Hockley County Veterans Officer (Jessica Martinez), Levelland

The office. Jessica Martinez, Veterans Officer, 911 Austin, Suite 103, Levelland, Texas 79336 (mail: 624 Ave. H, Suite 103); phone (806) 894-4264, fax 806-894-6917; [email protected]. The page gives no hours, so call first. It links the Texas Veterans Portal and sets out what VA.gov offers (health care, disability claims, pension, education, housing, burial and records such as a DD-214). The office files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). One post, several jobs. Hockley County's veterans officer is also its public assistance officer. On June 15, 2026 the Commissioners Court took up moving the "Public Assistance Office/Veterans Assistance Office" to 624 Ave. H, Suite 104, "also known as 911 Austin St."; on July 20, 2026 it took up the resignation of Cara Phelan, "Hockley Public Assistance Officer and Veterans Service Officer", effective July 21, and the appointment of Jessica Martinez as "Public Assistance/Indigent Health Care Administrator, Wellness Coordinator and Veterans Service Officer". TexVet's county list still names Rebecca Currington, at (806) 894-4564 and [email protected]. How the county funds it. General Fund department 0405, "Veterans' Services", is $18,529 in the calendar-year 2027 final budget, adopted unanimously on August 24, 2026: the "Veterans' Services Officer" position at $13,036, payroll taxes $998, retirement $1,695, office supplies $300, conferences and travel $1,500 and a "Veteran's Recognition Program" of $1,000. The department was $18,530 in 2026 ($9,612.94 spent by the budget's date of August 26, 2026) and spent $15,083.02 in 2025. The recognition line, carried in the county's ledger as "Veteran Breakfast Donation", spent $595.01 in 2025 and $72.50 in 2026 to that date; no page says what event it pays for, so ask the office.