Other Services

Federal Benefits and Veterans’ Services

The Federal Benefits unit provides assistance with Social Security, Railroad Retirement, and Department of Veterans Affairs benefits, including:

• Filing Social Security claims for retirement, survivors and disability benefits
• Filing Department of Veterans’ Affairs claims for  compensation, pension, education, survivor and burial benefits
• Assisting beneficiaries of pensions from the Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC and the Railroad Retirement Board
• Assisting with beneficiary status change transactions, i.e., notice of changes of address, non-receipt of payment, etc.
• Registering Medicare enrollments and cancellations
• Facilitating earnings record inquiries
• Appointing representative payees for incapable beneficiaries
• Assisting beneficiaries to obtain birth, marriage, divorce and death records and medical evidence when necessary for claims

For males, age 18, Selective Service Registration Services are provided.