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Lorain County, Ohio

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Free help with a VA claim

Lorain County Veterans Service Commission: Hardship Financial Assistance. Temporary help with rent, mortgage, property tax, utilities, car payments and repairs, insurance, food and personal items for a Lorain County veteran or surviving spouse after 90 days in the county who shows a hardship, by appointment, decided within about 30 days. The page leaves out the other family members the statute covers. www.loraincountyveterans.com/hardship-financial-assistance
Lorain County Veterans Service Commission: Legal Services. Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, guardianship, deeds, leases, record sealing and some civil cases, done by Lorain County veteran-owned law firms at the commission's cost, for a veteran with an honorable or general discharge, a spouse or surviving spouse, or a dependent child, after 90 days in the county and with household AGI below $200,000. www.loraincountyveterans.com/legal-services
Lorain County Veterans Service Commission: Medical, Dental and Vision Assistance. Help with out-of-pocket medical, dental and vision bills of $100 or more and under a year old, paid to the provider or reimbursed, and dental treatment paid directly to participating dentists after approval, for a Lorain County veteran household with adjusted gross income below $125,000. www.loraincountyveterans.com/mdva
Lorain County Veterans Service Commission: Rides to VA Care. A morning shuttle from Elyria and Lorain to the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center at Wade Park and the Parma VA clinic, and home pickups for the Sheffield Village VA clinic, first come first served, with wheelchair-accessible vans. Two no-shows bring a six-month suspension. www.loraincountyveterans.com/transportation
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

Lorain County benefits

Lorain County Auditor: Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption and the Local Option

Lorain County doubled every homestead credit, the disabled veteran's included, on tax year 2025 bills paid in 2026, then rescinded the local option on June 30, 2026, so January…

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

loraincountyauditor.gov/homestead-exemption-ohio

Lorain County Recorder: Free Discharge Recording and Veteran ID Card

The Recorder records a DD-214 or NGB-22 free, with free certified copies, and issues a veteran ID card good for ten years without an appointment, but offers the card only to…

www.loraincountyrecorder.gov/veterans

Lorain County Veterans Treatment Court

Lorain County's Veterans Treatment Court, a certified felony docket led since September 2013 by Judge James T.

courtofcommonpleas.loraincounty.us/departments/adult-probation/veterans-probation-program

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.