Wexford County Veterans Emergency Relief Fund and the Michigan Veterans Trust Fund, through the Veterans Services Committee

The committee. The Wexford County Veterans Services Committee (chairman Gary Taylor) meets monthly at 3:00 p.m. in the MSU Conference Room, 401 Lake Street, Cadillac (the second Wednesday in its 2025 schedule). Its agendas carry the Emergency Relief Fund's balance and a closed session on the applications. The money. February 11, 2026: "$42,529.55 in emergency relief fund". The March 11, 2026 agenda: "Balance held in Emergency Fund: $89,934.33", with the seven requests authorized through February 28, 2026. The February 11, 2026 minutes record eight applications heard in closed session: $406.78, $400.39, $370.00, $609.08, $492.67, $1,000.00 and $573.83 approved, and one veteran advised "to seek financial planning, unable to help at this time". The same meeting authorized $500 of meal vouchers (ten $50 cards) for veterans, and took up using the committee to review Michigan Veterans Trust Fund applications from the office; later reports count "1 MVTF in process" (September 2, 2026) and one MVTF or county application pending (October 14, 2026). The Board's November 5, 2025 minutes note the committee voted "to pay for services through the millage" when the State grant stopped covering a counselor. The rules. No application, eligibility rule or limit is published; the county's relief fund rests on MCL 35.21 and the Trust Fund on the State's law (the Michigan entries). Ask the office, 401 N. Lake St., Cadillac, 231-775-6654.