Kankakee County Veterans Treatment Court (21st Judicial Circuit)
The 21st Judicial Circuit's Kankakee County Veterans Treatment Court, certified by the Illinois courts, takes veterans with PTSD, mental health or substance use problems who face…
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Kankakee County, Illinois
Free help with a VA claim
- Veterans Assistance Commission of Kankakee County. The Veterans Assistance Commission of Kankakee County, 581 William R. Latham Sr. Drive, Suite 302, Bourbonnais (815-937-8489), files VA claims and pays limited emergency help by voucher to vendors - rent or mortgage, utilities, food, indigent burial, bus tokens - for indigent county veterans and families, by appointment; its pages ask for an honorable discharge, and it issues a free Veterans Discount Card. k3countyvac.com/financial-assistance
- Illinois County Veterans Assistance Commissions. In a county with two or more veterans organizations, those posts can form a Veterans Assistance Commission that the county must house and fund, which pays "just and necessary" assistance to veterans with an honorable or general discharge and their families, and to families of deceased veterans, from a county levy, the general fund or State money. www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/033000450K2.htm
Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep
Kankakee County benefits
Illinois benefits that apply here
Illinois Educational Opportunities Grant for Children of Veterans
Up to $250 a school year toward tuition, fees, board, room, books and supplies for a child aged 10 to 18 (to 19 to finish high school) whose veteran parent is missing in action,…
Gate: 100% permanently disabled from service-connected causes
veterans.illinois.gov/services-benefits/education/educational-opportunities-for-children.html
Illinois Free Hunting and Fishing Licenses for Disabled Veterans
Free hunting and fishing licenses, and exemption from the habitat stamp, for a veteran receiving compensation at 10% or more or a total disability pension.
Gate: Compensation at 10% or more
Illinois MIA and POW Scholarship
Full tuition and mandatory fees for the equivalent of four years at an Illinois state university or community college, for the spouse and children of a veteran or service member…
Gate: 100% permanently disabled from service-connected causes
veterans.illinois.gov/services-benefits/education/mia-pow-scholarship.html
Illinois Military Family Relief Fund
Grants to the families of Illinois National Guard members and Illinois residents in the Reserve called to federal active duty.
www.illinois.gov/services/service.illinois-military-family-relief-fund.html
Illinois Military Pay and Retirement Income Tax Treatment
Illinois taxes neither military pay nor military retired pay.
tax.illinois.gov/research/publications/pubs/illinois-filing-requirements-for-military-personnel.html
Illinois National Guard Grant
Tuition and certain fees at Illinois public universities and community colleges for a member of the Illinois National Guard or Naval Militia with at least one year of service,…
www.isac.org/isac-gift-assistance-programs/illinois-national-guard-grant/eligibility.html
Illinois Returning Veterans Homestead Exemption
A $5,000 cut in equalized assessed value for a veteran returning from active duty in an armed conflict, in the year of return and the year after.
ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/003502000K15-167.htm
Illinois Specially Adapted Housing Exemption for Veterans with Disabilities
Up to $100,000 off the assessed value of a home bought or built with federal funds because of a service-connected disability.
Illinois Standard Homestead Exemption for Veterans with Disabilities
A graduated cut in equalized assessed value: $2,500 at 30% to 49%, $5,000 at 50% to 69%, and at 70% or more the first $250,000 of EAV is exempt outright.
Gate: 30% opens the exemption, 50% and 70% raise it
www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/003502000K15-169.htm
Illinois Veteran Designation on a Driver License
The word "Veteran" is added free to an Illinois driver license or ID card at an original or renewal for a veteran discharged under honorable conditions; adding it between…
veterans.illinois.gov/services-benefits/veteran-driver-s-license.html
Illinois Veteran Grant
Pays tuition and mandatory fees at every Illinois public college, university, and community college, with no cap on the amount and no disability requirement.
www.isac.org/isac-gift-assistance-programs/illinois-veteran-grant/index.html
Illinois Veteran and Disabled Veteran License Plates
The Service-Connected Disabled Veteran plate waives the registration fee on one vehicle at a 50% rating.
Gate: 50% or more for the fee-free ISERVE plate
www.ilsos.gov/departments/vehicles/license-plate-guide/military/disabled-vetiserve.html
Illinois Veterans Business Program
Certification by the Commission on Equity and Inclusion and the Department of Veterans' Affairs that counts an Illinois veteran-owned small business toward the State's goal of at…
Gate: A 10% rating for the service-disabled category
www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/003005000K45-57.htm
Illinois Veterans Homes
Five state veterans homes, at Anna, Chicago, LaSalle, Manteno, and Quincy, offering skilled nursing and memory care.
Illinois Veterans Preference Points for State Employment
Points added to a passing state employment score: 3 for six months of service, 5 for service during hostilities, and 10 for a service-connected disability, a Purple Heart, or…
veterans.illinois.gov/about-us/idvajobs/state-employment-and-licenses.html
Illinois Veterans and Servicemembers Courts
Each judicial circuit's chief judge may run a veterans and servicemembers court for anyone who served or is serving, Guard and reserves included, with no discharge test.
www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/073001670K20.htm
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.