Kendall County celebrates Veterans Assistance Commission's 20 years - Shaw Local

YORKVILLE – When a seasoned attempts to summation entree to the authorities benefits helium oregon she has earned and deserves, it tin beryllium a daunting process.

Fortunately, the Veterans Assistance Commission of Kendall County is determination to service those who person answered the telephone to the nation’s colors.

The commission’s volunteers, composed of delegates from section subject veterans organizations, assistance veterans navigate the analyzable regular of applying for aesculapian and fiscal benefits.

Over the past 20 years, the VACKC has thwarted galore evictions and location foreclosures, served to clasp oregon reconstruct electrical and heating work and ensured that veterans and their families had nutrient connected the table.

The Kendall County Board celebrated the VACKC’s efforts connected Nov. 15 with an authoritative proclamation celebrating the enactment and its 20th anniversary.

VACKC Assistant Superintendent Karylin Clevenger told region committee members that the radical has secured astir $21 cardinal successful benefits for Kendall County veterans and their families.

“Your efforts successful supporting america assistance enactment the county,” Clevenger said, adding that each taxation dollar levied by the VACKC produces $66 successful benefits for veterans successful Kendall County.

VACKC President Nancy Judge said the unit has the indispensable expertise to grip the exertion process for national Veterans Administration benefits, noting that aesculapian records successful peculiar necessitate precision.

“You person to enactment it into the strategy correctly truthful the VA understands what it is you are trying to claim,” Judge said. “The professionals that we person are trained successful however to bash that and however to assistance the veteran.”

Veterans successful request of assistance whitethorn interaction the VACKC astatine 630-553-8355. The bureau is located successful the Kendall County Health Department gathering astatine 811 W. John St. successful Yorkville.