Seneca County Veterans Service Agency, County Office Building, Waterloo

The office. The Veteran's Services page: "Seneca County Veterans Service Agency is committed to providing professional services for eligible Seneca County veterans and their dependents with those benefits to which they may be entitled at the federal, state, and county levels." "All SCVSA Service Officers are accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) through various organizations. Our Officers are here to assist you in navigating the bureaucracy of the VA, and our services are free." "We will help with gathering the information necessary to support a claim, file the claim, and track the claim through the VA system. We can also assist with filing appeals for denied claims." What it helps with. Federal: burial benefits, CHAMPVA and TRICARE, dependency and indemnity compensation, education, VA medical care, non-service-connected pension, service-connected compensation, survivors' pension and military records from the NPRC. New York: "Assistance in applying for a NYS Alternative Veterans Property Tax Exemption for wartime veterans owning property in NYS. Town of Seneca County residents who were Cold War veterans will qualify for town property tax exemption"; the Lifetime Liberty Pass for State parks; letters for the $5 reduced-fee hunting and fishing licence for New York residents rated 40 percent or more; and the State's Blind Annuity for legally blind wartime veterans (the New York entries carry the State rules). Where. 1 DiPronio Drive, Waterloo, NY 13165; 315-539-1651, fax 315-539-1702; [email protected]; Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A Veterans Outreach Center flyer on the page (dated for late 2020) offers free rides on RTS buses with a Veterans Outreach Center ID, applied for through veteransoutreachcenter.org/rts or 585-546-1081. Staffing. On May 12, 2026 the Board of Supervisors resolved (No. 131-26) that "the Veterans Services Office is currently unstaffed" and approved hiring a Director of Veterans Services above the hire rate; no minutes posted through October 27, 2026 name the person hired. Call the office before going.