Veteran Services

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Oct. 25, 2023: Our office has moved! You can now find Veteran Services at the Mercer County Administration Building, 640 S. Broad St., Trenton. Visitor parking is in the main lot across from the building. Handicap entrance is to the left of the main entrance.

Medina Wilson, Division Chief

Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

McDade Administration Building, 640 S. Broad St., Trenton, Floor 2
Phone: 609-989-6120 
Fax: 609-393-2143

Mercer County Veteran Services represents all Mercer County veterans of military service and their families, providing counsel, information, and referral. Our primary functions are to:

  • Write Veterans Administration claims for compensation/pension
  • Assist with disability claims and education
  • Assist with burial registration at Greenwood and Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle cemeteries
  • Provide burial plots at no charge and mausoleums at a reduced cost at Greenwood Cemetery
  • Assist with survivor benefits
  • Conduct countywide ceremonies (Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Pearl Harbor Day, etc.)
  • Provide transitional housing
  • Help organize career and job fairs, specifically for veterans
  • Collect funds to distribute holiday meals to needy veterans for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter
  • Provide referral services including transition to and from VA medical facilities; employment and vocational rehabilitation through Mercer County's One-Stop Career Center; social services; war veterans re-adjustment counseling; affordable housing; emergency and transitional housing; and Vet Center Clinic

Veteran ID Cards can be obtained at the County Clerk's office at 209 S. Broad St., Trenton, NJ 

Office hours are weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (609) 278-7108  

 Veterans Crisis Hotline – 1-800-273-8255, Press 1

 VA Homeless Hotline – 1-877-4AIDVET (1-877-424-3838)

 Women Veterans Call Center – 1-855-VA-WOMEN (1-855-829-6636)

Veteran Owned Businesses in Mercer County click here

    

 

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