Veteran's Services
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Hours of Operation
Newburyport Office Hours:
Monday 8AM - 12PM
Tuesday 1PM - 4PM
Wednesday 1PM - 4PM
Thursday 8AM - 12PM
Friday 8AM - 12PM
* Please call (978) 462-2201 for an appointment.
** Office hours are subject to change.
How to Reach Us
Phone:
(978) 462-2201
(978) 388-8136
Fax:
(978) 462-2275
Address
Veteran's Services (Newburyport Senior Community Center)
331 High Street
Newburyport, MA
01950
2nd Floor
United States
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Veterans: "No other group in America is more deserving of assistance toward an improved quality of life; they are the ones who secured such a life for the rest of us."
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Derek Hines/Jordan Shay Veterans District
Amesbury-Merrimac-Newburyport-Salisbury
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Responsibilities
- The Veterans Service Officer aids and assists veterans and their dependents under Mass. General Law Chapter 115.
- The Service Officer performs varied duties including disbursing and administering a program of cash benefits, medical care, and all other assistance services. The Service Officer also manages and participates in the administration of various other veteran's benefits to eligible veterans and their dependents, including but not limited to annuities, bonuses, license plates and flags for veterans graves.
- The Service Officer also dispenses forms and applications for the United States Veterans Administration including service and non-service connected pensions, disability compensation, hospitalization, long-term care, outpatient treatment, education, loan guarantee forms, grave markers and other benefits available under federal laws.
- The Service Officer also acts as the burial agent for the City. If a veteran or an adult dependent of a veteran dies and does not have sufficient means to cover the funeral costs, a special allowance will be given. The service officer collects and submits to the Department of Veterans Services, the forms for reimbursement to the Towns or Cities for benefits given to veterans of the City.
- Veterans can enroll for benefits with the Veterans Administration Health Care Program. One of the benefits is low cost prescription medicine, $2.00 for a 30-day supply, on most prescription drugs.
- Call the V.A. Clinic at the Hale Hospital in Haverhill for more information: (978) 372-5207.
Staff Contacts
Name | Title | Phone |
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Kevin Hunt | Director | (978) 462-2201 |
Jeremiah Murphy | Assistant Director | (978) 388-8136 |