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520 Chandler Avenue North, Glencoe, MN 55336
Provides assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through county, federal, and state programs. Benefits include:
  • Benefit education programs
  • Burial, dental, dependent/survivor, disability, medical, and optical benefits
  • Education assistance
  • Home loan guarantee
  • Life insurance
  • Special needs services
  • Subsistence Grant: Financial assistance for housing (rent), personal needs, utilities (electric, gas, heating, sewer service, telephone, trash/recycling, and water), and special needs to veterans who are unable to work due to a temporary disability
  • Van transportation to veterans' medical appointments
  • Veterans benefits public self-help station
  • Vocational readiness and employment
1602 Highway 23 North, Sandstone, MN 55072
Provide assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through county, state, and federal programs. Benefits include:
  • Death and burial benefits
  • Dental and optical vouchers for both qualified veterans and their spouses
  • Discharge review
  • Education and training
  • GI Bill education training
  • GI life insurance
  • Home loan guaranteed by the USDVA
  • Outpatient medical care
  • Medical assistance in veterans hospitals and grants for non-veteran hospitals
  • Non-service related disability pension
  • Service related disability compensation
  • Survivors and dependents education
  • Transportation to and from the Minneapolis VA Hospital (non-emergency only) if no other transportation is available
  • Vocational rehabilitation for the disabled
201 Sherwood Avenue South, Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Provides loans, loan guarantees, and grants to individuals and families in order to buy, build, or repair affordable homes located in rural Minnesota. Eligibility for the loans and grants are based on income and varies according to the average median income for each area. The Single-Family Housing Program includes:
  • Non-profit entities to provide new homes or repair homes
  • Purchasing or building a new single-family home with no money down for homebuyers
  • Refinancing the current mortgage under certain qualifying circumstances
  • Repairing the current home for homeowners
313 North Main Street, Room 230, Center City, MN 55012
?Provide assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through county, state, and federal programs. Benefits include:
  • Death and burial benefits
  • Dental and optical vouchers for both qualified veterans and their spouses
  • Discharge review
  • Drug dependency treatment
  • Education and training
  • GI Bill education training
  • GI life insurance
  • Home loan guaranteed by the USDVA
  • Outpatient medical care
  • Medical assistance in veterans hospitals and grants for non-veteran hospitals
  • Non-service-related disability pension
  • Service related disability compensation
  • Survivors and dependents education
  • Vocational rehabilitation for the disabled
319 North Rebecca Street, Ivanhoe, MN 56142
Provide assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through county, state, and federal programs. Benefits include:
  • Assistance obtaining DD-214 and discharge review
  • Burial and memorial benefits
  • Disability compensation (service-connected)
  • Education benefits (GI Bill and survivor/dependent education programs)
  • Emergency financial assistance through Minnesota State Soldiers Assistance Program (when eligible)
  • Dental and optical assistance programs (income-based state benefits)
  • Survivor and dependent benefits (DIC, pensions, education assistance)
  • Transportation assistance to VA medical centers
  • Veterans pension (non-service-connected)
  • VA healthcare enrollment and community care referrals
  • VA home loan guaranty program
  • VA life insurance programs (SGLI, VGLI, etc.)
531 Dewey Street, Foley, MN 56329
Provides assistance and guidance to veterans, their survivors, and dependents for benefits provided by the state of Minnesota and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. These benefits include:
  • Burial Benefits
  • Disability Compensation
  • Educational Benefits
  • Health Care Enrollment
  • Home Loan Guarantees
  • Non-Service Connected Pension
  • Obtaining DD-214 (Discharge Papers)
  • State Subsistence / Dental / Optical / Special Needs
  • State Veterans Cemetery
  • State Veterans Homes
  • Widows Pension/Dependency Indemnity Compensation
332 Main Avenue, Gaylord, MN 55334
Down Payment Assistance Program This is only for existing buildings, not for a person building a new home. It also does not apply to mobile homes. The home must be within the city limits of Gaylord. The economic authority accepts applications on a monthly basis and the board approves them once a month. Business Loans: Revolving loan fund information for homes and businesses. The Economic Development Authority (EDA) advises the city council regarding economic development, housing, and redevelopment matters, and exercises certain powers as authorized by the council.
606 5th Avenue SW, Room 120, Roseau, MN 56751
The agency advises and assists all veterans and their dependents with all state and federal veterans benefits, including:
  • Alcohol dependency treatment
  • Burial benefits
  • Death benefits
  • Dental treatment
  • Disability
  • Disability insurance
  • Discharge reviews
  • Domiciliary care
  • Drug dependency treatment
  • Education and training
  • Financial assistance
  • GI Bill educational training
  • GI Life Insurance
  • Home loans guaranteed by the USDVA
  • Non-service connected disability pension
  • Outpatient medical care
  • Service-connected disability compensation
  • Social Security
  • Survivors and dependents education
  • Vocational rehabilitation for individuals with disabilities
600 East 4th Street, Chaska, MN 55318
Advises and assists all veterans and their dependents with all state and federal veterans benefits:
  • Alcohol dependency and drug dependency treatment
  • Burial, death benefits, and G.I. life insurance
  • Service-connected disability compensation and non-service connected disability pension
  • Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for eligible survivors of veterans due to service-related injury or disease
  • Disability insurance and health insurance benefits
  • Discharge reviews
  • Domiciliary care
  • Education and training such as the G.I. Bill educational training
  • Financial assistance
  • Home loan guaranteed by the U.S.D.V.A.
  • Outpatient medical care and dental treatment
  • State Soldiers Assistance Program (SSAP) special needs grant
  • Survivors and dependent's education
  • Vocational rehabilitation for disabled
806 Fillmore Street, Alexandria, MN 56308
Provide assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through county, state, and federal programs. Benefits include:
  • Chemical dependency treatment
  • Death and Burial benefits
  • Dental and Optical vouchers for both qualified veterans and their spouses
  • Discharge review
  • Emergency Financial assistance upon approval of the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Education and training
  • GI Bill education training
  • GI life insurance
  • Home loan guaranteed by the USDVA
  • Outpatient medical care
  • Medical assistance in veterans hospitals and grants for non-veteran hospitals
  • Non-service related disability pension
  • Service related disability compensation
  • Survivors and dependents education
  • Transportation to VA clinics in Saint Cloud, Fargo, and Minneapolis
  • Vocational rehabilitation for the disabled
1814 East 14th Avenue, Hibbing, MN 55746
Advises and assists veterans and their dependents with all state and federal veterans benefits, such as:
  • Burial benefits
  • Financial assistance through the V.A. for dental work
  • G.I. Bill education assistance
  • G.I. Bill life insurance
  • Home loan guaranteed by the U.S.D.V.A.
  • Information about and referrals to other service agencies for chemical dependency treatment and vocational rehabilitation
  • Outpatient medical care through the V.A.
  • Service-connected disability compensation
  • "State Soldiers Assistance Program" (SSAP) provides cash assistance in the form of shelter payments (rent and mortgage), utilities, and personal needs grants to veterans who are unable to work as a result of a temporary disability. There are strict income and asset requirements.
  • Survivors and dependents' education
  • Transportation to the VA Medical Center
  • Veteran/military health insurance
  • Veteran survivor insurance
22 6th Street East, Dept 121, Mantorville, MN 55955
Advises and assists veterans and their dependents with all state and federal veterans benefits such as:
  • Burial benefits
  • Financial assistance through the V.A. for dental work
  • G.I. Bill education assistance
  • G. I. Bill life insurance
  • Home loan guaranteed by the U.S.D.V.A.
  • Information about and referrals to other service agencies for chemical dependency treatment and vocational rehabilitation
  • Outpatient medical care through the V.A.
  • Service-connected disability compensation
  • Subsistence grants provides cash assistance in the form of shelter payments (rent and mortgage), utilities (electric, gas, heating, and water), and personal needs grants to veterans who are unable to work as a result of a temporary disability. There are strict income and asset requirements.
  • Survivors and dependents education
  • Transportation to Minneapolis VA Medical Center
  • Veteran/military health insurance
  • Veteran survivor insurance
14 South State Street, New Ulm, MN 56073
Advises and assists veterans and their dependents with all state and federal veterans benefits, such as:
  • Burial benefits
  • Financial assistance through the V.A. for dental work
  • G.I. Bill educational training
  • G.I. Life Insurance
  • Home loan guaranteed by the U.S.D.V.A.
  • Outpatient medical care through the V.A.
  • Service-connected disability compensation
  • Veteran survivor insurance
  • Veteran/Military health insurance
  • Transportation to VA Medical Center
  • Survivors and dependents education
"State Soldiers Assistance Program" (SSAP): provides veterans who are unable to work as a result of temporary disability with cash assistance toward housing costs (rent, mortgage, and utilities such as gas, electric, heating fuel, and water) and other personal needs. There are strict income and asset requirements. Information about and referrals to other service agencies for chemical dependency treatment and vocational rehabilitation.
505 9th Street South, Breckenridge, MN 56520
Provides assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through state and federal programs including:
  • Burial and death benefits
  • Dental and medical care
  • Education and training
  • Home loan guarantees
  • Pension
  • State Subsistence: Financial assistance for basic dental and optical care, mortgage, personal needs, rent and utilities for veterans who cannot work due to temporary disability.
214 1st Avenue NW, PO Box 281, Aitkin, MN 56431
  • Non-profit agency committed to working with low income families of working poor to build decent housing with the aid of volunteers
  • Sweat equity program requires 300 hours work per per family sweat equity hours
1 Mendota Road West, Suite 420, West Saint Paul, MN 55118
Advises and assists veterans and their dependents with state and federal veterans benefits, including:
  • Alcohol dependency treatment
  • Burial benefits
  • Service-connected disability compensation
  • Dental treatment
  • Disability insurance
  • Discharge reviews
  • Death benefits
  • Domiciliary care
  • Drug dependency treatment
  • Education and training
  • Financial assistance
  • G.I. Bill educational training
  • G.I. Life Insurance
  • Home loan guaranteed by the U.S.D.V.A.
  • Non-service connected disability pension
  • Outpatient medical care
  • Survivors and dependents education
  • Vocational rehabilitation for disabled
505 4th Avenue South, Room 320, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Helps finance repairs for one- to four-unit properties, including duplexes, single-family homes, and townhouses. Offers secured and unsecured loans ranging from $2,000 to $75,000, with options that may or may not require monthly payments. Grants are available to address lead-based paint risks. Referrals are also provided to grant and volunteer-based no-cost programs.
300 South 6th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55487
Helps service members, veterans, survivors, and their families navigate the Veterans Administration benefits system. Members are assigned a Veteran Service Representative based on their location. A Veteran Service Representative may assist with the following:
  • Access benefits to disability compensation, pensions, survivors' pension, and other benefits. Must be temporarily disabled and unable to work for at least 30 days to be eligible for disability compensation.
  • Enroll in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) health care for medical, dental, emergency hospital care, nursing home benefits, and long-term care
  • Find mental health resources, military sexual trauma resources, mobile crisis teams, emergency suicide care, and treatment
  • Obtain military treatment and medical health records
  • Obtain burial benefits for veterans and eligible family members in federal, state, or private cemeteries
  • Request military discharge papers
  • Resolve and find resources such as housing assistance, homelessness, chemical health, and co-occurring disorders
2500 28th Street, Slayton, MN 56172
Provides assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through state and federal programs including:
  • Burial and death benefits
?- Dental and medical care
  • Education and training
  • Home loan guarantees
  • Pension
  • State Subsistence: Financial assistance for basic dental and optical care, mortgage, personal needs, rent, and utilities for veterans who cannot work due to temporary disability.
101 4th Street East, Hastings, MN 55033
Advises and assists veterans and their dependents with state and federal veterans benefits, including:
  • Alcohol dependency treatment
  • Burial benefits
  • Service-connected disability compensation
  • Dental treatment
  • Disability insurance
  • Discharge reviews
  • Death benefits
  • Domiciliary care
  • Drug dependency treatment
  • Education and training
  • Financial assistance
  • G.I. Bill educational training
  • G.I. Life Insurance
  • Home loan guaranteed by the U.S.D.V.A.
  • Non-service connected disability pension
  • Outpatient medical care
  • Survivors and dependents education
  • Vocational rehabilitation for disabled
702 3rd Avenue South, Virginia, MN 55792
Provides training, education, and counseling to first-time homebuyers. Classes are open to first-time homebuyers or current homeowners. Offers a variety of homeownership tools to start the journey of owning a home, such as:
  • Framework: Offers access to an online learning option. An alternative course designed to help homebuyers navigate the home-buying process, which can be completed at their own pace.
  • Homestretch Workshops: For individuals interested in learning how to buy a home. Local professionals such as real estate agents, lenders, and home inspectors speak about their part in the process. Down payment and closing cost assistance may be available to first-time homebuyers who complete the workshop, as well as meet other eligibility criteria. Virtual workshops are available.
  • One-On-One Counseling Session: Counseling sessions are free and are focused on affordability, types of mortgages, budgeting, savings, and accomplishing goals
616 America Avenue NW, Suite 140, Bemidji, MN 56601
Service all claims with US Department of Veterans Affairs and the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs: - Pensions
  • Compensation
  • Education and training
  • Vocational rehabilitation
  • Home Loan Guarantees
  • Life insurance
  • Benefits for survivors
  • Burial benefits
  • Health care benefits
  • Federal benefits
  • Minnesota Department benefits
  • Dental
  • Optical
  • Emergency medical and educational
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225 West Cavour Avenue, Suite H, Fergus Falls, MN 56537
Homeownership opportunities for low income families with third party financing
525 2nd Street SE, Milaca, MN 56353
Advises and assists all veterans and their dependents with all state and federal veterans benefits. Services include: ?- Alcohol/drug dependency treatment referrals ?- Burial benefits ?- Death benefits ?- Death benefits ?- Dental care referrals ?- Disability ?- Disability insurance ?- Discharge reviews ?- Domiciliary care ?- Education and training ?- Financial assistance ?- GI Bill educational training ?- GI Life Insurance ?- Home loan guaranteed by the US Department of Veterans Affairs ?- Non-service connected disability pension ?- Outpatient medical care referrals ?- Service-connected disability compensation ?- Social Security ?- Survivors and dependents education ?- Transportation to and from scheduled medical appointments at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers or affiliated VA appointments ?- Vocational rehabilitation for disabled
320 Miners Drive East, Ely, MN 55731
Advises and assists veterans and their dependents with all state and federal veterans benefits, such as:
  • Burial benefits
  • Financial assistance through the V.A. for dental work
  • G.I. Bill education assistance
  • G.I. Bill life insurance
  • Home loan guaranteed by the U.S.D.V.A.
  • Information about and referrals to other service agencies for chemical dependency treatment and vocational rehabilitation
  • Outpatient medical care through the V.A.
  • Service-connected disability compensation
  • "State Soldiers Assistance Program" (SSAP) provides cash assistance in the form of shelter payments (rent and mortgage), utilities, and personal needs grants to veterans who are unable to work as a result of a temporary disability. There are strict income and asset requirements.
  • Survivors and dependents' education
  • Transportation to the VA Medical Center
  • Veteran/military health insurance
  • Veteran survivor insurance