This fund provides temporary financial assistance to meet, or help meet, the health and maintenance needs of eligible wartime veterans and their dependents who demonstrate a “need.” Available assistance may include shelter (rent/mortgage interest), food, clothing, medical expenses or funeral expenses.
Eligibility requirements:
*A veteran or a veterans dependent must live in CT at the time of application and while receiving assistance
*The veteran must have been honorably discharged from military service
*The veteran must have served a minimum of 90 days during a statutory wartime period unless discharged earlier for a service-connected disability rated by the Veterans Administration.
Applications are submitted through a designated Fund Representative at one of the 5 Field Offices or though local Fund Representatives in municipalities. Eastern CT can contact the Norwich Office at 860-886-8557 or the main office at 860-293-1460 for more information