Middlesex County’s Veterans Services Program advises veterans and their dependents on entitlements and completes their forms, runs the VHAP rental-assistance program for at-risk or homeless veterans, and places Memorial Day flags and grave markers on war veterans’ graves; 75 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, (732) 745-4051.
Also called: Veterans Services Program, VHAP, Veterans Housing Assistance Program, New Brunswick, 75 Bayard Street, MCVAC, Memorial Day flags.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
"Veterans Service Specialists work to provide Middlesex County veterans and their dependents with information and assistance in obtaining service-related entitlements from federal, state, local, and non-profit groups." The program advises veterans of their rights, guides them through the proper channels, "supply[s] and assist[s] with the completion of the forms to obtain various benefits," assists veterans' widows and children, and handles requests for VA programs including disability compensation, pensions, home loans, burial and memorial benefits, education and training, and military discharge papers.
Where to go. Division of Housing, Community Development, and Social Services, County Administration Building, 2nd Floor, 75 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (732) 745-4051.
VHAP. "The Veterans Housing Assistance Program is a temporary rental assistance program for at-risk or homeless veterans and their families. This program may assist with a security deposit, first month's rent or rental arrears." To learn more: (732) 745-5918. The Board of County Commissioners authorises the VHAP payments by resolution on nearly every regular-meeting consent agenda, fourteen of them read in the October 2025 to October 2026 window, and on September 17, 2026 adopted resolution 26-1087-R, a $210,000 Housing First capital fund agreement with Garden State Home "for the acquisition of two units of affordable rental housing for homeless veterans households" at 31 Courtlandt Street, New Brunswick.
Graves and council. "Each year, Veterans Services provides various veterans groups and Boy Scout Troops with United States flags and grave markers for Memorial Day placement on the graves of war veterans buried in Middlesex County cemeteries." The office supports veteran events through the Middlesex County Veterans Advisory Council (MCVAC) under the Board of County Commissioners.
Thresholds
Thresholds for Middlesex County Veterans Services Program
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Rule
Any Middlesex County veteran or dependent
The program advises and assists veterans and their dependents; no rating is required.
VHAP is for at-risk or homeless veterans and their families
The Veterans Housing Assistance Program is temporary rental assistance - a security deposit, first month’s rent or rental arrears - for at-risk or homeless veterans and their families.
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