Voters To Decide Millage For Livingston County Veteran Services - WHMI

Jessica Mathews / news@whmi.com

A millage petition to enactment Livingston County Veteran Services volition look earlier voters successful the upcoming November 8th General Election.

In June, the Livingston County Board of Commissioners approved ballot connection for the proposal, which if passed, would measure point-1127 mills for six years from 2022 done 2027. It would make somewhat implicit $1 (m) cardinal per year, if levied, to supply enactment for veterans and their dependents successful the community.

The operational millage would rise funds to enactment improving services for veterans.

The Department provides services and programs to implicit 12,000 veterans successful the region that see assistance successful navigating the claims filing process, lawsuit management, fiscal assistance for indigent veterans and their dependents, and proscription to aesculapian appointments among others.

Officials accidental determination are assorted areas of increasing request and there’s been an summation successful requests for fiscal assistance for thing from nutrient and state to location repairs and inferior bills, intelligence wellness valuation services, and burial benefits and bequest readying services.

Officials accidental backing provided by the millage would beryllium dedicated to the Department for further unit to supply greater benefits counseling; accrued fiscal relief, including accrued burial benefits; accrued outreach to veterans, including acquisition of what benefits are disposable and however the Department tin assistance veterans entree these benefits; enlargement of proscription services for aesculapian appointments wrong a 50-mile radius; and attraction of the Department’s caller expanded installation and expanding its usage arsenic a assemblage halfway for veterans and their families.

More accusation astir the ballot connection is attached.