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 eBENEFITS for VETERANS

website:  https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/homepage

OK, so now you have VA benefits, and you are excited to use them but how?  In an age of digital technology, automated phone calls/messages, email, etc. What do you do?  Check out the above webpage and register yourself.  Put in your information and find out more about benefits both for yourself and your family.  If you have questions, you have contacts listed here and you can email or call them.  Don’t be afraid to call and please be patient.  VA is a big organization with 3 different branches:

• VBA – Veterans Benefits Administration: Veterans & family benefits to include home loans, financial assistance, survivor’s benefits, etc.
• VHA – Veterans Health Administration: Veterans health benefits for health care of veterans
• NCA – National Cemetery Administration: Burial benefits, burial for veterans & eligible family members

Take a moment to check out the website and find out for yourself if you are eligible.  Most everything is digital and easy to navigate with patience.  Take a moment to get your benefits you deserve it!

American Legion National Organization

DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA

• Department web site: https://calegion.org/
• American Legion Auxiliary web site: https://www.calegionaux.org/
• Sons of the American Legion: https://salcalifornia.com/
• American Legion Riders: https://alrdoc.org/home.php
• California Legion College: https://calegioncollege.org/

AREA & DISTRICT WEB SITES

• Area 5: https://alca5tharea.com/
• District 6: https://calegion6.org/

For members who are new to the American Legion, the national organization is broken down into statewide organizations, area organizations, district organizations and finally Posts. The Sacramento and Elk Grove Posts are in the Department of California, Area 5, District 6.

Are you renewing your driver’s license? If so, you can have “Veteran” noted on your driver’s license. 

Yes, if you contact your local VSO and provide the VSO with a copy of your DD214, they will prepare the form that you can present to the DMV when you renew your driver’s license. So much easier to show your license than looking for some other document to prove you are a veteran to receive veteran’s discounts at local stores.

“I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.” John F. Kennedy

Below is a link for you. Check it out.

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Memory Care for Veterans

More Links can be found on the Living in Elk Grove Community Website’s Veterans Pagei