St. Lucie County Veteran Services

St. Lucie County's Veteran Services division serves the more than 22,000 veterans who live in the county. Its mission, as the county states it, is to serve America's veterans and their families with dignity and compassion and to be their principal advocate, assisting veterans and their families through counseling and assistance in applying for VA benefits under federal and state law; see the Florida entry on claims assistance. The office is led by County Veteran Services Officer/Manager Jose Capellan, with a coordinator, three Veteran Services Officers I, a Veteran Services Officer II and support staff; when you visit you work with accredited Veteran Services Officers and professional staff. Where. Two offices, both reachable at 772-337-5670 and [email protected]. The Fort Pierce office is in the Family Success Center, 714 Avenue C, Fort Pierce 34950. The Port St. Lucie office is in Suite 205 of the Dorothy J. Conrad Building, 1664 SE Walton Road, Port St. Lucie 34952, by appointment Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Both offices take walk-in requests for VA 30-day letters and for tax and income verification letters. The county asks veterans to call to schedule an in-person or virtual appointment; a Veteran Services Officer reviews the DD-214 and explains what benefits apply. The division also runs the county's free van to the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center (see the county's transportation entry), salutes the county's 100-year-old veterans on its 100 Year Old Veterans page, posts the county's VA annual benefits reports for fiscal years 2021 through 2024, and publishes its monthly service counts (September 2026: 501 scheduled appointments, 6 walk-ins, 1,053 phone calls).