Gladwin County

Veterans Affairs

The Gladwin County Office of Veterans Affairs is an office supported by Gladwin County. This office has provided Gladwin County veterans and their families with professional veterans benefit advocacy and support for over 50 years. Our office is accredited by the State of Michigan and the Department of Veterans Affairs. We are also supported by all Veteran Service Organizations.

Our mission is to assist Veterans and their families obtain local, state and federal benefits. We help them discover the benefits to which they are entitled and assist them with the application process. We are committed to provide quality service and advocacy for our veterans and their families.

Ken Roberts, Director
989-426-4891
help@gladwinveterans.com

Gladwin County Veterans Park

The current Gladwin County Veterans Memorial is in need of major repairs. Time, the elements and vehicle emissions have been hard on the brick-and-mortar structure.

Instead of spending money making temporary repairs to the current memorial, the Gladwin County Veterans Committee and the County Commissioners feel a new, improved memorial should be built to honor our County’s Veterans.

The new memorial will be more of a park-like setting with each service era having their own granite slab with the name of each veteran permanently engraved into the stone. Between each wall will be a path leading to the next with memorial benches available along the way. Paver bricks will be sold to place along that path to honor your favorite veterans not eligible for placement on the wall. This memorial will fill the open grounds just East of the County Building.

Donations can be made in the following manner:

  1. Check made out to Gladwin County Veterans Affairs with “Veterans Park” written in the memo line. The checks can be brought to the office or mailed to:

    Gladwin County Office of Veterans Affairs
    555 W Cedar Ave
    Gladwin, MI 48624

  2. You can also pay by credit card to the Gladwin County Community Foundation:
    Call them at 989.839.9661 and tell them you are donating to this project or online.
Veterans Relief Fund

The program is funded solely by donations from people and groups who wish to help our local veterans. All donations are used to help Gladwin County Veterans with emergent needs such as home heating, electricity, food, clean drinking water and other health and safety needs. You can help a local veteran by donating at the link below.

https://www.midlandfoundation.org/fund/gladwinveteransrelief/

The Gladwin County Office of Veterans Affairs is seeking your assistance in recognizing our local veterans by sponsoring banners to be placed along the streets of Gladwin and Beaverton for a period leading up to Veterans Day (November 11th) and to remain displayed for one week after. This type of display not only brings recognition to the men and women who have proudly served our country but also lets them know that their community appreciates them.

In addition to friends and family sponsors, we are also offering an opportunity for our local business community to sponsor a veteran. For $200.00, businesses can choose to sponsor a specific veteran (perhaps one of their employees) or purchase a banner at the bottom of the banner they have sponsored and, if possible, the banner will be placed on the pole closest to their business.

Any funding received in excess of the project’s actual costs will be divided between the Gladwin County Veterans Relief Fund (for use to help Veterans with emergent needs) and the Gladwin County Veterans Memorial project.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Kenneth Roberts
Director, Gladwin County Office of Veterans Affairs
(989)426-4891 – vadirector@gladwincounty-mi.gov

APPLICATION FORM

The Gladwin County Veterans Memorial is in dire condition. Rather than spending large sums of money to repair the current memorial, a new Veterans Memorial project has been started. The County Board of Commissioners have approved the use of the property on the East side of the Court House to use for this purpose. This new Veterans Memorial will be more of a small park-like setting with veterans from each service era being represented in its own display.

Any donations made will be used solely for this purpose. Any remaining funds will be placed into a perpetual care fund for the memorial.

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MakeTheConnection.net connects Veterans, their family members and friends, and other advocates with mental health information, local resources, and inspiring stories of recovery. Visitors can find reliable information on how to cope with challenges such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma, and transitioning from service. The site is free and accessible to everyone.

Programs & Services

All services are free of charge.

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Recently Separated Veterans

  • Recording DD-214
  • VA Health Care | Enrollment/Dental Care | Enrollment
  • SGLI conversions
  • Establish Eligibility for State of MI Benefits
  • eBenefits Registration

Education Benefits

  • Montgomery GI Bill
  • Post-9/11 GI Bill
  • VetEd
  • Pell Grant Applications

Disabled Veterans

  • Compensation Claims
  • Filing Appeals
  • VA Non-Service Connected Pension
  • VA Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Programs
  • Agent Orange Assistance

In Time of Passing

  • Dependency & Indemnity Compensation
  • Widows Pension
  • Burial Allowance
  • Burial Markers & Medallions
  • Survivor Benefits
  • Burial Flags
  • Presidential Memorial Certificate

Health Benefits

  • My Healthevet
  • VA Medical Care
  • TRICARE
    CHAMPVA

Financial Assistance

  • Soldiers and Sailors Relief Fund
  • Michigan Veterans Trust Fund
  • Michigan Veterans Housing Assistance Program

All Other Services

  • Discharge Review & Upgrade
  • GI Home Loan Guarantee
  • Requests for Lost Military Records
  • Employment Assistance
  • Veteran Owned Business Resources
  • Many other Veterans resources and information.

Veteran Benefits Overview

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E)

Crisis and Counseling

Education

VA Healthcare

Home Loans

Burial Benefits

Life Insurance

Veteran Homelessness

VA Disability Compensation

Financial Assistance

VA Pension Programs

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Treasurer's Office - Tax Foreclosure Class Action Settlement

Gladwin County is participating in a settlement of claims for surplus proceeds from tax foreclosure auctions before 2021. The settlement is for properties that were sold for more than the outstanding taxes and expenses between 2013 and 2020. Class members are persons or entities that had an ownership interest in the property. The case is Fox, et al. v. Saginaw, County, et al. Case No. 1:19-cv-11887, pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. More information is available at the official website for this settlement, which can be found at the link below.

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