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Military and Veterans Assistance Program
Florida is blessed to be home to the third largest
veteran population in the united States. These
veterans deserve our support and admiration for the
jobs performed in service to our country. They have
also earned benefits connected to their service and
sacrifice defending our nation and interests abroad.
Without these brave men and women, there would be
no United States of America.
While having a large population of service members
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in our communities is a great advantage for our state,
there are some unscrupulous individuals who seek to exploit their service-
targeting them with scams and deceptive business practices.
My Military and Veterans Assistance Program exists to help educate military
members, veterans and their families about the scams they may encounter,
what they can do to protect themselves from fraud and how they can help
others by reporting suspicious activity.
In addition, members of my MVAP team work directly with military service
members and veterans who have been targeted to help resolve their
consumer protection related issues or find other outside assistance if
necessary. To learn more about MVAP, visit MyFloridaLegal.com/MVAP. To
view a copy of my office's Military Consumer Protection Resource Guide, visit
MyFloridaLegal.com/MII|tarycuide.
Financial Literacy and Insurance Assistance
The Department of Financial Services offers two
financial education programs specifically for
veterans:
Financial Frontlines is an online initiative that
provides information to help families fight against
financial frauds and debt with the use of an in-
depth Resource Guide, a series of tip sheets and
an educational video library. Financial Frontlines
covers topics such as identity theft, credit
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scoring, budgeting, predatory lending and the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. Visit Financial Frontlines at
www.MyFloridacFO.com/YMM/FihancialFrontlines.
Serve Save Succeed is a financial literacy resource and online forum for
current and former military service members and their families on finance-
related topics. The site covers saving, budgeting, frauds, scams, identity
theft and scholarships. Visit Serve Save Succeed at www.MyFloridacFO.
com/Servesavesucceed,

The Department will assist you with your insurance questions and
concerns or open a formal complaint. Their experienced Helpline
Specialists are trained and informed about changes that occur to
categories of insurance such as health, life, auto, bonds, warranties,
annuities and more. They are ready to contact the insurance company