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Certified Service Offices — County, Tribal and Campus, All Trained by the State

The state runs three parallel networks of veteran service officers, all trained and certified through the veterans department: county offices in every county, tribal veteran service offices established by tribal governments, and campus veteran services. The department publishes a directory of each.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

The state runs three parallel networks of veteran service officers, all trained and certified through the veterans department: county offices in every county, tribal veteran service offices established by tribal governments, and campus veteran services. The department publishes a directory of each.

What it's worth: A state-certified service officer in your county, tribe or campus

  • The department publishes the full list of county veteran service offices and states that all of them are trained and certified through the department.
  • It states that multiple tribal governments in the state have established tribal veteran service offices, with tribal veteran service officers and tribal advocates who are also trained and certified through the department.
  • The department maintains a separate campus veteran services listing alongside the county and tribal directories.
  • The department also publishes an all-services-statewide directory and a county services directory.
  • Nothing read this session says the service costs anything.

Who is entitled to it

  • The offices serve veterans and their families.
  • Your home is in Oregon.

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. 1Pick the network that fits you, not just the nearest office. A tribal member and a student have their own certified officers, and those officers know the questions their own community brings.
  2. 2Ask whether the officer is certified through the department. The department says all three networks are, and certification is what lets an officer act on a claim.
  3. 3Take the discharge document and any decision letter you disagree with.
  4. 4For a trauma-related claim, a records correction or a discharge upgrade, ask to be routed to the department’s specialist coordinators rather than staying with a general officer.
  5. 5For an ageing veteran, ask for priority representation through the aging services division instead.
  6. 6Use the department’s statewide directory if the county office is unreachable — it lists every service point, not only the county ones.
Form
No form — contact the office nearest you
File with
Your county, tribal or campus veteran service office
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Worth knowingThree networks trained by one department is not the usual arrangement. It means a tribal or campus officer is not a lesser option than the county one — the certification is the same.
Known gapThe directories themselves render through the department’s page framework and did not resolve to a plain fetch, so no office addresses or telephone numbers are captured here. Which tribal governments operate an office was not established.

Sources

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.