Tioga County (Pennsylvania) Veterans Affairs: the Director, the accredited service officer, the $150 burial benefit and care of graves

What the office does. The county's Veterans Affairs page: "This office assists Tioga County veterans and their families in applying for local, state, and federal veteran's programs. Each county in Pennsylvania is required to provide these services to their residents." It links the PA Directory of County Veteran's Affairs Directors for residents of other counties, the State and federal programme pages, and the county's two applications. The county's own burial benefit. The "Application for Burial Benefit ($150.00) for a Deceased Veteran OR a Deceased Spouse of a Veteran" asks the claimant to mail the completed application "along with a Death Certificate and Military Discharge Documentation" to the office, or fax 570-723-8403, or e-mail [email protected]; the affidavit asks the veteran's branch, type of discharge, rank, serial number, induction and discharge dates, residence at death and the grave's cemetery location. This is the county's own allowance beside the State's; see the Pennsylvania entries on the burial table. Care of graves. The "Application for Care of Veterans Graves" is the caretaker's annual bill - "for the sum of $______ for services rendered in caring for ______ Veterans' graves at $3.50 per grave for the year of ______ in ______ Cemetery" - the county's working of 16 Pa.C.S. 155's decoration and maintenance duties. Who runs it. The office sits at 1835 Shumway Hill Rd., Suite 1, Wellsboro, PA 16901; 570-723-8141, fax 570-723-8403; hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. The Commissioners' minutes of September 8, 2026 record Timothy Cleveland's retirement as Director effective 10/9/26 and the promotion of Jodi Stevens "from Deputy Director to Director, Veterans Affairs office, $55,000/yr. effective 9/28/26"; the June 9, 2026 minutes record the hire of Colten Beard as Veteran's Service Officer at $16.00/hr effective 6/15/26, and the August 11, 2026 minutes a $1.50/hr increase "for receiving his accreditation from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Office of General Council effective 7/31/26". The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs' county directors list dated 10.06.2026 names Jodi Stevens for Tioga. The 2020 care-of-graves form shows the office under Cleveland with Stevens as VSO/Admin Assistant and Vaughn Ceccacci as Deputy Director, so the office's staff has turned over through 2026 - call ahead.