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CA Vet Plate Sales Support Vet Services Statewide

#1 Postby boardman » Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:33 pm

Increasing California Veteran License Plate Sales Support Veteran Services Statewide

The California Veterans License Plate Program provided County Veteran Services Offices statewide with nearly a $750,000 in additional resources last year that was used to reach out to veterans and educate them about the benefits and services available to them.

The California Veteran License Plate Program offers specially-designed plates to California veterans and to those who want to honor them. In 2012, the sale of “Veteran” and “Honoring Veterans” plates generated more than $734,000, nearly 56K more than the year before. Since its inception in 1995, the program has generated more than $8 million. That money helps support a network of 58 County Veteran Services Offices statewide.

“The money generated by the license plate program provides much-needed support for the County Veterans Services Offices which is where the rubber meets the road for veterans who want to claim the benefits they’ve earned through military service,” said CalVet Secretary Peter J. Gravett. “The CVSOs answer all manner of benefit-related questions for veterans and their families and help them navigate the complex and often frustrating benefit application processes.”

California Veteran License Plates are made possible through a partnership between the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). These specialty plates can be customized with the armed forces or veterans service organization logo or emblem of choice.

State and federal veterans benefits, available to everyone honorably discharged from the U.S. military, include disability compensation and pension payments, healthcare, money for education and training, housing, home loans, and many others. The CVSOs are trained, accredited professionals located in each county who help veterans and their families access those benefits. By law, this service is provided at no cost to the veterans.

To learn more or order a specialty license plate, visit the DMV web site at http://www.dmv.ca.gov/online/elp/elp.htm. To find the County Veterans Service Offices in your area, go to http://www.cacvso.org and click on Contact Us.
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Re: CA Vet Plate Sales Support Vet Services Statewide

#2 Postby boardman » Mon Aug 04, 2014 1:08 pm

CA Vet License Plates ► Sales Low | Production Uncertain

California veterans were quick to voice their disappointment when the state’s VETERAN license plate was replaced by an HONORING VETERANS version that appealed to family and friends of veterans. A bill, sponsored by the County Veterans Service Officers and the California State Commanders Veterans Council and signed by the Governor authorized the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to recreate the specialty plate. The law requires CalVet to collect and hold pre-paid VETERAN license plate applications until 7,500 are received before DMV will actually produce the plate. CalVet has until the end of this year to accomplish that task. Once that threshold is crossed, DMV will produce the plates and take responsibility for processing future applications. That same “hold and wait” process applies to all new specialty license plates in California. As of June 30, CalVet had received fewer than 200 of the 7,500 hundred applications needed by year’s end for plate to be produced. Unless sales skyrocket in the next six months and the threshold number is reached, the VETERAN plates will not be produced, and the money sent to CalVet to reserve plates will be refunded to those who paid. HONORING VETERANS plates will still be available.

Both VETERAN and HONORING VETERANS plates can be personalized and can be customized with the distinctive military branch or veterans service organization logo of choice. Proceeds from the sale of these plates help support efforts of the California Department of Veterans Affairs and 56 county veteran service offices to connect veterans and their families with the benefits they’ve earned through military service. The veteran license plate program is a partnership between the California Department of Veterans Affairs, the California Department of Motor Vehicles, and the California Association of County Veterans Services Officers, Inc. To purchase either of the two specialty plates, go to http://www.calvet.ca.gov/ VetServices/Pages/License-Plates. aspx . You may also call CalVet at (877) 741-8532 (toll free) to request that a specialty license plate application be mailed to you. [Source: CALVET Newsletter Jul 2014 ++]

Joe Wright
Kings County Public Guardian
Veterans Service Officer
(559)852-2659
joe.wright@co.kings.ca.us
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