Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court
A post-plea veterans treatment court in Lawrence, DOJ-grant funded through 2029, fifteen to eighteen months, capacity ten, open to any discharge type with out-of-county residents…
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Douglas County, Kansas
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Douglas County benefits
Kansas benefits that apply here
Choosing Between the Three Kansas Property Tax Refunds
A Kansas veteran may claim the homestead refund, the 79-4508a freeze, or SAFESR for a given year, but never more than one.
Kansas Additional Personal Exemption for Disabled Veterans
An extra $2,320 Kansas exemption from tax year 2025 for a veteran receiving compensation at the 100 percent rate for a permanent disability.
Gate: In receipt of compensation at the 100 percent rate; And the disability is permanent; Unemployability pays at the 100 percent rate; Permanence on the unemployability route too
Kansas County Duty to Bury an Indigent Veteran
County commissioners must decently inter a qualifying veteran, spouse or parent who dies without sufficient means, and may not do it in the pauper section.
Kansas Disabled Veteran Business Contract Preference
The state sets a goal of awarding at least 3 percent of its service contracts to businesses at least 51 percent owned and actually controlled by veterans rated 30 percent or more.
Gate: Service-connected evaluation of 30% or more
Kansas Disabled Veteran Permanent Hunting and Fishing License
A free permanent licence to hunt and fish for a Kansas resident rated 30 percent or more. Bought once, never renewed, and the lowest disability threshold in the Kansas code.
Gate: Service-connected evaluation of 30% or more
Kansas Disabled Veteran Plate and Parking Privileges
A free plate and free registration at 50 percent, and with it free metered parking with no time limit anywhere in Kansas, whether or not the veteran qualifies for the wheelchair…
Gate: Service-connected evaluation of 50% or more
Kansas Disabled Veteran Sales Tax Exemption
Live since July 1, 2026. A veteran rated 100 percent permanent, or permanently unemployable, carries a card and buys up to $24,000 a year of ordinary goods and services free of…
Gate: Certified at 100 percent, and permanent; Permanence is required on the schedular route; Or deemed totally disabled or unemployable; Permanence on the unemployability route too
Kansas Hero’s Scholarship
Tuition and fees waived at Kansas public institutions for up to 10 semesters for a prisoner of war, or for the dependent or spouse of a Kansas resident who died in service, was…
Gate: Eighty percent reaches the family of a living veteran
Kansas Homestead Property Tax Refund
The older refund, open to a disabled veteran rated 50 percent or more and to the surviving spouse of a member who died in the line of duty.
Gate: Service-connected evaluation of 50% or more
Kansas In-State Tuition for Veterans and Service Members
Three separate routes to resident tuition rates with no waiting period: using VA education benefits and living here, having been stationed in Kansas 11 months, or being a current…
Kansas Income Tax on Military Retired Pay
Kansas taxes income but not military retired pay. Retired pay, Survivor Benefit Plan annuities and social security in federal adjusted gross income are all subtracted out, with…
Kansas Military Discharge Records: Free Recording, Closed Records
A Kansas register of deeds records an honorably discharged veteran’s discharge free and gives the first five certified copies free; the recorded DD-214 is closed to the public…
Kansas Motor Vehicle Property Tax Exemption for Service Members
No motor vehicle property tax on up to two vehicles for a Kansas resident who is on full-time active duty, mobilised, stationed in Kansas, or a current member in good standing of…
Kansas National Guard Educational Assistance Program
Tuition and required fees for up to 15 credit hours a semester for a serving Kansas Guard member, in exchange for 24 further months of service.
Kansas Private Employer Veterans Preference
A Kansas private employer may adopt a written policy preferring veterans in hiring.
Kansas Property Tax Deferral for Deploying Service Members
A member deploying outside the United States for six months or more may defer the property tax on their principal residence for up to two years, with interest and penalties waived.
Kansas Property Tax Freeze for Disabled Veterans
A refund of everything the property tax bill has grown since the year the veteran first qualified.
Gate: Service-connected evaluation of 50% or more
Kansas State Employee Military Leave and Activation Pay
Thirty working days of paid military leave a year for a state employee in the Guard or reserves, plus, on a mobilization of more than thirty consecutive days, a pay differential…
Kansas State Veterans Cemeteries
Four state cemeteries at Fort Dodge, WaKeeney, Winfield and Fort Riley (Manhattan), with no residency requirement and no fee for the veteran or eligible family.
Kansas VETERAN Designation on a Driver License
Any veteran may have VETERAN printed on a Kansas driver license or identification card. An NGB Form 22 is accepted and a general discharge under honorable conditions qualifies.
Kansas Veterans Preference in Public Employment
The strongest preference in this catalog. It binds cities and counties as well as the state, requires certified-mail notice to every veteran passed over within 30 days, and gives…
Gate: O-4 and above retirees need combat wounds or a 10 percent rating
Kansas Veterans’ Home and Kansas Soldiers’ Home
Two state homes, at Winfield and Fort Dodge, for veterans who need 24-hour skilled nursing care.
Kansas Vietnam War Era Medallion
A medallion, medal and certificate for any veteran who served honorably between February 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975, anywhere in the world.
Which Kansas Percentage Opens Which Benefit
Kansas writes one definition of disabled veteran into six statutes and changes only the number: 30, 50, 80, 100, or any rating at all.
Gate: Thirty percent: hunting and fishing licence, and the business preference; Fifty percent: the plate, and both property tax refunds; Eighty percent: a dependent’s tuition; One hundred percent permanent: both tax exemptions
79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.