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It can be extremely challenging to navigate the programs and services available to support veterans because there are so many available––and they are offered by hundreds of different organizations, many with unique eligibility criteria, focus areas, and missions.

This page includes a few access points for assistance in Massachusetts. Visit the Shared Calendar for events and the Massachusetts page for an overview of state-based benefits and programs. If you there is a specific thing you’re looking for help with, check our resource pages for focused directories.

Local Veterans Services

The directories below include general information from city and town veterans services’ websites. The most recent update was in July 2024. Check your town’s website for the most current information and office hours.

Some cities and towns in Massachusetts share veterans’ agents or have formed veterans’ services districts. If your town has a district listed in the information card above, you can find more information about the district in the directory below.

Aging Services Access Points

There are 25 ASAPs in Massachusetts that provide information and referral services; interdisciplinary case management; intake and assessment; develop, implement, and monitor service plans; reassess needs; and investigate reports of the abuse and neglect of elders.

Brighton Marine launched Coordinated Veterans Services as pilot program in 2017 to build a local network of military- and veteran-focused service providers in the Greater Boston area and develop a coordination center and referral system utilizing the Unite US technology platform.

Unite US expanded its network in 2021, increasing access to health and human services for all. Unite Massachusetts is now a broader coordinated care network of health and social service providers serving Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, and Norfolk counties in the areas of:

• housing and food security;

• mental health support;

• education programs and scholarships;

• employment assistance and licensing;

• benefits navigation;

• legal and financial aid; and

• volunteer and community engagement opportunities.

The form below is an access point for the Unite Massachusetts network. Information submitted below is transmitted directly to Coordinated Veterans Services and is safely and securely maintained by the relevant service provider(s). Response time may take up to 48 hours.

The Veterans Collaborative does not provide direct services to individuals and will not have access to information submitted through this form. You can follow up with Brighton Marine at 617-903-3107.

Are you a service provider?

Unite Massachusetts network partners are supported by a Massachusetts-based Unite Us team focused on community engagement, network health and optimization, and customer success. Partners in the network connect through Unite Us’ shared technology platform to send and receive electronic referrals, address people’s social needs, and improve health across communities.

The ultimate vision of state networks is to build the digital infrastructure and common ecosystem needed to connect health, human, and social care providers and eventually allow for redistribution of dollars from healthcare to social care spending so that social care and human service providers can be reimbursed for the services that they provide and ensure people receive the services they need.

The Healthy Opportunities Pilot in NC is the first in the nation to evaluate the impact of upstream Medicaid spending on non-medical interventions (food, transportation, etc) through an 1151 waiver, which authorized $650 million in Medicaid funding for the pilot programs over five years, with approximately 14,000 veterans being eligible for the expanded Medicaid benefits.

Community-based organizations and many organizations that are considered part of the safety net (community health centers, tribal clinics, mental health centers, etc) can join the Unite Massachusetts network at no cost. The network isn’t limited to organizations focused on serving the veterans community––those who do are part of the Coordinated Veteran Services network.

Unite Massachusetts is sponsored by Merrimack Valley Accountable Care Organization (ACO) My Care Family, comprised of partner organizations Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Lawrence General Hospital, and AllWays Health Partners.

In January 2023, AllWays Health Partners, a member of Mass General Brigham, changed its name to Mass General Brigham Health Plan. My Care Family ended in March 2023 and is now the Mass General Brigham ACO.