Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs
20 West 12th Street, St. Paul, MN 55155

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
August 4, 2011

Media Contacts:

Anna Lewicki Long
(651) 757-1536
anna.long@state.mn.us

Disaster Relief Grants Available for Minnesota Veterans and Families

SAINT PAUL, Minn. - As a result of recent tornadoes and storms, the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA) is offering Disaster Relief Grants for reimbursable expenses to Veterans in the following counties: Anoka, Brown, Isanti, Kanabec, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Pine, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Scott, Stearns, Wright, and Yellow Medicine, per the Governor’s Executive Order 11-21. 

Veterans, their families and surviving spouses may be eligible for reimbursement assistance funds of up to $750 if they have not received other state or federal assistance. 

Veterans and their families should contact their County Veterans Service Officer to apply for a Disaster Relief Grant, or call
1-888-LINKVET (546-5838) and staff will assist them with contact information for a County Veterans Service Officer in their area.

All eligible applications and copies of receipts must be dated between disaster timeframe, as designated by the Governor and/or FEMA. Expenditures must be made no earlier than July 1, 2011, and applications must be sent to MDVA and postmarked no later than Sept. 30, 2011.