 Applications for Chapter 115 Public Assistance benefits can be filed with the Veterans Service Officer, John M. MacGillivray, who is located on the first floor of City Hall. If you have any questions or would like to make an appointment, please call the office at 617-796-1090.
Examples of documents needed for application:
Veterans
- DD214 or other discharge certificate
- Income verification (pay stubs, award letters or other documents showing monthly income)
- Shelter verification (rent receipt or mortgage payment)
To Establish Relationship as a Veteran's Dependent
- Marriage certificate (for spouse or widow/widower of a veteran)
- Birth certificate or adoption record with name of eligible veteran as parent (for child of a veteran)
- Death certificate (for widow/widower of a veteran, child of deceased veteran)
- Birth certificate of veteran with name of parent (for parent of a veteran)
- Public record or statements from the veteran or other knowledgeable people, showing that the applicant stood in place of a parent to the veteran for five years immediately preceding the veteran's wartime service (for person in place of a parent to a veteran)
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