Pickens County's Veterans Affairs office, run by department head John Hembree at 222 McDaniel Avenue, B-13, Pickens, 864-898-5926, weekdays 8 to noon and 1 to 4, helps veterans and their families with VA disability claims, low-income and widow's pensions, VA nursing-home admission, health-care enrolment, burial benefits and markers, and files the Department of Revenue paperwork for the 100% disabled-veteran property tax exemption.
Also called: county veterans affairs officer, CVAO, veterans service office, claims help, John Hembree, 25-11-40, Pickens, PT-401I, Pickens, Easley, Clemson, Liberty, Central.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
Every South Carolina county has a veterans' affairs officer under section 25-11-40; see the South Carolina entry on county veterans affairs officers. Pickens County's office is headed by John Hembree, at 222 McDaniel Avenue, B-13, Pickens, SC 29671 - "drive to the top of the hill of the administrative building, take a right, we will be the second entrance on the left (beside voters registration office)" - phone 864-898-5926, open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m., closed for lunch.
Its Benefit Information page lists what the office assists with: "VA Disability - Benefits that can result in monthly compensation and access to the healthcare clinics"; "Low Income and/ or Widow's Pensions"; "Nursing Home Care Facilities - File application for an admission to a VA nursing home"; "Medical/ Medicine Assistance - File application for enrollment in VA Health programs"; "Burial Benefits/Marker- US Flag for Deceased Member's Family"; and "Tax Exemptions (for 100% total and permanent disabled veterans) - We can file the paperwork with the department of revenue to reflect this exemption." The office also points to the State Department of Veterans Affairs for anything statewide.
Mental health. The county's Mental Health & Suicide Prevention page lists the Veterans Crisis Line (800-273-8255 press 1, or text 838255), the Hope4SC text line (text "Hope4SC" to 741741) and the SCDMH mobile crisis line (1-833-364-2274), and describes the county's Service Members, Veterans and Families Crisis Intercept Mapping work: Pickens was one of ten sites nationally chosen for SAMHSA's SMVF TA Center CIM project in spring 2021, with a team of military and civilian partners from American Legion Post 11, the Anderson-Oconee-Pickens Mental Health Clinic, AnMed Health and others.
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VetTOC is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense. Information is for reference only and is not an eligibility determination. Verify with VA, the relevant state or territory, or an accredited VSO.