Scott County Veteran Services and Veteran Assistance

Scott County's Veteran Services programme provides assistance to all veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits and other matters concerning the federal government. The county lists what the office files for: service-connected disability, non-service-connected pension, survivor's benefits, certificates of eligibility for home loans, aid and attendance care facility and housebound veterans and survivors, Iowa's Veterans Home admittance, apportionments, overpayments, appeals, military records and medals, discharge upgrades, grave markers and flag holders, and Iowa Veterans Trust Fund applications. To start, submit the county's online request or call Veteran Affairs at (563) 326-8723. The Director of Veteran Affairs is Ben Enlow, and the county's Veteran Affairs Commission meets on the dates the county posts. The county-funded Veteran Assistance programme provides assistance to veterans with emergency basic needs: shelter, food, utilities, medical, burial and special needs. To be eligible a veteran must be a veteran per Iowa Code 35.1(2); an adult resident of Scott County for at least 30 days; meet certain income guidelines; apply for any other benefits available; register for work unless disabled and participate in the Work Readiness Programme; and have emergency basic needs that cannot be met by other means. Which county office does what. The county's own pages route each veteran task: recording of military documents goes to the Recorder's Office, Administrative Center, (563) 326-8621; maintenance of veterans' graves to the Auditor's Office, (563) 326-8631; the military property tax exemption to the city or county assessor's office, (563) 326-8659 or (563) 326-8635; special license plates to the Treasurer's Office, (563) 326-8664; and discount fishing licences to the Recorder's Office.