By Sara QuamEach year, the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs provides information on the economic effects veterans make in their community through federal and state programs that provide income, medical care and nursing home care to veterans and their dependents.Minnesota Veterans Affairs Commissioner Clark Dyrud wrote a letter to Rock County Commissioners. "Your County Veterans Service Office is an incredible asset to the economy of your county," Dyrud wrote."An active Veterans Service Office dramatically increases the use of these programs, since veterans are not aware of the range and scope of benefits available to them and their dependents."Following are the 2004 and 2005 figures of benefits received by veterans in Rock County:
There were 839 veterans in Rock County in 2004.
In 2003, the amount of compensation and pension to veterans in Rock County was $1,281,327.
In 2004, the amount of compensation and pension to veterans was $1,380,344.
The VA Regional Office spent $1,640 per veteran in Rock County in 2003 and $1,804 in 2004.
The VA Medical Center spent $5,882 per veteran in Rock County in 2003 and $5,128 per person in 2004.
The actual number of veterans visiting the VA Medical Center was 221 in 2003 and 224 in 2004.
The total amount of federal and state dollars the county received through veterans benefits was $2,675,557 in 2003 and $2,631,509 in 2004.
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