The mission of the Department of Veterans Services is to advocate on behalf of all the Commonwealth's veterans and provide themwith quality support services and to direct an emergency financial program for those veterans and their dependents who are in need.
For more than one hundred years a Veterans Service Officer has been available in every Massachusetts city and town to provide an array of services to America's veterans and their dependents. Veterans' Service Officers offer a helping hand to anyone in the community in need of guidance or assistance in matters relating to military service. Their departments serve every citizen by providing information and direction concerning:
Annuities |
Awards and Medals |
Burial Information |
Chapter 115 Benefits |
Clothing |
Education |
Elder Services |
Employment |
Flags and Markers |
Financial Assistance |
Pensions |
Pharmaceuticals |
Real Estate Tax |
Abatements |
Record Retention |
Veterans License Plates |
Shelter |
VA Claims |
Veterans Services |
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Women Veterans: Department of Veterans Services has a Women's Veterans Network Program whose mission is to provide those women with information on benefits; expand awareness of the needs of women veterans and identify available health and human resources to meet those needs; and to advocate on behalf of women veterans.
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