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Temporary Financial Assistance From the Veterans Affairs Commissioner

CGS 27-125 authorises the state veterans commissioner to give temporary financial assistance to a wartime veteran in need because of disability or another service-related cause — in an amount and for a period the commissioner decides. It also reaches the spouse, parents, children or siblings of a veteran who died from service-related causes, where they cannot support themselves. No amount is published.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

CGS 27-125 authorises the state veterans commissioner to give temporary financial assistance to a wartime veteran in need because of disability or another service-related cause — in an amount and for a period the commissioner decides. It also reaches the spouse, parents, children or siblings of a veteran who died from service-related causes, where they cannot support themselves. No amount is published.

What it's worth: Temporary assistance in an amount and for a period the commissioner decides

  • The amount and duration are at the commissioner's discretion. No figure is published, and none is asserted here.
  • For the veteran, the need must arise from disability or another service-related cause.
  • It also reaches the SPOUSE, PARENTS, CHILDREN OR SIBLINGS of a veteran who died from service-related causes, where they cannot support themselves. The reach to siblings and parents is unusual.
  • It is a separate authority from the military relief fund and the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund. Ask about all three.
  • It is discretionary, so eligibility is not an award.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are the veteran, or a family member.
  • The veteran served during a recognised period of war.
  • You are in Connecticut.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Contact the state veterans department and ask about assistance under CGS 27-125 by name — it is a different authority from the relief funds and asking generally may get you routed elsewhere.
  2. 2Explain how the need arises from disability or another service-related cause. That connection is the test for the veteran's own claim.
  3. 3If you are the parent, sibling, spouse or child of a veteran who died from service-related causes and cannot support yourself, apply in your own right. This reaches further than most family provisions.
  4. 4Ask about the military relief fund and the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund at the same time. They are separate and you may qualify for more than one.
Form
Application to the state veterans department
File with
Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Known gapVerified in a 2016 legislative research report; the current state veterans department page was not opened. No amount is published by the statute and none is asserted here.

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