VET’S TELEPHONE HOTLINE Telephone number: 631-224-VETS

MILITARY/VETERANS CRISIS LINE: 1-800-273-8255

Confidential chat at MilitaryCrisisLine.net, or text: 838255

NEWS

Click HERE to view the New Edition of Islip’s “Journals of War Veterans” form.

SUFFOLK COUNTY MARATHON VETERANS GRANT PROGRAM

All 501 (c)(3) or 501(c)(19) organizations that offer services for veterans/active military and military families are eligible to apply. Applications must be submitted by a certified 501 (c)(3) or 501(c)(19) community organization that is registered and in good standing with the Suffolk County Veterans Service Agency unless otherwise exempt from the requirements of Suffolk County Local Law 5-2011.

For information on the application process, guidelines, instructions and the application, click HERE.

TOWN OF ISLIP AIRPORT “HOMETOWN HERO” WELCOME HOME PROGRAM Arriving at Long Island MacArthur Airport, Ronkonkoma, New York The Welcome Home with a Town of Islip Official will be afforded to every serviceperson ending their deployment and any wounded serviceperson. Call: 631-224-VETS The Welcome Home without a Town of Islip Official will be afforded to every serviceperson who is on leave, liberty or has finished basic training. Call: (631) 467-3315

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EMPLOYERS HIRING VETERANS

Click here to view the Employers Hiring Veterans list.

Walmart offers skills translators to assist Veterans in obtaining employment. The Walmart skills translator is available on Walmart’s “careers with a mission” website www.walmartcareerswithamission.com, which also includes openings at the company and advice for Veterans on how to land a job. The following, according to Walmart executives, is how military skills can translate into the retail industry:

TOWN OF ISLIP ASSESSORS OFFICE

VETERANS REAL PROPERTY EXEMPTION
For any Town of Islip homeowner that has not filed a Veteran’s Real Property Tax Exemption application, the deadline is March 1st. This applies to a Veteran or un-remarried spouse of a deceased Veteran. Please contact the Town of Islip Assessor’s Office at 631 224-5585 for additional information.

TOWN OF ISLIP PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

OFFERS TO TOWN OF ISLIP VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS REDUCED FEES FOR NEW BUILDING PERMITS, INCLUDING FILING FEES AND RENEWAL FEES AND LOWER FEES FOR ALL NEW CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

REQUIREMENTS: The Town of Islip Veterans Organizations must legally own the building the organization is seeking to renovate or improve, must provide a completed permit fee reduction application and a list of all currently active organizations members 75% of whom must be Veterans currently residing in the Town of Islip.

Contact Town of Islip Planning and Development for application and further information: 631-224-5470

REDUCTION- All new building permit fees, including filing fees and renewal fees, to be reduced by fifty(50%) percent and all new Certificate of Compliance fees reduced by fifty percent (50%) to a base fee of $375.00 plus $0.45 per square foot with a cap of $1,000.00 maximum.

TOWN OF ISLIP SENIOR CITIZENS DEPARTMENT

VETERANS 60 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER
Town of Islip issues, free of charge, a Town of Islip Senior Citizen Card for Town of Islip residents 60 years of age and older- must apply at 401 Main Street, Islip, New York and avail yourself to all the Town of Islip Senior Citizen’s programs.

TOWN OF ISLIP VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, CHAPTERS AND POSTS

TOWN OF ISLIP VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION (VSO): The mission of the Town of Islip Veterans Service Organization (VSO) is to help unite the efforts of the Islip Town veterans, service members and family support organizations and to provide support, advocacy and mentoring to veterans, service members and their families. For more information contact Vet’s Hotline telephone number at 631-224-VETS.