Section 358. Powers and duties of local veterans' service agencies

1. A
  local veterans' service agency shall have power under the  direction  of
  the  state  veterans' service agency, and it shall be its duty to inform
  military and naval authorities of the United States and  assist  members
  of  the  armed forces and veterans, who are residents of this state, and
  their families, in relation to (1)  matters  pertaining  to  educational
  training and retraining services and facilities, (2) health, medical and
  rehabilitation services and facilities, (3) provisions of federal, state
  and  local  laws and regulations affording special rights and privileges
  to members of the armed forces and war veterans and their families,  (4)
  employment and re-employment services, and (5) other matters of similar,
  related  or  appropriate  nature. The local veterans' service agency may
  also assist families of members of the reserve components of  the  armed
  forces and the organized militia ordered into active duty to ensure that
  they  are  made  aware  of  and  are  receiving  all appropriate support
  available  to  them  and  are  placed  in  contact  with  the   agencies
  responsible  for  such  support,  including,  but  not  limited  to, the
  division  of  military  and  naval  affairs  and  other  state  agencies
  responsible  for  providing  such  support.  The local veterans' service
  agency also shall perform such other duties as may be  assigned  by  the
  state director.
    2. A local veterans' service agency shall utilize, so far as possible,
  the  services and facilities of existing officers, offices, departments,
  commissions, boards, bureaus, institutions and  other  agencies  of  the
  state  and  of  the political subdivisions thereof and all such officers
  and  agencies  shall  cooperate  with  and  extend  such  services   and
  facilities to the local veterans' service agency as it may require.