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New veterans office opens in Manassas

Culpeper Star-Exponent - 7/19/2017

The new Virginia Department of Veterans Services office in Manassas held a ribbon cutting on Monday, according to a news release from Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

The new office will primarily serve military veterans and their families in Prince William and Fauquier counties, the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, and other localities in the area, according to the release.

In attendance at Monday's event were Virginia Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs John C. Harvey, Jr., State Senator Jeremy Pike, Delegate Jackson Miller, Manassas Mayor Harry Parrish II, VDVS Commissioner John Newby, community leaders, veterans, and active duty military service members.

"I am proud to be a part of the official grand opening of the Manassas VDVS office today," said McAuliffe. "This region, home to more than 50,000 military veterans and their families, now has a local office providing essential access to the federal and state benefits these men and women have earned by serving our nation. From benefit and transitional assistance to behavioral health care coordination services, all VDVS offices aim to provide every Virginia veteran the tools and resources they need to lead productive lives in the civilian sector. Virginia is truly committed to making sure we are the most veteran-friendly state in America and VDVS offices like this one in Manassas help us do that."

The new Manassas office is part of the state's efforts to expand veterans' services in Northern Virginia. VDVS also recently opened a new office in Loudoun County and will break ground on the new Puller Veterans Care Center in Fauquier County later this year, which will offer in-patient skilled nursing care, Alzheimer's/memory care and short-term rehabilitative care for veterans, and is expected to open in late 2019.

"Our highly trained and accredited Veterans Benefits Service Representatives, plus Resource Specialists from the Virginia Veteran and Family Support program, will be here in Manassas to meet one-on-one with veterans and help them identify and apply for the veterans benefits they have earned," said Thomas J. Herthel, VDVS Benefits Director.

The new veterans' office in Manassas is located at 9300 West Courthouse Road, Suite 305, and can be reached at 703/479-7437. Its office hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.