Resources for Maine Veterans, Soldiers, and Their Famlies
Resources for Maine Veterans, Soldiers, and Their Famlies provides links to a variety of resources for Maine veterans and their families.
On this Page:
Chaplains
- (Army) Chaplain Gibson
Phone: 207-626-7872 - (Army) Chaplain Vigue
Phone: 207-474-7178 - (Army) Chaplain Weigelt
Phone: 207-626-7872 - (Army) Chaplain Sivret
Phone:207-454-3942 - The Maine Air National Guard maintains a full-time Chaplain Team. While the primary mission is
to support the Airmen providing on-time refueling for US and Allied force aircraft, all requests
for assistance will be prompty and courteously enquired into. If we cannot meet the need ourselves
we will help the military member or their dependant resource those who can. The following are the
Chaplain Teams' office phone numbers:
- (Air) Chaplain Dickinson
Phone: 990-7242 / 356-0674 - (Air) Chaplain Bach
Phone: 207-949-2659 - DSN
Phone: 207-698-7242 - COM
Phone: 207 356-7242 - 24/7 CELL
207 356-0674
- (Air) Chaplain Dickinson
Counseling Services
- Military OneSource Hotline: 1 800-342-9647
- Army OneSource Hotline: 1 800-464-8107
- Community Couseling Center Hotline: 207-874-1030
- NAMI Maine Hotline: 1 800-464-5767
- DHHS Office of Substance Abuse: Bill Lowenstein: 207-287-6484
Department of Veteran's Affairs Resources in Maine
- VA Resource List (PDF*)
Education Opportunities and Education Benefits Office
- Phone: 207-626-4370
Help for Families
- Center for Grieving Children
Phone: 207-775-5216 - Harland Turner Family Counseling/Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers:
Phone: 207- 873-4253 - Maine Army National Guard Family Program
Toll Free Hotline: 1 888 365-9287
Web site: Maine National Guard Family Assistance Center - Maine Army National Guard Medical Information and Resources
Website Medical Information Links - Family Assistant Centers:
Phone:1 888-365-9287 - DHHS (Joan Smyrski)
Phone: 207- 287-8769
Hotlines
- 2-1-1 Maine is part of a national movement to centralize and streamline access to health and human service information and resources. Just dial 211 or visit the 211 website at https://www.211maine.org/index.asp
- A statewide crisis hotline connects callers to the crisis service provider in the area from which
they are calling. This line is for ALL individuals in crisis to provide immediate, local assistance
in any crisis situation.
Statewide Crisis Hotline: 1-888-568-1112 - Other Hotlines
- National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1 800-273-TALK (8255)
- Military OneSource Hotline: 1 800-342-9647
- Army OneSource Hotline: 1 800-464-8107
- Community Couseling Center Hotline: 874-1030
- NAMI Maine Hotline: 1 800-464-5767
Medication Information
- U.S Food and Drug Administration: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Military Health Insurance
- Martin's Point Health Care - the TRICARE network in Maine. Martin's Point is a diverse health
care company that offers both health plans and primary care.
Website: Martin's Point
Martin's Point Phone: Tom Breault: 1 800-431-0777, x4458
Tri-Care (TAMP) Phone: Sheri Corriveau: 626-4407 - HealthNet Services: Deb O'Brien: 798-8800
Re-Employment Issues
- ESGR, MAJ Steve Hatt: 626-4282
- US Department of Labor - VETS, Mr. John Guay: 753-9090
Togus Mental Health Clinic
- Phone: 1 877 421-8263
Vaccine Information from U.S. CDC
Veterans Centers
- Maine has 5 Veterans Centers in the state, located in Caribou, Bangor, Lewiston, Portland and Sanford. These centers also offer Readjustment Counseling Service and have been in existence since 1979. This program provides readjustment counseling to any veteran who served in a war zoneand their family as it pertains to the Veteran's readjustment issues.
- Veterans who were sexually assaulted or harassed while on ACTIVE DUTY are also served.
- Bereavement services to the immediate family members of any serviceperson killed on active duty is also provided.
- Below is a phone list of the centers; vets can call for an appointment and are seen quickly:
- Bangor
Ralph Grover, Team Leader
207 947-3391 - Caribou
Charles Smith, Team Leader
207 496-3900 - Lewiston
Roy Driver, Team Leader
207 783-0068 - Portland
Patricia Riker, Team Leader
207 780-3584 - Sanford
Amy Marcotte, Team Leader
207 490-1513
- Bangor
VA/Maine Veterans Services
- VA Togus
- Jim Doherty - Phone: 207-623-5714
- Jim Hammond/Bobbie Hayden/Kathy Russen - Phone: 623-8411
- VA Benefits Office
- Charles Pervier - Phone: 1 877-421-8263, x4939
- Lisa Green - Phone: 1 877-421-8263, x5062
- Bureau of Veterans Services
- This website contains resources for various state and federal benefits.
Bureau of Maine Veterans Service
- This website contains resources for various state and federal benefits.