The county’s Office of Veterans’ Services - in the Senior Services, Disability & Veterans Affairs department at 930 Riverview Drive, Suite 200, Totowa, (973) 569-4060, Director Shirley Force - provides information and referrals and assists with applications for VA entitlements, pensions, compensation, survivor’s benefits and burial, publishes a Veterans Guide, and handles the Distinguished Service Medal and Korean and Vietnam service medals; the department’s 2026 calendar carries a twice-monthly Vets Helping Vets Support Group.
Also called: Office of Veterans Services, Senior Services Disability Veterans Affairs, 930 Riverview Drive, Totowa, 973-569-4060, Vets Helping Vets, Distinguished Service Medal, Veterans Guide.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
What the office does (the office's own page, read through the Internet Archive's capture of November 11, 2021 - the live site answers Akamai's 403 to every automated fetch): "The Office of Veterans' Services provides information and referrals, and assists with applications for entitlements to the V.A., as well as for pension, compensation, survivor's benefits, medical and nursing home placement, insurance and education. Veteran's service for Passaic County has information for veterans of all wars. Veterans' Services now has available the new Veterans Guide, which outlines a lot of benefits they are entitled to." Its services list adds prescription, medical and compensation help, "requests for Distinguished Service Medal, Korean and Vietnam medals as well as Hepatitis screenings, diabetes 2 treatment, tuition programs, and survivor benefits," discharge papers and information, VA benefit applications, distribution of honorary medals, completed compensation forms, in-home assistance services, "Reimbursement assistance for prescription drugs - VA" and "Coordinated efforts with Dept. of Vocation Rehab for assistance." At that capture the office sat in the Passaic County Administration Building, 401 Grand Street, Paterson, NJ 07505, (973) 881-4000.
Where it is now. The current site's Senior Services, Disability & Veterans Affairs department (read through the capture of July 11, 2026) lists 930 Riverview Drive, Suite 200, Totowa, NJ 07512, (973) 569-4060, fax (973) 256-5190, Director Shirley Force, with a Veterans Services section carrying Veteran Identification Cards & Discount Program, a Veteran ID Discount Directory and Veteran Friendly Business Registration pages. The department's event calendar on that page lists "Vets Helping Vets Support Group 07/14/2026 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM" and "07/28/2026" - a twice-monthly veterans peer support group - alongside the Advisory Council on Disability. The county's I-want-to menu names Honorable Discharge Certificates, Veteran ID Cards and a Veteran Peddlers License, and its transportation menu names Paratransit and Passaic County MOVE.
Thresholds
Thresholds for Passaic County Office of Veterans’ Services
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Rule
Any Passaic County veteran or family member
The office provides information, referrals and application assistance for VA entitlements; no rating is required.
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