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      • Mt. Gretna Training Camp Artillery Range West Munitions Response Site
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    Financial Assistance

    • Veterans' Temporary Assistance
    • Military Family Relief Assistance
    • Maximize Veterans Benefits with an ABLE Account PA ABLE Savings Programs
    • Free Financial Counseling for Veterans Veterans Benefits Banking Program

    Tax Exemption and Tax Assistance

    • Disabled Veterans' Real Estate Tax Exemption
    • PA 211 VITA-Free Tax Preparation
    • Military Pay for PA Personal Income Tax Purposes

    Educational Assistance

    • Children of 100% Disabled and Deceased Veterans Educational Gratuity
    • PANG Active Duty/State Activie Duty Survivors PA National Guard Survivors' Tuition Waiver
    • PANG SAD Survivors Postsecondary Educational Gratuity Program–PHEAA
    • Children of POW/MIA Soldiers Grant Program–PHEAA
    • PA National Guard Military Family Education Program
    • Aid for Military and Pennsylvania National Guard–PHEAA
    • Veterans Education–PA Department of Education
    • Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy
    • Operation Recognition: High School Diplomas for PA Veterans

    Employment Assistance and Business Information

    • Put Your Military Experience to Work in Pennsylvania
    • Veterans’ Preference – Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    • Pennsylvania CareerLink for Veterans
    • Military and Veterans Professional Licensure
    • Supporting Veteran - Owned Businesses
    • Pennsylvania Veterans in Agriculture
    • PA Department of Agriculture Veteran Grant Program
    • Pennsylvania Veterans in Transportation
    • Doing Business with the Commonwealth – Small Veteran Businesses
    • Service-connected and non-service connected disabled veterans Pennsylvania Vocational Rehabilitation Services
    • Free Job Training with SkillUp™ PA

    Legal Assistance and Assistance for Justice - Involved Veterans

    • Pennsylvania Bar Association Lawyers Saluting Veterans Program
    • Pennsylvania Bar Association Wills for Heroes
    • National Veterans Legal Services Program
    • Veterans Justice Outreach Program
    • Veterans Treatment Courts
    • Incarcerated Veterans Services
    • See pages 26-27 for PA locations Civil Legal Services at VA Medical Centers
    • Penn State Dickinson Law School Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic
    • UPenn Carey Law School Veterans Law Project
    • Widener School of Law Veterans Law Clinic (Wilmington, DE)
    • Representation at U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims National Veterans Legal Services Program
    • Free Notarization of Military and Veterans Affairs Documents

    Pension Programs

    • Amputee and Paralyzed Veterans’ Pension
    • Blind Veterans’ Pension
    • State active duty survivors PA National Guard Survivors’ Pension

    Workers’ Compensation

    • PA National Guard Members Injured on State Active Duty
    • PA National Guard on state active duty. Compensation for Post-Traumatic Stress Injury

    Driver and Vehicle Services

    • Drivers’ License Veterans Designation
    • Registration and Title Fee Waiver for Disabled and Other Eligible Veterans
    • Apply for a Military CDL Test Waiver
    • Apply for Disabled and Severely Disabled Veteran License Plates
    • Apply for Military and Veteran Registration Plates

    Transportation Services

    • PA 211 Transport for People with Disabilities
    • DAV Vans to Altoona VA Health Care Facilities
    • DAV Vans to Bath (NY) VA Health Care Facilities
    • DAV Vans to Butler VA Health Care Facilities
    • DAV Vans to Coatesville VA Health Care Facilities
    • DAV Vans to Erie VA Health Care Facilities
    • DAV Vans to Lebanon VA Health Care Facilities
    • DAV Vans to Martinsburg (WV) VA Health Care Facilities
    • DAV Vans to Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Philadelphia VAMC
    • DAV Vans to Pittsburgh VA Health Care Facilities
    • DAV Vans to Wilkes-Barre VA Health Care Facilities

    Military and Vital Records

    • Military Records Requests
    • Free to Eligible Veterans, Spouses and Dependent Children Ordering a Birth Certificate
    • Free to Eligible Veterans, Spouses and Dependent Children Ordering a Death Certificate
    • Military Records Research in the PA State Archives

    Recreation

    • Disabled Veteran Hunting and Trapping Licenses
    • Disabled Veteran Fishing Licenses
    • Disabled Veteran Camping Discounts at PA State Parks
    • Fort Indiantown Gap Hunting and Fishing
    • Pennsylvania Center for Adapted Sports
    • USO Pennsylvania (Active, Reserve, Guard, Retirees and Dependents)
    • Commissary, Exchange, and MWR Access for Disabled Veterans
    • Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum
    • Pennsylvania Military Museum (Boalsburg, PA)
    • Erie Maritime Museum and U.S. Brig Niagara
    • U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center (Carlisle, PA)
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