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Camden
County Veterans Affairs
Lakeland Complex
3 Collier Drive
PO Box 1535
Blackwood, NJ 08012
(856) 374-5801, Fax (856) 374-5302
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Louis
Cappelli, Jr., Freeholder Director
Norman F. Sooy, Director
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Here to register with the Veterans Affairs Office
Click
Here for Camden County's Veterans Cemetery
The
Office of Veteran Affairs continues to serve all Veterans and family
members within Camden County. This office is available 5 days a
week to give assistance's to all our veterans and dependents. The
following services are provided by the Camden County Veterans Affairs
Office:
- VA
eligibility qualification for all VA programs for Veterans and
family members.
- Education.
Five VA Education Programs Chapter 30, Chapter 32, Chapter 34(Voc.
Rehab), Chapter 35(Widows and Orphans), Chapter 106 Reservists).
- VA
Home Loan Guarantee, certificates and booklets.
- Disability
Compensation. For service disabled veterans.
- VA
Pensions. For low-income, non-service disabled war veterans and
their widows.
- Medical
Benefits. In-patient, out-patient and nursing home care.
- Burial
Benefits. Plot and burial allowance. Headstone, grave markers
and Veteran's Cemeteries information.
- GI
insurance. Term and Whole Life Insurance, Beneficiary claims.
- Indemnity
Compensation. To eligible survivors of veterans who died of service-contacted
causes.
- Discharge
re-placement & ordering service/medical records.
- Ordering
medals/awards and formally presenting when possible.
- Assistance
with drug and alcohol related problems.
- Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder Counseling.
- Agent
Orange Information and referral.
- Coordinate
the Camden County Honor Guard for Burial Detail.
- Referral
agent for social service agencies.
- Veterans
Nursing Home Applications and qualifications.
- Armed
Forces recruiting information for all branches of service.
- File
for discharge upgrades, when warranted.
FLAGS AND MARKERS FOR OUR DECEASED VETERANS
ISSUED FOR MEMORIAL DAY AND UPON VETERANS DEATH
In coordination with local veterans organizations we currently are
providing the necessary forms procedures and assistance in reordering
new military head stones and issuing of flags and markers for cemetery
decorations on Memorial Day
PUBLIC CEREMONIES AND EVENTS:
Sponsored by Camden County Veterans Affairs Office and Veterans
Advisory Committee: Annual Veterans Employment Opportunity Day Event
every April. Veterans Liaison to the USS Battleship New Jersey,
Annual Veterans Prayer Breakfast held every spring. Annual Veterans
Day Ceremony each November. Responsible for the detailing of the
Camden County Honor Guard/Color Guard/Bugler for Burials of our
Veterans. Transportation to VAMC for special needs Veterans. Coordinate
a Veterans Speakers Bureau, for schools, Churches, social, civic
organizations where veterans share their military history. Prison
outreach program.
CAMDEN COUNTY VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
A volunteer organization that represents sixty-five thousand Camden
County Veterans and their families. It is a Committee composed of
representatives from all Veterans Organizations in Camden County.
CAMDEN COUNTY VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER
ORGANIZATIONS:
17 Veterans Organizations:
American Legion, AMVETS, Army/Navy Union, Disabled American, Ex-POW
Association, Korean War Veterans, Marine Corps League, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Jewish War Veterans, Fleet Reserve Association,
South Jersey Vietnam Vets., POW/MIA Awareness Committee, Military
Order of Purple Heart, American Merchant Marine, 82nd Airborne Association,
Pointman Int. Ministries, Submarine Veterans and Rolling Thunder
New Jersey Chapter 5. The Camden County Veterans Advisory Committee
advises the Camden County Board of Freeholders and all other levels
of government on issues pertaining to Veterans and their well being,
including legislation, activities, new benefits, etc.
IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR SERVICES PLEASE CALL 1 800
464-VETS
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