Lake County Veterans Service Commission: School Clothes Program

The Lake County Veterans Service Commission gives a yearly grant for school clothing for the children of eligible veterans with a demonstrated financial need. Who it is for. Children, stepchildren and other children living in the veteran's home for whom the veteran or applicant is guardian and main support, enrolled in preschool or Head Start, kindergarten to grade 12, or home schooling. The residential parent applies and must have lived in Lake County for the 90 days before applying. The veteran's DD-214 must show an honorable or general (under honorable conditions) discharge and federal active duty other than training, including Title 10 call-ups of reservists and Guard members. The grant. $300 to $500 per child, set by family size, gross monthly income and need, paid by a county check to spend at Lake County retailers on clothing and footwear for school, with up to $75 a child for supplies such as paper, pencils and backpacks. Nothing else may be bought. Applying. Send the application and release with the DD-214, the children's birth certificates, marriage and custody papers, photo ID, proof of 90 days' residence and 30 days of gross income for the home to the commission at 105 Main Street, Painesville, by fax (440-350-5980) or by email to [email protected]. The 2026 application gives the deadline as November 6, 2026; the commission's web page still shows last year's date of November 1, 2025.