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Franklin County, Ohio

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Free help with a VA claim

Franklin County Municipal Court Military and Veteran Services (MAVS) Docket. The Municipal Court's MAVS docket, certified by the Supreme Court of Ohio, takes a veteran with a pending eligible misdemeanor or felony charge and a mental health or substance use problem. Combat service and an honorable discharge are not required, and charges may be dismissed on completion. www.franklincountymunicourt.org/Courts/Specialized-Dockets/MAVS-Court
Franklin County Veterans Service Commission Dental Program. Preventive dental care paid by the county veterans service commission for an honorably separated veteran, spouse or surviving spouse with household income up to 250% of the federal poverty level and 90 days in Franklin County. www.franklincountyohio.gov/Agency-Directory/Veterans-Service-Commission/Services/Preventive-Dental-Program
Franklin County Veterans Service Commission: Temporary Financial Assistance. Short-term help with rent and deposits, mortgage, utilities, car repairs and payments, moving and storage for a Franklin County veteran or family after 90 days in the county, within the commission's own caps: four months of rent or mortgage and one car repair in any 12 months. There is no income limit; need is proved by interview and documents. www.franklincountyohio.gov/Agency-Directory/Veterans-Service-Commission/Services/Financial-Assistance
Ohio County Veterans Service Commissions. Every Ohio county must have a veterans service commission, funded by a county levy of up to half a mill, that gives temporary financial help to a veteran discharged under honorable conditions, a service member or their family after three months in the county, files VA claims free, arranges rides to VA medical centers and buries an indigent veteran. codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-5901

Find a VA-accredited representative: www.va.gov/get-help-from-accredited-representative/find-rep

Franklin County benefits

Franklin County Auditor: Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption

How the Franklin County Auditor runs the State's enhanced homestead exemption: form DTE 105I with the DD-214 and the VA award letter, filed by December 31.

Gate: 100% service-connected; Individual unemployability at 100%

auditor.franklincountyohio.gov/Real-Estate/Homestead

Franklin County Recorder: Free DD-214 Recording and Veteran ID Card

The Recorder records a DD-214 free, returns the original with an extra certified copy, keeps it out of the online search, and issues a free Ohio veterans ID card to any veteran…

www.franklincountyohio.gov/Agency-Directory/Recorder/Veterans

Franklin County Veterans Service Commission: Indigent Veteran Burial

The commission's Indigent Burial Program buries an unclaimed or indigent veteran, and by statute a veteran's parent, spouse or surviving spouse who died without means, paying up…

www.franklincountyohio.gov/Agency-Directory/Veterans-Service-Commission/Services/Burial-and-Memorial

Ohio benefits that apply here

Ohio Civil Service Examination Credit for Veterans

A veteran who passes an Ohio classified civil service exam gets 20% of the grade added, and a Guard or reserve member who has finished initial training gets 15%.

codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-124.23

Ohio County Recorders: Free Discharge Recording and the Ohio Veterans ID Card

Every county recorder must record a discharge free, keep it out of the public record for 75 years, give one free certified copy, and expunge it or the separation code on request.

codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-317.24

Ohio Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption

A larger homestead credit, with no income test, for a veteran rated 100% service-connected or paid at 100% for individual unemployability.

Gate: 100% service-connected; Individual unemployability at the 100% rate

tax.ohio.gov/help-center/faqs/real-property-tax-homestead-means-testing

Ohio Disabled Veteran License Plates and Driver License

No registration fee, service fee, or local motor vehicle tax on the first vehicle for a veteran rated or compensated at 100% service-connected, or awarded a VA vehicle allowance.

Gate: Rated or compensated at 100%

www.bmv.ohio.gov/military-veterans-with-disabilities-plates.aspx

Ohio Free Hunting and Fishing Licenses for Disabled Veterans

Free hunting and fishing licenses, plus deer, turkey, fur taker, and the wetlands stamp, for an Ohio resident veteran whose disability VA has found permanently and totally…

Gate: Permanently and totally disabled; 100% plate path

ohiodnr.gov/buy-and-apply/hunting-fishing-boating/hunting-resources/hunting-licenses-permits

Ohio Military Retirement Pay Deduction

Ohio deducts uniformed-services retirement pay, including reserve and Ohio National Guard retirement, from Ohio income.

tax.ohio.gov/individual/military/military-servicemembers-and-ohio-income-taxes

Ohio Veterans Homes

State nursing care at Sandusky and Georgetown for an honorably discharged Ohio veteran who served in wartime, or holds a listed expeditionary medal, and who cannot earn a living…

dvs.ohio.gov/veterans-homes/apply-today

Ohio War Orphans and Severely Disabled Veterans' Children Scholarship

Tuition help for a child, age 16 through 24, of a deceased veteran or of a veteran disabled at 60% or more service-connected, who served in a covered war period.

Gate: Parent rated at least 60% service-connected

highered.ohio.gov/students/pay-for-college/ohio-grants-scholarships/wos

79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.