DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

VETERANS' TRUST FUND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE MICHIGAN VETERANS

(By authority conferred on the veterans' trust fund board of trustees by section 1 of

Act No. 9 of the Public Acts of the First Extra Session of 1946, as amended, being

MCL 35.604 of the Michigan Compiled Laws)

R 35.621 Need.

Rule 1. Need is defined for the purpose of this act to be any emergency in the life of

an honorably discharged world war II or Korean war veteran, or his or her dependents,

which requires immediate assistance in order to prevent undue hardship to the

veteran, or his or her dependents. The emergencies may involve hospitalization,

medical services which cannot be secured from any other federal, state, or county

agency, or from any privately owned insurance coverage, food, fuel, clothing,

shelter, necessary transportation, or other unforeseen emergencies that require

prompt attention.

History: 1954 AC; 1979 AC.

R 35.622 Eligibility of veteran or dependents, or both.

Rule 2. Eligibility of the veteran, or his or her dependents, or both, shall be as

specified in section 2, Act No. 9 of the Public Acts of 1946, Extra Session, as

amended. ". . . for the purposes of the administration of this act, dependents shall be

considered to be any persons legally entitled to look to the veteran for his or her

support." (Sec. 4, Act No. 9, Public Acts of 1946, Extra Session, as amended.)

History: 1954 AC; 1979 AC.

R 35.623 Eligibility of deceased veteran's dependents.

Rule 3. (1) For the purposes of the administration of Act No. 9, Public Acts of

1946, Extra Session, as amended, it is further determined that the dependents of a

deceased veteran are eligible to receive benefits in the same manner as the deceased

veteran would have received, were he or she living.

(2) A widow of a veteran is considered a dependent as long as she is

unremarried.

History: 1954 AC; 1979 AC.

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