Boston Metro Area

This page includes local event listings and directories for veterans’ services; posts and auxiliaries; Aging Services Access Points; and VA-accredited representatives, agents, and attorneys, and information about local collaboratives and veterans living in the Boston Metro area.

Tag events you submit in the area with #greater-boston and #boston-metro so they show up here and on our Northeast page. Use the listing below to search for events by city or town. Include the name of the city or town in the listing so they show up in the listings below. You can also find links to listings of AA and NA meetings by city and town.

 
 

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. The Office provides outreach and support through various programs. EOVS offers assistance to eligible veterans and their surviving spouses through the MassVets Financial Benefits Program, administered by local veterans’ services.

Veterans may use the Mass Vet Benefit Calculator to see what they may qualify for and contact their local veterans’ services office to apply. 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.

 
 

Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative

  • After our first summit in Boston in January 2015, the group quickly expanded to become the Greater Boston Veterans Collaborative. We hosted dozens of in person summits to centrally gather information and resources and work identify and address key challenges and gaps in services and outreach, developing shared programs including our shared website, calendar, directories, and slack.

    We were able to quickly shift to virtual summits in March 2020, which we continue to host to create space for service providers to connect, share resources and information, identify gaps and emerging issues, gather and share data, and work to ensure services are understood and accessible to those who need them, when they need them. Summits are at 3:30pm on the 1st Wednesdays.

    The Veterans Collaborative incorporated as a nonprofit during the pandemic in June 2020, expanding access to our virtual infrastructure/resource to service providers across the state.

 
 

Boston Metro Directories

veterans posts & auxiliaries

Aging Services Access Points

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.

MassOptions is a service of the Executive Office of Health & Human Services (EOHHS) that can also help older adults, people with disabilities, and family members or caregivers identify aging and disability services and connect to those that can meet their needs. Call (800) 243-4636 or click here to complete a referral.