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Warren County, Ohio

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Free help with a VA claim

Warren County Veterans Service Commission: Emergency Financial Relief. Temporary help with groceries and fuel by voucher, utilities, rent or mortgage and temporary housing for a Warren County veteran or family after 90 days in the county. The commission's requirements sheet asks for 90 days of active duty outside training, a minimum the statute does not set. www.warrencountyveterans.com/doc/Services/RequirementsForEmergencyRelief.pdf
Warren County Veterans Services: Rides to Medical Appointments. Free rides for Warren County veterans and their dependents to any local doctor's office or VA medical centre, booked as soon as the appointment is made, with the DD-214 as proof of eligibility. www.warrencountyveterans.com/Services/Transportation/Index
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

Warren County benefits

Warren County Auditor: Disabled Veteran Homestead Exemption

Warren County's Auditor takes the State's disabled veteran homestead application by mail, but its homestead page describes only the senior and disability programme and its…

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

auditor.warrencountyohio.gov/RealEstate/HomesteadExemption/Index

Warren County Recorder: Veteran ID Card and Honor Rewards

The Warren County Recorder issues a free veteran ID card to any veteran who has recorded the discharge there and shows a photo ID, and an Honor Rewards card for discounts at…

recorder.warrencountyohio.gov/Veterans/IDCard/Index

Warren County Veterans Honor Court

Warren County Common Pleas Court's Veterans Honor Court, led by Judge Timothy N.

www.warrencountyohio.gov/CommonPleas/doc/VeteransInterventionCourt/ProgramDescription.pdf

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.