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OFFICE OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

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What’s it about?

■ “ It is the second largest cabinet department, it coordinates the distribution of benefits for veterans of the American armed forces and their dependents.”

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Benefits

■ Educational benefits■ Employment■ Rehabilitation■ Home loans■ Life insurance

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Burials and memorials

■ The Veterans Legacy Program share Veteran stories through legacy enshrined in our national ceremonies.

■ For their service they are supplied with a government headstone or marker, a Presidential Memorial and a burial flag. (Family does not pay)

■ Every eligible Veteran receives a military funeral honors ceremony which includes the folding and presentation of the burial flag and the playing of the taps.

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Resources

■ Grants management Services■ National resource Directory■ Veterans Service organization■ Whistleblower Rights and ProtectionMicrosoft® TranslatorHinweisgeber Rechte und Schutz

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County comparison of Veterans

■ Broome county 18,000■ Chemung county 8,020■ Cortland county 14,320■ Chenango county 9,150

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#of veterans

# of Veterans

Broome Cortland Chenango 4th Qtr

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Veterans affairs

This is the logo of the Department of Veterans Affairs

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