Little River County (Arkansas) Veterans Service Officer

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. The county's page lists consultations and help with claims, finding jobs and places to live, and obtaining a DD-214 and military records. Who and when. The county's Veterans Service Officer page: Gerren Griffin, office (870) 898-7261, cell (817) 907-9115, [email protected], Monday and Tuesday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday 8:00 a.m. to noon "(or by appointment)", 351 N 3rd St, Suite 105, Ashdown, 71822. The Department of Veterans Affairs' county finder (last updated August 19, 2026) lists the same officer and office phone at 351 N. 3rd St., Ste 17, with hours of Monday and Tuesday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Thursday 8:00 a.m. to noon; the two disagree on the suite and the half day, so call before going in. Little River 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, Larry Cowling, is at 351 N. Second St., Ste. 4, (870) 898-7202. The money. The Quorum Court's Appropriation Ordinance 0-2024-13, for the 2025 budget (adopted by reference November 18, 2024), lists County General department 0800 Veterans Service at $25,231.02. The 2026 budget, Appropriation Ordinance 0-2025-18, is not posted. The veterans court. None: the Ninth West Circuit's plan for 2026 says its only specialty docket is a drug court, and the Judiciary's veterans treatment court map does not shade Little River.