The Rock County Veterans Service Office offers the following benefits for those veterans who are eligible:
County Veterans Aid
A Bronze Grave Flag Holder
Registration of DD214s
Homestead Exemption
Grave Registration
Benefits Counseling and Advocacy
Assistance with the application for State and Federal VA benefits.
County Veterans' Aid Fund
The CVA fund is a temporary emergency fund to assist veterans, their spouses,
and dependents when there is an unforeseen emergency and there are no other
resources available. Eligible veterans are persons who served on active duty,
received an Honorable Discharge, and served during one of the defined "wartime
eras" and who have resided in Nebraska for at least one year, and Rock
County for at least six months. Applicants may request assistance with food,
shelter, clothing, funeral, medical, dental, and surgical items. The applicant
must apply through the County Service Office in Rock County. This is an "aid"
program so the veteran must demonstrate an "inability" to meet the
obligation to pay these bills, via an application.
Flag Holders
State of Nebraska statute requires the County Veterans Service Office to provide
a flag holder reflecting the veterans wartime era. The Rock County, Veterans
Service Office also annually inventories these flag holders to insure they remains
on the correct grave and we replace damaged markers.
Registration of DD214
Rock County records a "certified copy" of the original copy of
a veterans military separation document (DD-214). Once recorded the veteran
may call us from any where in the world and we will provide them with a "certified
copy" when needed.
Homestead Exemption
Annually, the Rock County Veterans Service Office obtains a letter from the
VA Regional Office that establishes who are eligible veterans (or widows) for
a tax exemption on their personal residence. These letters are provided to the
County Assessor.
Grave Registration
Upon notification of the burial of a veteran in Rock County we complete a
"grave registration card". We maintain a copy here in Rock County,
and the original is sent to the State of Nebraska, Department of Veteran's Affairs
in Lincoln. We also order a "Presidential Memorial Certificate" for
the family of all deceased Rock County veterans.
Phone us at (402) 684-3441
