Vet bonus box
Eligible Ohio veterans can receive up to $1,500 under the bonus program launched Tuesday. Here are the local sources to help veterans access the program.
Columbiana County Veterans Service Commission: 966 North Market St., Lisbon, 330-424-7214. Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission: 345 Oakhill Ave., Suite 100, Youngstown, 330-740-2451.
Trumbull County Veterans Service Commission: 280 North Park Ave., Warren, 330-675-2585.
Miscellaneous: Applications can be filled out online by going to www.veteransbonus.ohio.gov, but a copy must be printed out, notarized and signed and mailed to Ohio Veterans Bonus, P.O. Box 373, Sandusky, OH 44871. Public notaries can notarize the applicant’s signature. Also, the Ohio attorney general’s regional office in Youngstown, 20 W. Federal St., 3rd Floor, 330-884-7519, will notarize the applicant’s signature for free. A list of free notaries can be found at www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov/VeteransBonus. Applicants with specific questions can call 877-644-6838.
Source: Ohio Department of Veterans Services