Steele County Veteran Services (Rene Gilormini) and the Veterans Van to the Minneapolis VA, Owatonna

The office. The county's Veteran Services page: "The Steele County Veteran's Services Office is here to assist Veterans, their families, surviving spouses, and dependent children in Steele County. ... We can advise these individuals of the benefits they may be eligible for in the form of Federal Veterans Benefits and State of Minnesota Veterans Benefits, we will complete the forms necessary to obtain these benefits, assist in obtaining the documentation necessary to support a claim for benefits, make certain the benefits the individual is entitled to are awarded and assist the individual to continue receiving the benefit once it has been awarded." The common benefits it names: compensation for service-incurred disabilities, pensions, education, VA health care, death benefits and "Transportation to and from the Minneapolis VA Hospital (non-emergency only)", with the State's "emergency financial and medical assistance for needy, disabled veterans and their families, and a war orphans' educational assistance program" (the Minnesota entries). The Veterans Van. "To ride in the Veterans Van, a minimum of 48 hours' notice is required. Whenever possible, please schedule your appointments in the morning, as other Veterans may be riding with you. Passengers are picked up at the front entrance of the Steele County Administration Building in a Steele County vehicle." "If you require assistance entering or exiting the van, you must arrange for an escort to accompany you. Our vehicles are not wheelchair accessible." "The Veterans Van does not operate on weekends, county holidays, or during inclement weather. Transportation services are available exclusively to Veterans. To schedule a ride, please call 507-444-7460." Where and when. Rene Gilormini, Veteran Services, with an administrative assistant; 630 Florence Ave, PO Box 890, Owatonna, MN 55060, Lower Level; 507.444.7460; Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., last appointment 3 p.m., holidays excluded. Every Minnesota county board appoints its service officer under section 197.60. The office's other pages. Requesting your DD214 (a link to the National Archives); ID Cards (the nearest CAC/DEERS office, at the 934th Airlift Wing, 760 Military Highway, Minneapolis, (612) 713-1085, and what a 100 percent disabled veteran brings for an ID card: the DD-214, the VA letter stating 100 percent disability and two forms of government ID); and the Homestead Tax Exclusion for Veterans (a link to the Department of Revenue's Market Value Exclusion for Veterans with a Disability, which the Minnesota entries carry).