VETERANS

VETERANS

RESOURCE GUIDE

A Consolidated Listing of Programs, Benefits, and Services for Veterans and their Families in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Governor's Advisory Council on Veterans Services ? Resource Guide

GOVERNOR'S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON VETERANS SERVICES

On Veterans Day 2013, the Governors Advisory Council on Veterans Services

was established by executive order and became Pennsylvania's first interagency cooperative approach to veterans services. This initiative reviews, evaluates and assesses state Veterans programs in collaboration with senior staff from state agencies and commissions. It increases information sharing, ensures program fidelity, coordinates complementary programs and facilitates meaningful enhancements in service accessibility to Veterans benefits and services within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Governor's Advisory Council on Veterans Services Bldg 0-47, Edward Martin Hall Fort Indiantown Gap Annville, PA 17003-5002 Phone: 1-800-547-2328 Email: RA-VA-Info@

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Governor's Advisory Council on Veterans Services ? Resource Guide

CONTENTS

GOVERNOR'S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON VETERANS SERVICES ........................................ 2 COUNTY DIRECTORS FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS ................................................................ 7

Listing by County .................................................................................................................... 7 DEPARTMENT OF AGING....................................................................................................... 8

Agency Overview ................................................................................................................... 8 Programs, Benefits and Services Summary ............................................................................. 9

Veterans Home and Community-Based Service Program ..................................................... 9 Your Local Resources ............................................................................................................ 9

Area Agency on Aging, Adult Living Centers, Senior Community Centers......................... 9 Pennsylvania LINK to Aging and Disability Resources .......................................................10 Aging Services........................................................................................................................10 Pennsylvania Caregiver Support, Employment ...................................................................10 Health and Wellness, Help at Home, Housing ...................................................................11 Insurance, Legal Assistance, Meals, Ombudsman .............................................................12 Prescriptions, Protective Services, Transportation .............................................................13 DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND SECURITIES...................................................................14 Agency Overview ..................................................................................................................14 Programs, Benefits and Services Summary.............................................................................15 Investing for Veterans and Military Families .......................................................................15 Pennsylvania Military Finance Alliance ..............................................................................15 Financial Field Manual .......................................................................................................16 DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES....................................17 Agency Overview .................................................................................................................15 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS .......................................................................................18 Agency Overview ..................................................................................................................18 Programs, Benefits and Services Summary.............................................................................19 DOC Veteran Coordinator and Facility Coordinators ..........................................................19 Verifying Incarcerated Veterans .........................................................................................19 Veterans Service Units.......................................................................................................19 Veteran Specific Community Corrections Centers............................................................ 20

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ............................................................................................21 Agency Overview ..................................................................................................................21

Programs, Benefits and Services Summary.............................................................................22 Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Center (PA TRAC) ................................................22 620 Educational Institutions Approved for Veterans Programs...........................................23 550 Apprenticeships / On the Job Training Programs ........................................................23 Outreach Activities .............................................................................................................24

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES BUREAU OF SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES...............................................................25

Agency Overview ..................................................................................................................25 Programs, Services and Benefits Summary ............................................................................26

Small Business Procurement Initiative ...............................................................................26 Small Diverse Business (SDB) Program ............................................................................26 Online Self-Certification and SDB Third Party Verification..................................................27 Veteran & Service Disabled Veteran Prime and Subcontracting Opportunities ..................27 Veteran and Service Disabled Veteran Business Outreach and Training ...........................28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ...................................................................................................29 Agency Overview ....................................................................................................................29 Programs, Benefits and Services Summary.............................................................................29 Smoking Cessation Program..............................................................................................29 Free Certified Copies of Birth and Death Certificates for Veterans .....................................30 Arthritis Foundation Program at Philadelphia VA Medical Center .......................................31 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES .................................................................................32 Agency Overview ..................................................................................................................32 Programs, Benefits and Services Summary.............................................................................33 Military and Family Behavioral Health Coalition .................................................................33 Behavioral Health (BH) Veteran Forum ..............................................................................33 Certified Peer Specialist Veteran Enhanced Training .........................................................34 Military Suicide Prevention Plan .........................................................................................34 Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery for Veterans Program ...............................................35 Compeer Program .............................................................................................................36 Fairweather Lodge .............................................................................................................36

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY..........................................................................37 Agency Overview ..................................................................................................................37 Mission: .............................................................................................................................37 Contact Information:...........................................................................................................38

PROGRAMS, BENEFITS AND SERVICES SUMMARY ..........................................................38 DAV Outreach Program Specialists (DVOP) ......................................................................38 Local Veterans' Employment Representatives (LVER).......................................................38 Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) ..........................................................................39 JobGateway .......................................................................................................................39

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS.....................................................40 Agency Overview ..................................................................................................................40

Programs, Benefits and Services Summary.............................................................................42 Blind Veterans Pension......................................................................................................42 Paralyzed Veterans' Pension .............................................................................................42 Disabled Veterans Transportation ......................................................................................43 Educational Gratuity...........................................................................................................43 Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans' Benefit Act ........................................................................44 Outreach and Reintegration ...............................................................................................44 Pennsylvania Mobile Veterans' Outreach Vans..................................................................45 Military Family Relief Assistance Program .........................................................................46 Disabled Veterans' Real Estate Tax Exemption .................................................................47 Veterans Trust Fund: .........................................................................................................48 Veterans Temporary Assistance ........................................................................................48 Veterans Treatment Courts ................................................................................................49 State Veterans' Homes ......................................................................................................50 Veterans Service Officer Accreditation ...............................................................................52 DD 214/15 Program ...........................................................................................................52 State Veterans' Commission ..............................................................................................53 Burial Detail Honor Guard ..................................................................................................54 The Pennsylvania Veterans Memorial ................................................................................55 Veterans Memorial Trust Fund...........................................................................................55

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