The Commission of Veterans Affairs provides help to Monroe County veterans who were discharged under Honorable Conditions and/or their family members. Veterans need to have served 90 consecutive days of active Federal service.

Help with the following needs is available, subject to eligibility guidelines:

 Rent Payments
 Utilities
 Food and provisions
 Medical and dental
 Prescription medication
 Transportation
 Burial
 Grave markers

The Veterans Affairs department also provides help to ALL veterans and/or their family members in applying for federal benefits and other veterans aid, which include but are not limited to:

 Service connected disability compensation
 Special monthly compensation
 Non-service connected pension
 Surviving spouse pension
 Aid & attendance/housebound
 Military records upgrade and military records replacement
 Agent Orange/PTSD/Desert Storm Sickness/Type II Diabetes/HepC
 Application for VA HealthCare System
 Application for admission to the Iowa Veterans Home
 Headstones
 All other federal programs for which veterans and/or dependents may be eligible