Commonwealth of Massachusetts

State Benefit Program

• Massachusetts Department of Veterans Services Web Site

• Post 9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Act (GI Bill)

• Contacts and Info:  Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services

• Brief Overview  ~ Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services

• Massachusetts Veterans Services Officers Association

• Massachusetts ~ Veterans License Plates

• Boston Globe Article ~ "Measure Extends [State] Veterans' Benefits"

Other Massachusetts Programs

Web Sites from:

Citizen Information Service Booklet  ~ William Francis Galvin

Secretary of the Commonwealth

• A Message from the Secretary of the Commonwealth

• Definition of a Veteran

• Veterans' Bill of Rights

• Education Benefits

• Motor Vehicle Benefits

• Property Tax Exemptions

• Housing

• Employment

• Women Veterans

• Veterans' Bonuses and Annuities

• Burial Benefits

• Other Sources of Assistance

• Further Information (Veterans' Agencies and Organizations)

Massachusetts Commission for the Blind:  www.state.ma.us/mcb/

Phone: (617) 727-5550       

Massachusetts Employment Guidance

The Career Place 

Trade Center Park, 100 Sylvan Road, Suite G100, Woburn, MA  01801

Phone:  (781) 932-5500, Fax:  (781) 932-5566, Toll Free Phone:  (888) 272-9675

Massachusetts Department of Employment and Training (DET) 

Residential Accommodations

The Chelsea Soldiers' Home

91 Crest Avenue, Chelsea, MA 02150, Tel: 617-884-5660

The Chelsea Soldiers’ Home is a state-funded, fully accredited health care complex that offers veterans quality hospital care, full-time residential accommodations and multi-service out-patient department. 

Outreach Centers

Veterans' Northeast Outreach Center, Inc.

65 Cedar Street

Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830, Tel: 978-521-9668

The Veterans Northeast Outreach Center provides the highest quality of services to assist, support and advocate for all veterans and their families in the greater Merrimack Valley.  Services may include, education and job search, transportation services, personal, family, and group counseling related to veterans issues, crises intervention, PTSD counseling and referral, outreach services, transitional housing, food pantry, job training, resume preparation, career assistance, etc.

Other Outreach Centers:

• North Shore Veterans Counseling Services, Inc., 3 Broadway, 4th Floor, Beverly, MA 01915, Tel: 978- 921-4851

• Montachusett Veterans Outreach, 301 Central Street, Gardner, MA 01440, Tel: 508-632-9601

• Nam Vets Association of the Cape and Islands, 565 Main Street, P.O. Box 2873, Hyannis, MA 02601, Tel: 508-778-1590

• Veterans Association of Bristol County, 1181 North Main Street, P.O. Box 9091, Fall River, MA 02720, Tel: 508-679-9277

• Veterans' Outreach Center, 163 North Street, P.O. Box 1474, Pittsfield, MA 01201, Tel: 413-499-0256

• Veterans Outreach Center Metro-West, 25 Clinton Street, Framingham, MA 01702, Tel: 508-879-9888

New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans

Vietnam Veterans' Workshop, Inc., 17 Court Street, 

Boston 02108, Contact: James F. McIsacc, Director, Tel: 617-248-9400

The mission of the NE Shelter for Homeless Veterans is to help rehabilitate and reintegrate veterans who are homeless, unemployed or underemployed by providing them with the tools to move toward self-sufficiency. 

The Shelter accepts donations of used eyeglass frames.

For information on registration and acceptance of applications for courses such as CDL training, computer training, security training, medical desk, meal planning and baking at the New England Shelter, click on "Veteran Training" on the Shelter's website:  http://www.neshv.org/

Central Mass Shelter for Homeless Veterans

69 Grove Street

Worcester, MA 01605

Tel: 508-791-5348

Habitat P.L.U.S., Inc.

516-522 Essex Street

Lynn, MA 01902

Tel: 781-599-8578

Southeastern Mass Veterans' Housing Programs, Inc.

20 Willis Street

New Bedford, MA 02740

Tel: 508-990-3458

Turner House Center for Veterans, Inc.

825 Simonds Road

P.O. Box 71

Williamstown, MA 01267

Tel 413-458-1819

Veterans Hospice Homestead

69 High Street, MA 01420

Fitchburg, MA 01420

Tel: 978-353-0234

Page Revised: July 28, 2008 

From:  www.Veteransinfo.net

Burlington Veterans Services

Town Hall

Burlington, MA  01803

Office: 781 270-1960