BELMONT — Warren Slocum smiled for the camera Wednesday in a small Belmont office. Moments later the former Army sergeant and San Mateo County supervisor was holding a new identification card, the first one issued by the county’s Office of Veterans Services.
The ID cards are meant to provide the county’s approximately 33,000 veterans with an easy way to verify their status when using county programs and taking advantage of merchant discounts. The county also wants to use the cards to introduce veterans to the many services and benefits that are available to them, whether they were discharged last month or, in Slocum’s case, 43 years ago.
The card program is part of a broader effort to address the needs of veterans. The county has boosted staffing for veterans services. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted to create a nine-member veterans commission to provide education and outreach and develop policy recommendations.
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