Coordination of Veteran Services

During the legislative session of 2013, Senate Bill 126 was created and passed with the purpose of improving the coordination of Veteran services throughout the State of Utah.  This bill creates the requirement for specific Government agencies to coordinate Veteran services with the Utah Department of Veteran & Military Affairs (UDVMA).  Currently the UDVMA is working with the Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Department of Human Resource Management, Department of Workforce Services, Utah System of Higher Education, and Utah College of Applied Technology.   These departments have assigned a full-time employee who is the “Veteran Services Specialist” to coordinate the provision of Veteran services within the organization.

Department of Human Services: Brent Kelsey 801-538-4305 bkelsey@utah.gov		Department of Workforce Services: Bruce Summers 801-526-9359 bsummers@utah.gov
Department of Health: Blake Anderson 801-538-6003 blakeanderson@utah.gov		Dept of Human Resource Management: Rick Hughes 801-538-3025 rhughes@utah.gov
Utah System of Higher Education: Blair Carruth bcarruth@ushe.edu  USHE Campus Veteran Services		Utah College of Applied Technology: Jared Haines jjaomes@ucat.edu UCAT Campus Veteran Services
Utah Department of Veteran & Military Affairs: Cory Pearson 801-326-2372 corypearson@utah.gov