Waupaca County Veterans Service Office (Jesse Cuff, CVSO)

The office. "The Waupaca County Veterans Service Office operates under the authority of WI §45.80 and the Waupaca County Board of Supervisors. Serving those who served, since 1934." Mission: "reaches out to, coordinates with, and empowers the Veterans of Waupaca County", assisting "resident Veterans (and eligible dependents) on non-profit, local, state, and federal benefits associated with military service". Courthouse, 811 Harding St., Waupaca, WI 54981; main 715-258-6475 (the call lines: Nate 715-258-6476, Craig 715-258-6477, Jesse 715-258-6478); fax 715-258-6266; [email protected]; office hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday (excluding holidays); "APPOINTMENTS APPRECIATED"; facebook.com/WaupacaCVSO. The staff. County Veterans Service Officer Jesse Cuff - ten years enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve as a Combat Engineer, 2002-2012, Staff Sergeant; deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 for route clearance and EEOCA operations in the Zhari District, Kandahar Province; joined the office in 2014 after ten years with the Waupaca County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division; VA Office of General Counsel accreditation number 33313; member of NACVSO and the County Veterans Service Officers Association of Wisconsin. Assistant County Veterans Service Officer Craig Hokenstad - five years active duty U.S. Navy as a machinist mate aboard the USS Nevada with six strategic deterrent patrols; joined March 2020; accreditation 49302; specializes in non-service-connected pension, death and survivor benefits, VA health care troubleshooting, referrals, and service-record recording. Veterans Benefits Specialist Nathan (last name not published on the page) - Wisconsin Army National Guard 2014-2020, Infantryman 11B, Specialist; deployed to Afghanistan in 2019 with the 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment TAAC-East QRF platoon; nearly three years with the Outagamie County Veterans Service Office; joined Waupaca in April 2026; accreditation 55192. Office Support Specialist Dan, a retired U.S. Army soldier of over 20 years' service, volunteers keeping the office open and staffed during training and outreach. The benefits list. VA health care, disability compensation, pensions, vocational rehabilitation, VA life insurance, dependents and survivor benefits, medals/ribbons/awards, education benefits, death benefits, burial and memorial benefits, WI GI Bill, Veterans Education Grant, Retraining Grant, WI Property Tax Credit, Aid to Needy Veterans Grant, help for homeless veterans, state veterans cemeteries and homes (King, Union Grove, Chippewa Falls), and Old Glory Honor Flights. Crisis line: dial 988 then press 1, or text 838255. The referral form is the Waupaca CVSO Referral Form on the site.