Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs, London Field Office (Joseph Trinetto, Region 13)

The route. Kentucky runs veterans benefits from the state, not from county officers: the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs' representatives take and develop claims, and its regional structure puts one representative over a multi-county region. Laurel County's department page lists the county under Region 13 - "Joseph Trinetto, 606-344-1003, [email protected] - Knox, Laurel, Whitley, Bell, Clay, Owsley." Where the office sits. The department's London presence is at 122 S. Main Street, London, KY 40741 - the address the Laurel County Health Department's Veteran Specific Services guide prints for the "Kentucky Division of Veterans Affairs (KDVA)" row, with the phone 606-344-1003 and the email [email protected]. The department's headquarters is 1111B Louisville Road, Frankfort, KY 40601, main line (502) 564-9203. What the department does. "KDVA provides professional help free of charge to veterans in obtaining and using federal and state benefits to which they are entitled." The guide's own description: "Works to ensure Kentucky's 295,000 veterans and their families receive all the benefits and services they have earned. Provides information on benefits counseling, skilled long-term care at state veterans centers, dignified interment at state veterans cemeteries, health care, education, employment and special programs for women veterans, homeless veterans and others." The county's other routes. The federal VA's Lexington Vet Center keeps a community access point at the Serenity Center, 98 7th Street, Shelbyville - that is Shelby County; for Laurel, the guide lists the service organizations (see the veteran-organizations entry) and the Veterans Crisis Line. Veterans in Laurel County filing for the first time start with the KDVA representative or the London DAV chapter's officers, who file under the same accreditation.