Veteran Crisis Line: If you are a Veteran in crisis or concerned about one, connect with our caring, qualified responders for confidential help. Many of them are Veterans themselves.
Call 800-273-8255, press 1 or Text 838255;
Call TTY if you have hearing loss 800-799-4889
Veterans and Military Housing Options
Caritas Communities, Inc. Veteran’s Housing and Services: As the largest provider of permanent Veteran housing in Greater Boston, and with our 24/7 wraparound supportive services, Caritas is helping to make sure that those who defended our nations’ liberties will have a home when their military service ends. We have permanent housing units for formerly homeless Veterans with 24/7 onsite case management, housing for Veterans and their families, housing for Veterans through the Homefront Program, and a general housing program. If you or someone you know is a Veteran looking for affordable housing, please email us for information and an application at [email protected].
The New England Center and Home for Veterans (NECHV) is a national leader in housing and serving Veterans who are at-risk of homelessness. Located in Downtown Boston and offering services throughout the region, NECHV supports Veterans with innovative services that enable success, meaningful employment, and dignified independent living. NECHV has various Transitional Housing Programs and models available to provide housing services to Veterans experiencing homelessness. A Veteran who resides in any of the Transitional Housing Programs has access to the same services and support at NECHV (e.g.: case management, behavioral health care, housing search services, employment assistance, medical care, etc.).
Soldier On: Soldier On is a private nonprofit organization committed to ending veteran homelessness. Since 1994, the organization has been providing homeless veterans with transitional housing and supportive services. Soldier On Women’s Program: Helping Women Veterans Reclaim Their Lives. Their campus in Leeds, MA has housing for up to 16 women and children in a safe, homelike environment.
The Jorge Oterro Barreto Homeless Veterans Transitional Program, a program of The Bilingual Veterans Outreach Centers of Mass. Inc., is located in Springfield, MA is open to homeless veterans to assist them in the transition from their current situation back into mainstream society. The Program houses twelve (12) veterans offering counseling, DVA services from the Western Mass Bi-Lingual Veterans Outreach Center, assistance in obtaining Chapter 115 financial assistance, AA/NA meetings and Christian Rehabilitation Substance Abuse meetings. Veterans needing housing assistance can call the Western Massachusetts Bilingual Outreach Center at 413-731-0194 or Edwin Colon at 413-739-1082.
Veterans Northeast Outreach Center (VNEOC), funded by the Department of Veteran Affairs and administered in collaboration with Volunteers of America MA, they operate several facilities in Essex and Middlesex County that provide a range of options for Veterans in need of housing support. VNEOC provides transitional housing to homeless veterans to get them off the streets and provides some structure and case management. As the Veteran’s situation improves, they can offer Single Room Occupancy group home settings and subsidized housing on the open market. If you are homeless, or at immediate risk of becoming homeless, please contact VNEOC immediately at (978) 372-3626 (M-F 8am-4pm), or [email protected].
Veterans Transition House helps homeless and at-risk veterans and their families across Southeastern Massachusetts. We provide shelter and services, with a focus on healing from substance abuse and learning new life skills. VTH is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1990 by a group of Vietnam veterans and community leaders who recognized the vital need for housing and supportive services for homeless and at-risk veterans. Our goal is the rehabilitation, self-sufficiency and reintegration of each veteran into the community. It’s our belief that the veterans we serve seek a hand up, not a handout. Application for services HERE.
Volunteers of America Massachusetts (VOAMASS) offers two programs through the Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS): the Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) and Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program (IVTP). Both programs are designed to assist veterans who have been homeless or incarcerated to obtain employment and stable housing. The Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program (IVTP)helps prepare qualified veterans who are currently incarcerated and recently released to find employment by providing job and life skills coaching, health care referrals, and personalized case management that focuses on the unique issues experienced by veterans. Currently serving Plymouth, Bristol, and Barnstable counties, referrals for HVRP and/or IVTP services can be done HERE.
Veterans and Military Community
The Veterans Assistance (VA): To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s veterans, the VA carries out four specific missions: Veterans Healthcare, Veterans Benefits, National Cemeteries, and to ensure continued service to Veterans. Find your closest VA facility.
Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services: The mission of the Department of Veterans’ Services is to advocate on behalf of all the Commonwealth’s veterans and provide them with quality support services and to direct an emergency financial assistance program for those veterans and their dependents who are in need.
The Massachusetts Veteran Benefit Calculator: This website helps low-income veterans determine if they are eligible for state financial benefits established under Chapter 115, a program that provides cash assistance based on need.
Veteran and Military Justice-Involved
Justice for Vets: Justice For Vets is dedicated to transforming the way the justice system identifies, assesses and treats our veterans, leading the national effort to put a veterans treatment court in reach of every veteran in need.
Solider On Veteran Justice Partnership (VJP) Program: VJP provides services, treatment options and alternative sentencing for veterans who are facing incarceration. Soldier On’s VJP case managers perform outreach in all jails and courts throughout Western Massachusetts at least once a month. In addition, the case managers represent and advocate for veterans in courts across the state as needed.
Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO)Program: The mission of the Veterans Justice Programs is to identify justice-involved Veterans and contact them through outreach, in order to facilitate access to VA services at the earliest possible point. VJO Specialist Contacts in Massachusetts:
Bedford, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital: Carly Wilson
Boston, VA Boston Healthcare System: Thomas Palladino
Brockton, VA Boston Healthcare System: Nine Soares
Leeds, Northampton VA Medical Center: Marie Demarey, Regina Grant
Worcester, Nhttp://[email protected] VA Medical Center: Melissa Barillaro
Veterans and Military Relief Funds
Air Force Aid Society: The Air Force Aid Society is the official charity of the U.S. Air Force and has been meeting the unique needs of Airmen and their families since 1942. Click here to apply for assistance.
Veterans Services Departments (Regional)
Boston Veteran Services Department: Our department oversees the financial assistance program known as Massachusetts General Law Chapter 115. This includes the decoration of veterans’ graves and hero squares on Memorial Day. We also carry out commemorative activities related to Boston veterans. Boston Office of Veterans’ Services Financial Assistance Application.
Lawrence Veterans Services Department: The mission of the Department of Veterans’ Services is to advocate on behalf of all the Commonwealth’s veterans and provide them with quality support services and to direct an emergency financial assistance program for those veterans and their dependents who are in need.
South Hadley Veterans Services Department: The Mission of the South Hadley Veterans Services Department is to help South Hadley Veterans and their dependents access services that were earned by their military service. These services include records retrieval, pension and disability compensation, claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs, employment, training, education programs and bonus/annuity applications.
West Suburban Veterans District (WSVD) Veterans’ Services Department: The Veterans’ Services essential function is to manage and participate in the administration of various benefits available to eligible veterans and their dependents from the Massachusetts Department of Veteran Services and the U.S. Veterans Administration.
Worcester Veterans Services Department: The Veterans’ Services Division provides support to residents of Worcester who are veterans, currently serving members of the military and their families. Support services vary based on individual circumstances but may include financial aid, reimbursement of medical costs and referral services for a variety of issues such as housing, employment and education.
Veterans and Military Support
Red Cross: Active-duty military members who need help can contact the American Red Cross to be directed to the aid that best fits their need or service at 877-272-7337.
Please note that the information provided on this page is not an endorsement of services nor is it a substitute for due diligence. While every effort is made to keep the information updated, there is no guarantee of its accuracy.
To report an update, changes, or broken links for any content on this web page, please email.