MVA Partners
The LA County Department of Military & Veterans Affairs provides a team of accredited Veteran Service Officers at Bob Hope Patriotic Hall to assist veterans and their families with service-related benefits. Although we have 22 field offices located throughout LA County, we are Headquartered at Bob Hope Patriotic Hall, where we work with multiple partners to provide a full-spectrum of resources to veterans and their families, including those listed below.
Full-time, in-house partners:
You may be eligible for disability compensation if you have a service-related disability and you were discharged under other than dishonorable conditions.
The first-ever community-driven support network serving veterans and their families in the U.S., The Veteran Peer Access Network (VPAN) connects County departments, non-profits, the VA and L.A. City Programs. Led by veterans for veterans, VPAN helps you navigate often complicated systems so that you receive the services you deserve. VPAN prioritizes hiring veterans as “battle buddies” and systems navigators to connect their brothers and sisters in need with resources that will help.”
The Veterans America’s Job Center of California is committed to assisting Veterans to re-enter the civilian workforce and to achieve a competitive edge in the labor market. This is done through a combination of education, training, career counseling, and supportive services. Our Veterans receive premier, priority of service and we strive to provide specialized, attentive services to our Veterans via a dedicated AJCC site that is staffed with Veterans who are distinctly qualified to respond to and address the unique needs of those who have served our country. To learn more, please visit: jvs-socal.org/ajcc-downtownla or contact us at veterans@jvs-socal.org.
U.S.VETS
U.S. Vets is on a mission to end veteran homelessness in the United States. “The streets” are simply no place for veterans; no place for the many men and women who volunteered, giving of themselves and their youth, to protect our great freedoms. US Vets houses staff at Patriotic Hall to assist with homelessness and other vital resources.
Part-time, in-house partners:
Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation
The mission of the Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation (TASF) is to honor the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen by providing motivation, access and scholarships to assist financially and academically deserving students in the pursuit of their college education
Los Angeles County Bar Association – Veteran Legal Service Project
If you’re a veteran seeking legal help, the LACBA Veterans Legal Services Project may be able to help.
Veteran Treatment Courts in California
Provides legal self-help clinics for veterans and families.
Make an appointment at an MVA facility
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