The county’s Veteran Services office under Division Chief Medina Wilson, at the McDade Administration Building, 640 S. Broad Street, Trenton, Floor 2, (609) 989-6120, writes VA compensation and pension claims, assists with burial registration at Greenwood and the BG William C. Doyle cemetery, provides free burial plots and reduced-cost mausoleums at Greenwood Cemetery, and runs the county’s veterans ceremonies and holiday meal distributions.
Also called: Veteran Services, Medina Wilson, 640 S. Broad Street, 609-989-6120, Greenwood Cemetery, burial plots, holiday meals, transitional housing.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
The office's own page (read through the Internet Archive's capture of June 4, 2024; the live site answers "Access Denied" to every automated fetch): "Mercer County Veteran Services represents all Mercer County veterans of military service and their families, providing counsel, information, and referral." "Our primary functions are to: Write Veterans Administration claims for compensation/pension; Assist with disability claims and education; Assist with burial registration at Greenwood and Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle cemeteries; Provide burial plots at no charge and mausoleums at a reduced cost at Greenwood Cemetery; Assist with survivor benefits; Conduct countywide ceremonies (Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Pearl Harbor Day, etc.); Provide transitional housing; Help organize career and job fairs, specifically for veterans; Collect funds to distribute holiday meals to needy veterans for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter; Provide referral services including transition to and from VA medical facilities; employment and vocational rehabilitation through Mercer County's One-Stop Career Center; social services; war veterans re-adjustment counseling; affordable housing; emergency and transitional housing; and Vet Center Clinic."
Where to go. "Oct. 25, 2023: Our office has moved! You can now find Veteran Services at the Mercer County Administration Building, 640 S. Broad St., Trenton." "McDade Administration Building, 640 S. Broad St., Trenton, Floor 2. Phone: 609-989-6120. Fax: 609-393-2143." Hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Division Chief Medina Wilson. The page prints the Veterans Crisis Line (1-800-273-8255 press 1), the VA Homeless Hotline (1-877-4AIDVET) and the Women Veterans Call Center (1-855-VA-WOMEN), and notes "Veteran ID Cards can be obtained at the County Clerk's office at 209 S. Broad St., Trenton, NJ. Office hours are weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (609) 278-7108."
Guides and applications. The office's guides-and-applications page carries a Military Service Medal Application ("Please complete the application form and return it with a COPY of your Honorable Discharge or DD 214. If you have any questions, please contact the Veteran Service Officers at 609-989-6120"), a Military And Veteran Award Application, and Veteran Memorial Homes and Veteran Health Care System links. Its additional-information page links DMAVA, VA benefit information, the VA Homeless Program, eBenefits, the Center for Women Veterans, the NJ Civil Service veterans preference, the NJ Veteran Tax Exemption Form and the Disabled or Purple Heart placard information. A Veteran Memorial Sites in Mercer County page links a two-page PDF list (Trenton Battle Monument, War Memorial of Trenton, Princeton Battlefield Monument and more).
Thresholds
Thresholds for Mercer County Veteran Services
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Rule
Any Mercer County veteran or family member
The office provides counsel, information and referral and writes VA claims; no rating is required.
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