Caring for America’s Heroes
Our Mission. We are dedicated to serving Idaho’s veterans and their families by providing superior advocacy, excellent assistance with benefits and education, high quality long-term care, and respectful interment services in a dignified final resting place.
Our Values. Compassion for All, Unending Accountability, Absolute Integrity, Outstanding Communication, Dignity for Everyone, Unconditional Honesty
Our Goals. Provide high quality advocacy and benefit assistance for all Idaho veterans and their families. Provide superior long-term care and enhanced quality of life for all Idaho State Veterans Home residents. Ensure high quality, well managed education and training programs for Idaho veterans. Operate with efficiency, innovation and adaptability.
Locations & Directions
Find full set of directions and a map.
Leadership
IDVS leadership organizational structure
Legislation
Veterans legislation from the current session.
Publications
A collection of policy directives, agency reports, and other publications
Statutes, Rules, and Policies
Statutes, Rules and Policies Governing the Division of Veteran Services
Public Records Requests
Idaho Public Records Act
The Idaho Public Records Law states that “all records maintained by state and local government entities be available for public access and copying.” At the same time, Idaho recognizes the need to balance the policy of openness against the equally important need for privacy of certain information provided by citizens and businesses that is necessary for the government’s business.
Idaho Public Records Act, Idaho Code §74-101 through §74-127
Fees
- No fee shall be charged for the first two (2) hours of labor in responding to a request for public records, or for copying the first one hundred (100) pages of paper records that are requested. Requests that require more than two (2) hours of labor, require more than 100 pages of paper record, or a request that requires records from which information must be redacted, may be charged the actual labor, and copying costs associated with fulfilling the request.
- For further information related to cost, please review Idaho Code §74-102 (10).
Timeframe
All requests for public records will be granted or denied within three (3) working days from the date a request is received.
- If the request cannot be filled within three (3) working days, IDVS may extend it to ten (10) working days from the date of receipt. The requester will be notified if this is the case.
- For further information related to the timeframe, please review Idaho Code §74-103 (2).
Records Exempt from Disclosure
Records exempt from disclosure are outlined in Idaho Code §74-106.
Public Custodian of Record: Kevin R. Wallior kevin.wallior@veterans.idaho.gov
Alternate Custodian of Record: Paul Spannknebel paul.spannknebel@veterans.idaho.gov