Marion County Veteran Service Officer (Scott Stebbins), Jefferson

Marion County's Veteran Service Officer, Scott Stebbins, helps veterans and survivors with VA and State claims at the Courthouse, 102 W Austin, Room 103, Jefferson (903-601-2266), on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; the county budgets $21,240 for the part-time post in 2027, and the page points veterans to GoBus rides, including free GoVET trips to the Shreveport VA hospital.

Also called: VSO, CVSO, Veteran Service Officer, Veterans Service Officer, Scott Stebbins, 903-601-2266, 102 W Austin, Glen Smith, GoBus, GoVET, Overton Brooks VA, Shreveport, 903-215-8870, 434.032, Jefferson, Lodi, Smithland, Berea.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

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Marion County, TXCounty

The office. Scott Stebbins, Veteran Service Officer, 102 W Austin, Room 103, Jefferson, TX 75657; 903-601-2266. Office hours Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. "The Veteran Service Officer is located in the basement beside the elevators." The office files VA and State claims under Government Code chapter 434 (see the Texas entry). TexVet's county list still names Glen Smith, at the same number with [email protected]. How the county funds it. The 2027 budget (January 1 to December 31, 2027), approved by every member of the Commissioners Court on August 31, 2026, carries a General Fund "Veteran Service Officer" department of $21,240: the officer's salary $14,780 (2026 $13,580), a $250 cost-of-living stipend, benefits $3,210, supplies $500, telephone $500 and travel $2,000. The department was budgeted at $19,930 for 2026 and spent $16,188.06 in 2025. Rides. The page carries GoBus, the regional public transit service: rides for eligible veterans, their dependents and surviving spouses across its fourteen counties (Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt and Wood) to medical appointments, grocery stores, community meetings, voting, court appearances and the tax office, Monday to Friday 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with proof of service or relationship and identification at booking; and GoVET, "transportation to Overton Brooks VA Hospital in Shreveport, LA", which "is free for Veterans and Active Military and runs on Tuesdays or alternate days for group trips". Book at 903-215-8870 or online.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Marion County Veteran Service Officer (Scott Stebbins), Jefferson
Gate	Rule
Veterans, dependents and survivors	The office helps any veteran, dependent or survivor with VA and State claims. No rating is needed.

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