Veteran's Services

About Us

Veterans' Services, under the leadership of Director Tom Stansbury, advocates on behalf of all the Commonwealth's veterans and provide them with quality support services and to direct an emergency financial assistance program for those veterans and their dependents who are in need.

For more than 100 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 their community in need of guidance or assistance in matters relating to military service. These offices serve every citizen by providing
information and direction concerning Annuities, Awards & Medals, Burial Information, Chapter 115 Benefits, Education, Flags and Markers, Elder Services, Employment, Financial Assistance, Graves Care, License Plates, Pensions, Pharmaceuticals, Sales Tax Exemptions, and Real Estate Tax Abatements.