Resources for Veterans
Veterans, dependents of living veterans, and the widows and/or widowers of veterans may qualify for a variety of benefits through Massachusetts Veterans Services, including but not limited to:
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Aid through Chapter 115 benefits
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Education Benefits
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VA Home Loans
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Health Care
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Supplemental Financial Assistance: If you are a senior citizen veteran or widow(er) of a veteran with monthly income of $1375 ($1493 beginning Feb 09) or less and cash assets of $1600 ($3200 beginning Feb 09) or less OR a senior citizen married to a veteran with combined monthly income $1856 ($1975 beginning Feb 09) or less and cash assets $3200 ($7000 beginning Feb 09) or less. HOUSE & VEHICLE ARE NOT COUNTED AS ASSETS.
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Reimbursement of Medical Expenses and/or Financial Assistance: Chapter 115 benefit for veterans or widow(er) of a veteran with monthly income of $1702 ($1733 beginning Feb 09) or less and cash assets of $1600 ($3200 beginning Feb 09) or less OR a married veteran or person married to a veteran with combined monthly income of $2282 ($2333 beginning Feb 09) per month or less and cash assets $3200 ($7000 beginning Feb 09) or less. HOUSE & VEHICLE ARE NOT COUNTED AS ASSETS.
- The Massachusetts Hospice-Veterans Partnership (MHVP) ensures excellent end of life care for US veterans and their families. To learn more about services in Franklin County and the North Quabbin area contact Hospice of Franklin County at www.hospicefc.org or 413-774-2400 or info@hospicefc.org. Hospice serves veterans and their family at home or in nursing homes or other long term care facilities. They serve veterans with cancer as well as other life limiting diagnoses like kidney failure, heart failure and other conditions. Please contact Hospice of Franklin County to find out how hospice can help and support you.
Veterans Service Agents in the Franklin County Home Care service area and their contact info are listed below. If your town is not listed below one of the agents in a neighboring town can put you in touch with the proper agent.
Veteran’s Agents, by Town
Veterans Resource & Referral Center (R&R Center)
114 Main St.
Greenfield, MA 01301
413-772-1571
www.greenfield-ma.gov
charlesl@greenfield-ma.gov
This Veterans R&R Center is modeled after the VeteCare concept that had previously been used in the 1980s by the first Massachusetts Chapter (#50) of Vietnam Veterans of American at a location on Federal St. Open Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5 pm.
VeteCare provides a single source site for information relevant to Veterans and their families in the areas of Housing, Health Care, Education and Employment. All of these assistive programs exist at this time and the R&R Center proposes to provide the experts from those programs for onsite instruction to veterans and their families.
The office is led by Charles Loven, Greenfield Veterans Service Agent and the provider of Massachusetts Chapter 115 for veterans.
Veterans Services Officer Franklin County—Leo Parent
PO Box 392
Turners Falls, MA 01376
413-863-3205
Fax: 413-863-3219
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 am to 3 pm. Serves Ashfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, Whately.
Veterans Service Officer North Quabbin—Neil McGuirk
584 Main St.
Athol, MA 01331
Tel: (978) 249-6935
Fax: (978) 575-0269
Serves Athol, Baldwinville, East Templeton, Otter River, Phillipston, Petersham, Royalston, Templeton.
Veterans Service Officer Rowe—David Scrivens
35 Newell Cross Road
Rowe, MA 01367
(413) 339-5376
Serving Rowe, MA. Call for appointment.
Veterans Services Officers
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Veterans Services
600 Washington Street, Suite 1100
Boston, MA 02111-1704
Tel: (617) 210-5480
www.state.ma.us/veterans/VETAGT
mdvs@vet.state.ma.us
Veteran’s Service officers are available through your city or town hall to provide information or assistance in the area of Veteran’s benefits and services. Find officer’s contact info for Franklin County and the North Quabbin area at www.fchcc.org. Click on resources and scroll down to “Other”.