlet, Long Lake, German Flatts, Litchfield, Winfield, Danube, Stark, Columbia, Warren, Manheim.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Herkimer County, NYCounty

The programme. Resolution No. 219 of 2025 authorized a memorandum of understanding between the Herkimer County Mental Health Department and the Veterans' Service Agency for the agency to provide services for the PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Veteran Peer Support Program, the State's peer-support programme for veterans facing post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury or the move to civilian life. Resolution No. 344, adopted November 12, 2025, amended that MOU to carry the Office of Mental Health's increased award, from $106,952 to $109,037. Resolution No. 194, adopted July 8, 2026, renewed the arrangement for the term July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, on a letter of June 18, 2026 from Kristen Snyder-Branner, Director of Community Services, reporting a $109,732 award, and amended the 2026 budget: VPSP other income $109,732, VPSP supplies and VPSP contracted services against it. How to reach it. The Veterans' Service Agency provides the services: 25 Central Plaza, Ilion; 315-867-1127, [email protected]. In crisis, the Veterans Crisis Line is 988, then press 1.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Herkimer County PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Veteran Peer Support Program
Gate	Rule
Herkimer County veterans	A Dwyer peer-support programme asks no character-of-discharge question of those it serves; ask the agency.

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