Clayton Clark

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  Clayton Clark, Veterans Services Director of the Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs, is one of the guest speakers at this year’s Memorial Day parade. Clark says it’s not so much a problem of recruitment, but rather that servicemen and veterans from today’s military involvements have different ways of expressing themselves. Clark believes parades may not appeal as much as they did with prior generations. “Veterans of old believed it was very important to have a social outlet with other veterans. I’m not sure if the current generation of servicemen wants the same kind of social outlet with other veterans,†said Clark.

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  "The Missing in America Project really got a full head of steam last year because when people found out this was happening at funeral homes across the nation, they were just appalled," said Clayton Clark, head of the Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs. "I think it's wonderful that they've reached into Vermont, so that we can find some of the forgotten veterans here."
  
  Clark said the lost veterans often die alone in nursing homes.
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  Clark said uncovered veterans would be interred at a Memorial Day ceremony next spring.

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  So far only families of those killed in the current wars have asked for the plates, but they can be issued to immediate relatives of people killed in any war, said Clayton Clark, head of the state office of Veterans Affairs.

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  Governor Douglas, Lieutenant Governor Dubie, and Clayton Clark, the Administrator with the Vermont Department of Veteran Affairs will be honored and will receive their U.S. Army Freedom Team Salute Commendations as employers who support Army Reserve and Army National Guard Soldiers actively serving.

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  Statewide, 1,861 veterans claimed the credit in 2005, according to the most recent data available from the Office of Veterans Affairs, said Clayton Clark, Vermont's veteran services director.
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  The exemption results in lost annual revenue to the state of about $615,000, which comes to about $1 per Vermonter, Clark said.
  
  The minimum credit, according to state statutes, is $10,000, but more than one-third of Vermont towns offer the $20,000 exemption, Clark said.The program began in 1961 with a $6,000 credit, he said, and increasing the cap to $40,000 would bring the current amount in line with the original figure adjusted for inflation.
  
  Rep. Ken Atkins, D-Winooski, sponsored a bill during the last legislative session that offered a similar plan, but the legislation did not gain traction as a standalone measure.Atkins said he's glad to see the tax credits are moving forward in so many cities and towns this year.

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  Clayton Clark, head of the Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs, lauded the bevy of services available through VA clinics and hospitals.But veterans in Vermont and elsewhere, he said, don't necessarily know those benefits even exist.
  
  "One of the problems we have is that the government is not good at marketing itself," Clark said.
  
  Outreach specialists in Clark's office traverse the breadth of Vermont, visiting veterans at their homes to assess their needs and help them navigate the federal bureaucracy.
  
  "The federal government really does not have a marketing or outreach mission," Clark said."They provide benefits, and if somebody calls to ask them about benefits, they'll be happy to answer.But they have a very limited role in beating the bushes to find people who are eligible — that role falls to states and veterans' services organizations."
  
  An infusion of federal money, Clark said, would allow his seven-person office to expand those efforts.
  
  "We'd probably bring in some additional staff, come up with a better Web site, come up with much more professional marketing material," he said.
  
  The state-run offices are inherently more inclined to perform good outreach work, according to Clark.
  
  "(The VA) doesn't really have an incentive to go out and find everyone that's eligible, because that just means more money they have to spend," Clark said."But we do have an incentive to go out and find folks."
  
  Clark emphasized that his seven-person office, with a $700,000 annual operating budget, isn't seeking to replace the VA or take over its programs.

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  "It clearly creates a financial problem for people who are unable to work because of their disability," says Clayton Clark, head of the Vermont office of Veterans Affairs in Montpelier.

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  Clayton Clark, director of veterans services for the Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs, says the database will aid his own department's efforts to assist veterans seeking services.
  
  The database also will offer Vermont families a convenient way to track the exploits of their matriarchs and patriarchs.
  
  "Family members who don't really know a whole lot about grandma or grandpa are going to be able to look at that, see if they're a veteran, that will help get them started if should want to keep looking for other records."
  
  Clark says the project will spotlight he considerable contributions of native Vermonters to the deadliest, and perhaps most consequential, war in the history of the world.
  
  "It's good for people from all periods of service to see that their sacrifice is appreciated and so I do think it's important," Clark says.
  
  Given World War II veterans' previous reluctance to bare their hearts, Clark says, it's important to document their stories now.
  
  "Every generation is different," he says.

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  Many veterans are eligible for the state medals, said Clayton Clark, Veteran Services director for Vermont.The medals can be mailed to recipients and their families, or people can attend the November ceremony.
  
  In the past, the ceremony was held around Flag Day in June, but organizers subsequently decided the ceremony is more appropriate around Veterans Day.
  
  About 40 veterans or their families are expected at the ceremony, Clark said.Roughly 1,000 veterans or their families apply for the medals annually and most are approved, Clark said.
  
  It's still not too late for eligible veterans to determine if they qualify for the state medals, Clark said.People may call his office at 828-3379 for more information on how to apply.Copies of the veteran's discharge papers are needed with the applications."It is often a very quick process to verify," Clark said.

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  Last year, Wentworth said, his organization hosted a panel on veterans' health care, but this year's event focused less on panel discussion and more on offering representatives from a variety of veteran service groups."I find it's a little more complicated than people think," said Clayton Clark, director of the Office of Veterans Affairs.
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  Over the course of 20 minutes, Clark outlined the intersection of federal, state and private organizations that offer veteran assistance. In Vermont, Clark said, there are more than 70 veterans groups, and that includes counting the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars once each.
  
  On the federal level, there are the departments of Defense, Labor and Housing and Urban Development, the Small Business Administration, the National Archives and the Office of Personnel Development.
  
  At the state level, there are the departments of Labor, Motor Vehicles and Fish & Wildlife, the Office of Veterans Affairs and the National Guard.
  
  Clark said each organization offers benefits governed by its own set of laws, and while a veteran might not be eligible for benefits from one organization, he or she might be able to receive help from another.
  
  "For a very simple question — 'Who helps veterans?' — the answer is very complex," Clark said to the law school students in the audience.

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