Cape Cod & Islands Area

This page includes event listings and directories of local veterans’ services; veteran outreach centers, veterans’ posts and auxiliaries; VA-accredited representatives, agents, and attorneys; and elder services in the Cape Cod and Islands Area of Southeast Massachusetts, along with census data. As of 2022, there were 18,093 veterans living in the area, including 1,427 women.

Tag any events you submit with #southeast and #cape-cod so they show up here and on our Southeast Region page. Use the listing below to search for events by city or town. As long as you include the name of the city or town in the listing, they will show up in the local listings.

Additional county pages for the Cape & Islands Area are in progress.

Massachusetts Executive Office of Veterans Services

The mission of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Veterans’ Services (EOVS) is to act as the primary advocate on behalf of all the Commonwealth’s veterans. EOVS provides outreach and support through various programs, including assistance to eligible low income veterans and their surviving spouses through MassVets Financial Benefits.

Gross monthly income and asset limits apply based on the size of the household. Veterans may use the Mass Vet Benefit Calculator to see what they may qualify for and contact their local veterans’ services office below to apply.

Cape & Islands Veterans’ Services Offices

MGL Chapter 115 requires each town/city have a veterans’ agent to administer these benefits, but two or more contiguous towns can also appoint someone to serve as veterans’ agent and form Veterans’ Services Districts. Falmouth and Nantucket have local veterans’ services offices. All other cities and towns in the area are served by the Cape Cod or Dukes County Veterans Services Districts.

Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach Center

Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach Center is the preeminent resource and referral organization for veterans and their families on Cape Cod. If there is a veteran in need, whatever that need may be, CIVOC staff will assist in connecting them to available community resources to provide comprehensive support.

Veterans in the area looking for help can call CIVOC at (508) 778-1590. They will do all that they can to assist you that day.

Veterans’ Posts & Auxiliaries

The Veterans Posts and Auxiliaries directory below includes information about the VFW and American Legion Posts, Marine Corps League Detachments, and DAV Chapters based in cities and towns in the Cape Cod and Islands area.

VA-Accredited Representatives, Agents & Attorneys

The directory below includes any VA-accredited VSO representatives, attorneys, or agents based in Cape Cod and Islands area from the VA Office of the General Counsel’s Accreditation Search Tool as of July 2024. VA provides accreditation to ensure VA claimants receive qualified assistance preparing and presenting their claims in accordance with VA Standards of Conduct.

Cape & Islands Elder Services

Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) are private, non-profit agencies established under MGL Chapter 19A. ASAPs provide direct and protective services, including information and referrals; interdisciplinary case management; intake and assessment; developing, implementing, and monitoring service plans; reassessing needs; and investigating reports of elder abuse and neglect.

Massachusetts Housing Advisory Council

Established through Executive Orders filed in conjunction with the Affordable Homes Act, the Housing Advisory Council and Commission on Unlocking Housing Production is bringing together a broad range of stakeholders from across Massachusetts to advise the Healey-Driscoll administration on strategies to address the state’s housing challenges. Regional listening sessions were held between April–June 2024. If you missed them, you can still provide feedback.

Cape & Islands Veterans

Based on the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates, veterans make up around 8.1% of the population in the Cape Cod and Islands area. There are 18,093 veterans and 683 service members living in the Cape Cod and Islands area.

• Women made up around 7.9% of the veteran population and 25.5% of service members.

• Around 58.6% of veterans are over age 65, including around 32.5% of women veterans.

• Around 84% of veterans in the area have wartime service.

If you serve veterans and are trying to learn more about their demographics, you can explore the most recent ACS 5-year estimates from Census Reporter for cities and towns in the Cape Cod and Islands area at the links below:

• Age by gender and veteran status is available at the city and town level with 5-year estimates (most reliable). This census data is also available with racial iterations:

  • at the city and town level with 5-year estimates (White alone, Black or African American alone, American Indian or Alaskan Native alone, Asian alone, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander alone, some other race alone, two or more races, White alone and not Hispanic or Latino, and Hispanic or Latino) and

  • at the county level with 1-year estimates (White alone, Black or African American alone, American Indian or Alaskan Native alone, Asian alone, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander alone, some other race alone, two or more races, White alone and not Hispanic or Latino, and Hispanic or Latino).

• Service era, service-connected disability, veteran status by educational attainment, age by veteran status and employment, median income by gender and veteran status, and sex by age by employment status with armed forces are available at the city and town level with 5-year estimates.

• Age by disability by veteran and poverty status is available for Barnstable County with 5-year estimates and 1-year estimates. Tables are not available for Dukes or Nantucket County.