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• In FY25 Veterans Services provided 9,839 services (an increase of 57% from FY24), serving 3,056 Veterans and their families.
• The Division has thus far produced an economic impact of $9 million and counting, with many claims still pending, with the majority those benefits continuing with the Veteran or their survivors for the rest of their life, with a 62% success rate, and average process time of 56 days, beating the current National Average of 78 days.

• The Division has participated in 32 Community Outreach events providing presentations, educating the community about Veteran related benefits, and staffing resource tables in support of our Community Partners.
• In March 2025 the Division launched a Combat and over 65 property tax exemption audits. Of the 1,422 individual exemptions reviewed, the Division had access to 44% of those records of which 11.9% had increased ratings and in turn it increased the Veteran’s current tax exemption. In many cases, the updates went back 3 years.