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TOWN OFFICES
Amherst
Granby
Pelham
REGIONAL RESOURCES
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STATE AGENCY AND PHONE NUMBERS
Governor’s Office Constituent Services: 617.725.4005
MassHealth Customer Service Center: 1-800-841-2900 TTY: 1-800-497-4648
MassHealth Provider Services: 1-800-841-2900
Attorney General Healey’s Elder Services Hotline: (888) AG-ELDER or (888) 243-5337. TTY: (617) 727-4765.
Registry of Motor Vehicles Ombudsman: 617-973-7777
Department of Transitional Assistance: 1-800-249-2007
Department of Unemployment Assistance – Filing a New Claim: 617-626-6800 or 877-626-6800
Department of Unemployment Assistance – Problem Resolution Unit: 617-626-5400
State Treasurer (Unclaimed Property, Board of Retirement info, Information on State Spending): 617-367-6900
Department of Revenue (Problems with state taxes, child support): 617-887-6367
Child Support Help Line: 800-332-2733
STATE AGENCIES
Legal Services
State Ethics Commission
Registry of Motor Vehicles Forms and Manuals
Voting and Elections Information
Department of Developmental Services Info and Application
Department of Mental Health Info and Application
Department of Revenue Online Forms Database
Department of Revenue’s Child Support Enforcement Division
Department of Conservation and Recreation Permits and Rentals forms
Secretary of State Corporations Division (information for businesses)
SNAP (“Food Stamps”) Application and Information
Filing a complaint about a state-licensed professional
FASTlane/ EZpass Forms and Info
Information on the Massachusetts Cultural Council
Legal Forms
Office of Court Interpreter Services
Licensure forms from the Office of Consumer Affairs & Business Regulation
Unemployment Insurance
VETERANS SERVICES
Massachusetts Veterans Services
Find your Veterans’ Service Officer
Federal VA benefits
Veterans Services Officer
Amherst/Pelham:
Steve Connor
249 Main Street, Room 4
Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 587-1299
vitamin@northamptonma.gov
Granby:
John Mitchell
259B State Street
Granby, Massachusetts 01033
(413) 726-9782
jmitchell@granbyfire.org
BASIC NEEDS: HEALTH, FOOD, HOUSING
Health:
MA Health Connector
Physician profiles
Help with quitting smoking, Make Smoking History Helpline: 1-800-QUITNOW (1-800-784-8669) (including vaping)
John P. Musante Health Center (community health center in Amherst, MA)
Food:
Nutrition programs for children (school-based)
Project Bread Food Source (for Massachusetts)
Food resources, find a food pantry or a community meal, The Food Bank of Western MA
Amherst Survival Center (food pantry, community meal, fresh produce for Amherst, monthly mobile food pantry for Pelham, Granby and other towns)
Not Bread Alone (community meal, Amherst)
First Baptist Church (weekly food pantry open to all, Amherst)
Neighbors Helping Neighbors food pantry (Granby)
Food for our Seniors at Senior Centers:
Amherst Senior Center
Granby Senior Center
Housing:
Emergency housing assistance, Division of Housing Stabilization: 877-418-3308
Federal Elected Officials
Senator Elizabeth Warren
Senator Ed Markey
Congressman Jim McGovern