Phillips County (Arkansas) Veterans Service Office

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. Who and when. The Department of Veterans Affairs' county finder (last updated August 19, 2026) gives Phillips County's office the address 620 Cherry St., Helena, AR 72342 (the courthouse) and leaves the officer, phone, email and hours blank; Franklin is the only other Arkansas county it lists without an officer. Phillips is in the Department's District 5, whose District Veterans Service Officer is Sue Harper in Monticello, (870) 623-6900; she, or the Department in Little Rock, can help with a claim or say when a county officer is in place. The county has no website to check. The Quorum Court. The county posts no minutes or budget, so whether the office is funded is not published. The veterans court. Phillips County is where the First Judicial District Veteran's Court sits each month; see the entry on that court. The tax exemption. The Collector, Neal Byrd (870-338-5580, 620 Cherry Street, Suite 102), takes the State's disabled veteran exemption; see the separate entry.