A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life." That is Honor, and there are way to many people in this country who no longer understand it. -- Author Unknown

 

 

Oregon Senate Concurrent Resolution Number 2, passed in 1943, said, in part, “. . . it would not be fitting that those who remained at home should by reason thereof gain economic advantage over our patriotic defenders.” The resolution continued, “Let it be in the declared policy of the State of Oregon to place our returning military and naval forces as nearly as possible on the same economic equality as those who remained at home.”
 

For more than 60 years, the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs has been providing quality service to veterans, their dependents and survivors. Our current goals are;

1. Maintain the fiscal integrity of ODVA’s programs, services, and benefits 
2. Increase home ownership opportunities for Oregon’s veterans
3. Provide excellent service to veterans, their families, and other department customers
4. Enhance the financial stability of Oregon’s veterans and their families
5. Maintain the affordability and highest quality of care for residents at the Oregon Veterans’ Home
6. Increase awareness of all Department programs, services, and benefits through outreach and partnerships
7. Maximize the use of technology to deliver services, programs, and benefits to Oregon’s veterans and their families

 

Where EVERYDAY Is Veterans Day!

The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs (ODVA), with the support of our citizens, recognizes and honors Oregon’s veterans and their families by providing the highest quality programs, service and benefits.

 

The Department of Veterans' Affairs has been serving Oregon's military veterans since 1945. The Oregon legislature created the Department in response to a citizen mandate to provide for Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen returning from duty in World War II.
 
Since then, benefits managed by the Department have been extended to include veterans of later eras.

 

The Department offers a variety of services to veterans, their spouses and dependents.

• Home Loans - ORVET Home Loan program provides eligible veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces with home loans.
• Veterans’ Benefits  - The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs and most counties provide free benefits counseling and claims service to veterans, survivors, and dependents.
• Veterans' Education - State educational assistance to qualifying veterans to attend college, university, or vocational school (campaign or expeditionary medal required).
• Conservatorship - Help veterans, their dependents, and survivors who are legally determined to be “protected persons” under Oregon law preserve the estate while using income and assets to provide for the client’s shelter, medical, and personal needs.
• Oregon Veterans’ Home - Skilled nursing, rehabilitative, and Alzheimer’s care at the Oregon Veterans’ Home for veterans, spouses and surviving spouses of veterans, and parents all of whose children died while in the Armed Forces of the United States, who are in need of such care;
• Service Officer Directory - Geographically locate Veterans' Service Officers throughout the state of Oregon.