NMDVS Mobile Outreach Unit Visits Lordsburg March 19 for Veterans Services

The New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services will station its Mobile Outreach Vehicle at Lordsburg City Hall, 409 W. Wabash St., this Thursday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., giving local veterans a rare chance to sit down one-on-one with a Veteran Service Officer without traveling hours from Hidalgo County.

At City Hall, NMDVS Veteran Service Officers will walk veterans through applications for VA and New Mexico State benefits, covering healthcare, compensation, pensions, education benefits, and additional state programs available to veterans and their families. The department describes the stop as "an opportunity to ask questions, receive information, and get help claiming the benefits you have earned."

A second NMDVS team will be working across town the same day. State Benefits personnel will be at the Hidalgo County Clerk's Office, 300 Shakespeare St., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., specifically to help eligible veterans and unmarried widows and widowers apply for property tax waivers, property tax exemptions, and the NM State Park Lifetime Veteran Pass. That event is free to attend, according to NMDVS.

Both events require documents to verify eligibility, though the specific list was not included in the public notices. Veterans should contact NMDVS or the Hidalgo County Clerk's Office before arriving to confirm what to bring.

The March 19 Lordsburg stop is part of a broader NMDVS regional swing. The Mobile Outreach Vehicle is scheduled to appear at the Hatch Library/Senior Center, 522 E. Hall St., on April 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and in Elephant Butte on April 2, though no time or street address has been announced for that stop.