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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, June 1, 2009
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Linda
Loyle, Community Program Manager, Veterans' Assistance Fund,
360.754.4273, ext. 4273 |
Thurston
County
Veterans’ Assistance Fund Program Moves to New Location
OLYMPIA
-- The Thurston County Veterans’
Assistance Fund has become a program of the Thurston County Public Health and
Social Services Department and is moving to the Public Health building
effective June 8, 2009. The
address is
412 Lilly Rd. NE
,
Olympia
,
WA
98506-5132
. The telephone number remains the
same and is 360-786-5578.
The Veterans’
Assistance Fund assists eligible veterans and family members with rent and
mortgages, utilities, food, public transportation and burial expenses.
Those eligible for the program include honorably discharged veterans
who have completed their initial obligation to the military, who have resided
in
Washington
State
for at least six months preceding application, and lived in
Thurston
County
for at least 31 days preceding application, and who meet the program income
guidelines.
To obtain
information regarding the program and to schedule an appointment to complete
an application for assistance, please contact the Veterans’ Assistance Fund
at 360-786-5578. Applications for
assistance will be accepted Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9 a.m. to noon at
the Thurston County Public Health and Social Services Department.
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