The North Carolina Department of Military & Veterans Affairs Headquarters is located in Raleigh, N.C. Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office, Winston-Salem. Veteran Service Offices are strategically located throughout the state from Murphy to Elizabeth City. Four State Cemeteries are located in Black Mountain, Goldsboro, Jacksonville and Spring Lake. The Department oversees four Veterans S
tate Nursing Homes, located in Fayetteville, Black Mountain, Salisbury and Kinston. NCDMVA District Offices are staffed by one or more Veteran Service Officers with clerical assistance. They are highly trained amd skilled officers who directly serve veterans and their families. They train, assist and supervise the work of the affiliated County Service Officers in their district. All 100 NC counties have County Service Officers providing either part or full-time service. These service officers are employees of their respective county and work in affiliation with NCDMVA. The Veterans State Cemetery Program has a Program Manager in the Assistant Secretary's Office. Each Cemetery has a Superintendent and four staff members. The cemeteries are for burial of qualified North Carolina veterans and their dependents. The State Veterans Homes are staffed by a Program Manager in the Assistant Secretary's Office. The States Veterans Homes provide skilled nursing care to qualified North Carolina veterans. There are no state-appropriated
funds provided to operate these facilities. In appreciation for the service and sacrifices of North Carolina's war veterans, a scholarship program at approved schools in North Carolina has been established for the qualifying children of deceased, disabled, combat
or POW|MIA veterans.
