Veteran Owned Business (VOB) or Veteran-Friendly Business (VFB) of Medina County Program Application

Veteran Owned Business (VOB) or Veteran-Friendly Business (VFB) for Medina County Application Process

Businesses Agreement:

As a Veteran Owned Business (VOB) or Veteran-Friendly Business (VFB) within Medina County, Ohio, I agree to share my businesses information with the Medina County Veterans Service Office and allow them to post my business information on their website as a VOV of VFB.

Medina County Veterans Service Office Agreement:

The Medina County Veterans Service Office agrees to put your Veteran Owned Business (VOB) or Veteran-Friendly Business (VFB) information online as long as you meet the requirement listed below and provide the following to the Medina County Veterans Service Office to keep on file.

Qualifications

Veteran Owned Business (VOB):

  • At least fifty-one percent of the applicant business is owned by veterans or persons on active service;
  • If the applicant business is a corporation fifty-one percent of which is not owned by veterans or persons on active service, at least fifty-one percent of the board of directors are veterans or persons on active service; or
  • The business is certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business or a Veteran-Owned Small Business and the owner(s) of the business meets the definition of veteran as defined in Rule 123:5-1-01(II) of the Ohio Administrative Code.

Veteran-Friendly Business (VFB):

  • At least ten percent of its employees are veterans or on active service.

In addition to completing the application VOB/VFB, records verifying veteran status, which are forms or official documentation that prove a service member is currently active or a veteran who has been honorably discharged or discharged under honorable conditions from a branch of the Armed Forces, must also be submitted.

Acceptable records include the following:

  • United States Department of Defense form 214 (DD-214);
  • United States Department of Defense form 215 (DD-215);
  • United States Uniformed identification card (DD Form 2);
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs identification card;
  • United States Department of Defense military identification;
  • Ohio driver’s license with armed forces logo;
  • National Guard Bureau Form 22 (NGB-22); or
  • Any other official documentation verifying status.

Information We Will Make Public

  • Name of Business
  • Address
  • Phone Number
  • Email
  • Website
  • Owners Name
  • Branch of Service
  • Dates of Service
  • Additional Comments about your service you may want posted

Information We Will Keep Private

  • Contact Person
  • Address
  • Phone Number
  • Email

Would you be willing to participate in special days for veterans at your business if advertising was provided?                                                            Yes                  No

Medina County Veterans Service Office will do it’s best to incorporate your ad and information you have provided and keep to its original specifications. However, if we are unable to do so we are not responsible for certain aspects of website specifications.

Click here to download and complete the Veteran Owned Business (VOB) or Veteran-Friendly Business (VFB) within Medina County, Ohio application.

Fraudulent applications will be prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law.

Want to no more about Ohio’s Business Certification: Veteran-Friendly Business Enterprise (VBE) Program?

Click the link below

https://das.ohio.gov/Divisions/Equal-Opportunity/Business-Certification/Veteran-Friendly-Business-Enterprise-VBE-Program

Questions regarding this application can be directed to the Medina County Veterans Service Office at: (330) 722-9368

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