 President Preckwinkle and Director Bill Browne with (from left) Commissioners John Daley, Bridget Degnen, Jeffrey Tobolski, Larry Suffredin, Sean Morrison, Recorder Ed Moody and Commissioner Peter Silvestri at the Veterans Outreach Forum on July 30, 2019.
Dear Veterans:
This newsletter contains information about services and benefits you have earned because of your honorable service to our nation.
A new veterans’ home is scheduled to open in Norwood Park at 4250 N. Oak Park Ave. in Chicago by the end of 2019. It will be the first in Chicago and the fifth in Illinois. Other veterans’ homes are in Manteno, LaSalle, Quincy and Anna.
A new law will streamline the process to get a ‘veteran’ designation on Illinois driver’s licenses and state identifications. The law will allow honorably discharged veterans to receive the designation without going to the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs before coming to the Secretary of State. Starting January 1, 2020, veterans can bring their DD214 or other acceptable discharge document directly to a Secretary of State Driver Services facility.
Cook County Veterans Affairs encourages you to share this information with other veterans and their dependents, and to use this newsletter as a reference tool for upcoming veteran activities. Please visit our website: www.cookcountyil.gov/agency/veterans-affairs
If there is a topic that you would like to see Veterans Affairs address, please email your suggestions to veterans.affairs@cookcountyil.gov.
If you would like to be added to our mailing list, click on “receive updates” at the top of this newsletter.
Bill Browne, Director
Cook County Department of Veterans Affairs
Cook County Census 2020
Learn more about the 2020 Census and why your participation is so vital.
Illinois Heroes Consortium
The Illinois Hires Heroes Consortium is a group of Illinois employers who recognize the great value veterans bring to the workplace and operationalize the term "veteran-friendly" by committing to implement military veteran recruitment, training and retention practices. Members of the Consortium are Illinois employers who commit to at least three initiatives - one in each human resource category.
VA’s Appeal Modernization Act
Learn more about this act and how it can impact you.
VA Welcome Kit
Whether you’re just getting out of the service or you’ve been a civilian for years, this kit can help guide you to the benefits you’ve earned.
Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019
This act allows Vietnam vets who served on Navy vessels to receive additional benefits.
Veteran Stand Down
Open to all homeless veterans
VFW Benjamin O Davis Post 311
Saturday, August 17, 2019
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
22341 Governors Highway
Richton Park, IL
For more information, contact Melissa Farmer-Hill at (312) 880-8614
https://vfwpost311.com/event/2019-veterans-stand-down/
Garden Day for Veterans
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Chicago Botanic Gardens
1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, IL. 60022
RSVP to Beth Dunn: edunn@chicagobotanic.org or (847) 835-6879
https://www.chicagobotanic.org/calendar/event/garden_day_veterans
Military and Veterans Family Fun Festival
Malcolm X College
Saturday, October 19, 2019
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
1900 West Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL
For more information, contact Brian Cross at (312) 603-5788
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