
26 Feb State-Based Veterans Benefits
Many states offer benefits to veteran’s survivors and dependents. For information on those programs, visit your state’s veterans benefits website.
- Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs https://www.va.alabama.gov/
- Alaska Office of Veterans Affairs https://veterans.alaska.gov/
- Arizona Department of Veterans Services https://dvs.az.gov/
- Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs https://www.veterans.arkansas.gov/
- California Department of Veterans Affairs https://www.calvet.ca.gov/home
- Colorado Division of Veterans Affairs https://vets.dmva.state.co.us/
- Connecticut Department of Veterans’ Affairs https://portal.ct.gov/dva
- Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs https://veteransaffairs.delaware.gov/
- District of Columbia Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs https://ova.dc.gov/page/dc-veteran-benefit-entitlements
- Florida Department of Veterans Affairs https://floridavets.org/benefits-services/
- Georgia Department of Veterans Service https://veterans.georgia.gov/
- Guam Veterans Affairs Office https://gvao.guam.gov/
- Hawai’I Office of Veterans Services https://dod.hawaii.gov/ovs/
- Idaho Division of Veterans Services https://www.veterans.idaho.gov/
- Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs https://www.illinois.gov/veterans/Pages/default.aspx
- Indiana Department of Veterans’ Affairs https://www.in.gov/dva/
- Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs https://va.iowa.gov/
- Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs https://kcva.ks.gov/
- Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs https://veterans.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx
- Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs https://vetaffairs.la.gov/
- Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services https://www.maine.gov/veterans/
- Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs https://veterans.maryland.gov/
- Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services Education Benefits https://www.mass.gov/veterans/
- Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs https://www.michigan.gov/dmva/
- Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs https://mn.gov/mdva/
- Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board https://www.vab.ms.gov/
- Missouri Veterans Commission https://mvc.dps.mo.gov/
- Montana Veterans Affairs https://montanadma.org/montana-veterans-affairs
- Nebraska Department of Veterans’ Affairs https://veterans.nebraska.gov/
- Nevada Department of Veterans Services https://www.veterans.nv.gov/
- New Hampshire State Office of Veterans Services https://www.nh.gov/nhveterans/
- New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs https:/ https://www.nj.gov/military/veterans/
- New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services https://nmdvs.org
- New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs https://veterans.ny.gov/
- North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs https://ncadmin.nc.gov/about-doa/divisions/veterans-affairs
- North Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs https://www.nd.gov/veterans/
- Ohio Department of Veterans Services https://dvs.ohio.gov/
- Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs https://www.ok.gov/odva/
- Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs https://www.oregon.gov/odva/pages/default.aspx
- Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs https://www.dmva.pa.gov/veteransaffairs/Pages/default.aspx#.Vi5XyPmrTIU
- Rhode Island Division of Veterans Affairs https://www.vets.ri.gov/
- South Carolina Division of Veterans’ Affairs https://va.sc.gov/
- South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs https://vetaffairs.sd.gov/
- Tennessee Department of Veterans Services https://www.tn.gov/veteran/
- Texas Veterans Commission https://www.tvc.texas.gov
- Utah Department of Veterans and Military Affairs https://veterans.utah.gov/
- Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs https://veterans.vermont.gov/home
- Virginia Department of Veterans Services https://www.dvs.virginia.gov
- Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs https://www.dva.wa.gov/
- West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance https://veterans.wv.gov/Pages/default.aspx
- Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs https://dva.state.wi.us/Pages/home.aspx
- Wyoming Veterans Commission https://wyomilitary.wyo.gov/veterans/commission/
For the legal definition of a veteran, go to: https://va.org/what-is-a-veteran-the-legal-definition/
Ashley Schoggin
Posted at 21:56h, 29 JuneHello,
There may be some senior veterans and spouses of veterans in your state that are missing out on this little-known veterans pension benefit called Aid and Attendance. I am contacting you from VeteranAid.org – the leading free resource for information on this particular benefit. The Aid and Attendance benefit helps veterans and their spouses pay for senior care like assisted living, home care, or nursing home care.
Recently we featured the state of Montana on a page of our website with many veterans resources listed (including the Aid and Attendance benefit) – anything from health care to military discounts on hunting and fishing licenses. You can find it here: https://www.veteranaid.org/.
Would you like to share this resource page with your state residents? Perhaps there is a newsletter you send out or a place to add this resource on your website? Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
Ashley Schoggin | VeteranAid.org Support Specialist
VeteranAid.org | Ashley.Schoggin@VeteranAid.org
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