McLeod County Board accepts $10,000 VSO grant
At a county board meeting on Tuesday, March 5, commissioners accepted a $10,000 grant for the McLeod County Veteran Services Office (VSO) from the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs — the only non-county dollars the department receives.
The program — the County Veterans Office Operational Enhancement Grant Program — is aimed at being supplemental to the county’s operating budget, which Veterans Service Officer and Director Jim Lauer said is one of the smallest budgets among county departments.
According to Minnesota statute, the grant must be used, “...to provide outreach to the county’s veterans; to assist in the reintegration of combat veterans into society; to collaborate with other social services agencies, education institutions, and other community organizations for the purposes of enhancing services offered to veterans; to reduce homelessness among veterans; and to enhance the operations of the county veterans service office…”
(For the complete story, see the March 13 print edition of The Chronicle.)