Core Functions


The DAV service officers serve as representatives for veterans and their families in obtaining benefits to which they are entitled. The DAV also provides informational seminars and publishes articles to bring about an awareness concerning potential entitlements to benefits and services available through the DAV and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The DAV provides direct assistance to veterans through its Older Veterans Assistance Program, its Thrift Store Gift Certificate program, its DAV Transportation Network program, and Veterans Service programs, all of which are of direct aid to veterans and their families in Minnesota.

Operations


The DAV has a Veteran National Service Office at Fort Snelling, staffed by five service officers and two secretaries. Services are rendered to individual veterans and are represented before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to obtain entitled benefits. The Minnesota DAV department office is located in the Veteran Service Building in St. Paul with three personnel and has two other offices located at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Minneapolis and the VAMC in St. Cloud. All services are coordinated with the department and rendered to individual veterans and families. We have nearly 20,000 members of the DAV in 33 Chapters and 24 Auxiliary units across the State of MN. Please visit our website to learn more.. www.davmn.org/
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Disabled American Veterans ( DAV ) of Minnesota




At A Glance


  • There are approximately 440,000 veterans in Minnesota. MN DAV membership is approximately 20,000 and there are approximately 45,000 disabled veterans in MN.
  • In FY 2009, DAV representation before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs resulted in over $61 million in new benefits to Minnesota veterans.
  • Over 2,300 MN Veterans received new benefits. Over 1,900 veterans had their claims maintained ($29 Million) and 1,000 veterans had claims increased through our MN DAV Service Officers representation ($12 Million).
  • In addition 114 widows and families were awarded over $1.2M in claims. Overall, this is over 8% increase in compensation year to year.
  • In FY 2009, the Transportation Network provided over 32,000 individual rides to VA medical appointments, comprising over 2.3 million miles traveled by volunteer drivers.
  • Volunteer efforts by DAV chapters, county veteran service officers, and other veteran service organizations resulted in over 99,000 volunteer hours donated in the DAV transportation program.

MN DAV provided major funding for transportation vans for the Mpls and St. Cloud VA medical clinics as well as replacement of TVs at all five MN veterans homes.

Agency Purpose


The purpose of the DAV: To provide support, encouragement and a better life for the noble men and women who became disabled while upholding world peace and freedom of the United States of America. The purpose and mission of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is accomplished by:
  • representing the interests of disabled veterans, their families, their widowed spouses, and their orphans before Congress, the White House, the Judicial Branch, as well as state and local government;
  • providing free professional service to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other agencies of government;
  • extending the DAV’s mission of hope into the communities where these veterans and their families live through a network of the department and chapter outreach service programs;
  • and providing a structure through which disabled veterans can express compassion for their fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs, including active participation in the re-integration events for returning veterans.


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