Section 169. Eligibility

Each of the following persons who is a resident of
  the state on the date of making application for veteran assistance shall
  be  eligible  for  such assistance if he or she is unable to provide for
  himself or herself, or is  unable  to  secure  support  from  a  legally
  responsible  relative,  and  is  not receiving needed assistance or care
  under other provisions of this chapter, or from other sources:
    1. A veteran;
    2. The wife, husband, child or grandchild under the age of  twenty-one
  years,  father, mother, stepfather or stepmother of a veteran, if living
  with the veteran;
    3. The unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran;
    4. The dependent children under the age of  twenty-one  years  or  the
  incapacitated children of a deceased veteran.