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Community Action Team

Community Resource

Serves: Saint Helens, Columbia County

About this resource

County Veterans Service Offices (CVSOs) serve as key resources for veterans, their dependents, and survivors to access various benefits and entitlements. They offer a range of services including: -Counseling on veterans' benefits and help with claims preparation, along with advocacy during the claims process -Guidance on federal VA benefits and additional state and federal benefits -Support for educational benefit claims -Help for veterans seeking healthcare enrollment -Assistance in obtaining military service documents -Information on service-connected and non-service-related disability benefits and survivor benefits -Burial benefits -Details regarding veteran home loans -Oregon Veterans' Home Conservatorship services, which include comprehensive estate management for individuals legally recognized as

Who can use this

Veterans with any discharge status other than dishonorable and their immediate family members (spouses, surviving spouses who have not remarried, children, or stepchildren)

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Documents you may need

A copy of the veteran's discharge document (DD214 or Honorable Discharge). If these records are not available, the VSO will help get them. If other records are needed, the VSO will let the client know.

Don't have these? Contact the organization—they may be able to help.