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Come out for a free consult with our VA and TVC certified VSOs to optimize your veteran benefits!

If you had ever wondered if you are taking full advantage of your veteran benefits, had questions on applications, VA rating reviews or even on benefits that we may know of, come out to see us. Remember:

We read the fine print.

Friday

5th August, 2022 - 10am-1pm

Trini Mendenhall Community Center

1414 Wirt Road, Houston, TX 77055 United States

Attending Veteran Service Officers (VSO):

Miguel Rodriguez

Veteran Service Officer Supervisor

Houston native Miguel Rodriguez served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2008 to 2012 as a Legal/Administration Specialist. After his honorable discharge, he was accepted at the University of Houston where he stayed active with veteran organizations. Miguel joined the Wounded Warrior Project, Lone Star Veterans Association, UH Downtown Student Veteran Organization,  and graduated Cum Laude with a Criminal Justice Major and a Communications Minor in 2015. 

 Miguel initially joined the Harris County team with the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department, but soon joined the Harris County Community Services Department as a Veteran Program Eligibility Specialist (Case Manager) in 2015. Miguel was transferred to the Veteran Services Office, and was promoted to a Veteran Service Officer by the Commissioners Court in 2018. 

With hundreds of veterans served over the years, Miguel is one of our most experienced veteran service officers. While he specializes in Disability Compensation, Pension, and appeal cases, he has experience in almost every field of veteran services and the Harris County network. in 2019, Miguel was awarded the  Legion of Honor Award by the Chapel of Four Chaplains, and also recognized by the Veterans County Service Officer Association of Texas for his hard work and dedication to the Veteran Community. 

Dominique Brewer

Veteran Service Officer

Dominique is a native Texan who served as a U.S. Air Force Security Forces/Military Police specialist. After 8 years of service, and deployment to Afghanistan under Operation Enduring Freedom, she was honorably discharged in 2012

During her time in the Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR), she continued to serve as a civilian under the Department of the Army and the Department of Defense in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait in support of the U.S. troops on numerous operating bases throughout the Middle East.

In 2015, Dominique settled in Harris County, Texas and attended college at Lone Star College where she became a Veteran Mentor. She was also accepted to University of Houston – Downtown Alumni received a Bachelor’s in Interdisciplinary Studies

Dominique served the veteran community as a Certifying Official for Veterans Education benefits at Lone Star College. She also assisted Veterans and their families entitled to federal or state education benefits through the Department of the VA official all while attending school.

Her passion to serve veterans further show in her memberships as:

·       Wounded Warrior Alumni

·       UHD alumni

·       Student Veterans Association (Lone star College and UHD)

·       Combined Arms Institute

·       Women’s Veterans Organizations

Kelly Haese

Veteran Services Officer

With nearly 20 years of experience dealing with Veteran-related care, documents, claims and benefits, Kelly is one of our accredited and experienced Veteran Services Officers. As a Houston and Harris County Native, she also knows our unique geographical challenges and solutions.

Kelly began working for Harris County Precinct 2 Veterans Services in, 2004 as a liaison between veterans and the VA Medical Center. Subsequently, her success earned her a promotion and expanded her expertise with veterans, surviving spouses, and dependents on Pension benefits and Burial benefits. 

As an accredited VSO, Kelly’s expertise helps veterans in the greater Harris County area with their disability claims and appeals, along with her other expertise from the past years.

Jacob Hicks

Case Manager Supervisor

Jake brings more than 30 years of leadership and problem solving experience from the U.S. Special Operations community from leading diverse teams and coalitions all over the world. He is experienced in Strategic Planning, Operational Planning, Intelligence Analysis, Silo-Busting fragmented Social Service Systems, and Veteran resources.

After the military, Jake started training veterans to join the licensed private security field; enabling them to tap into the civilian job markets and communities. Through the years, he has enjoyed conversation, interaction and a retained camaraderie with men and women who also served like he did… and this strengthened his passion for serving other veterans across the country.

Jake has an unstoppable drive to serve veterans, and it transpires across homeless, justice-involved and reintegrating veterans into civilian life.

As the VSD Case Manager Supervisor, Jake is the master key of the VSD’s “on-ground” efforts with veteran care. He embeds his team to the Harris County community, seeks out veterans in need and applies direct or indirect solutions. 

Jake leads his team to fortify community support, works with community services, care-giving organizations and veteran groups to connect veterans to the care they need.