Yuba-Sutter Veterans Services Office

Who runs it. "This office is a Bi-County function with Yuba County acting as a lead agency. The office staff, consisting of a full-time Veterans Services Officer (VSO), two full-time Veterans Representatives, and reception staff, are Yuba County employees. Sutter and Yuba Counties share net costs (total costs less revenues) on a 50-50% basis." Its money comes from the State's subvention, the Medi-Cal cost avoidance programme and the State veterans licence plate fund, and Sutter's half of the net cost from the county budget. What it does. "The Veterans Services Office helps veterans, survivors, and dependents obtain benefits by providing information and assisting them in filing claims with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CDVA)": explaining eligibility; developing disability, pension and survivors' claims from service and civilian medical records; getting VA medical appointments; working out pension income; "evaluating and approving tuition fee waivers at state colleges and universities for low-income children of disabled veterans" (the CalVet college fee waiver; see the California entry); burial reimbursement and government markers with families and funeral directors; visiting veterans in nursing and care homes; briefings at Beale Air Force Base for members leaving the service; and information on CalVet home loans, VA loans, insurance, vocational rehabilitation, education and discharge upgrades. Where and when. 5730 Packard Avenue, Suite 300, Marysville, CA 95901; (530) 749-6710. Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (lobby closed noon to 1), Friday 8 a.m. to noon; walk-ins Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Veterans Service Officer Joel Ceja. The office is in Marysville, in Yuba County, across the river from Yuba City. Yuba County's page. Yuba County's Health and Human Services, which runs the office as one of its divisions, describes it the same way: "The County Veterans Service Office (CVSO) assists the veteran's community of Yuba and Sutter counties with obtaining federal, state, and local benefits to which they are entitled based upon service in the Armed Forces of the United States. The veteran's community consists of veterans, their dependents, and the survivors of deceased veterans." To apply for or appeal benefits, call 1-877-652-0739, the department's toll-free line; "Drop in assistance is offered Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 12 pm and 1 pm. to 3 p.m. on a first come first served basis or if you prefer you can schedule an appointment". Yuba's Board renews the CalVet subvention and Medi-Cal cost avoidance certificates each year (December 9, 2025 and September 8, 2026), and the department's 2025/26 projects include the "Modernization and upgrade of Veteran Services operations".