Frequently Asked Questions
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Veteran Services
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After the Civil War, Northampton began providing for needy veterans. Today this program is administered by the Veteran's Services Department.Veteran Services
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There are both benefits and services provided to veterans.
Benefits related to food, clothing, shelter, and medical care for veterans of all wars and their dependents. Services relate to processing claims for veterans and their dependents. These include compensation, V.A. pensions (service and non-service connected) rehabilitation, counseling relative to employment, Social Security, Supplementary Security Income and a variety of other areas.
The department has recently been successful in helping to get the burial allowance increased for those veterans who have died without funds so that they might be afforded a dignified burial.
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Both the city and state share in the funding of this program. Each year Northampton budgets money for veteran's benefits and is reimbursed 75% of the cost of this aid to veterans by the commonwealth.Veteran Services
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The Veteran's Services Department administers benefits for Northampton veterans which are separate and distinct from those provided by the Veteran's Affairs (VA), a program of the federal government. The city Veteran's Services Department works closely with the VA in searching out any additional aid available to the veteran.Veteran Services
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The department naturally offers its services to all veterans but, recognizing the unique needs of the Vietnam Veteran, the agent works primarily with Vietnam veterans and their particular projects. The VA Outreach Center on Pleasant Street offers job workshops, counseling, and employment referral to those unemployed. In addition it has inaugurated the memorialization of those Vietnam veterans at our war memorial site in front of Memorial Hall.Veteran Services
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Any person with proof that he or she is a veteran or a dependent of a veteran is entitled to file an application.Veteran Services
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Veteran's services and benefits is a selective program based on certain conditions established by law. The principal requirements are:Veteran Services
- War time service with discharge or separation under honorable conditions
- Legal residence in the City of Northampton
- Financial need
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The Veteran's Services Department is located on the first floor at the Memorial Hall Building:Veteran Services
240 Main St.
Suite #4
Northampton, MA 01060-3113
You may also call 413-587-1299. -
Massachusetts residence at the time of entrance into the service:Veteran Services
- War Records Department
Room 1004
100 Cambridge St.
Boston, MA 02203
Ph: 1-617-727-2964
- War Records Department