STEP-Home

11/11/2025

This Veterans Day, we honor the generations of Veterans whose service has strengthened and protected our nation.

Happy Veterans Day!

11/10/2025

Next group starting in January 2026 - Do you know a Veteran who has gotten out of the service in the last 3 years and needs support in transitioning home? STEP-Home offers Veterans an opportunity to join other Veterans in a specially designed workshop focused on military to civilian reintegration difficulties with work and school, memory and concentration, anger and irritability, mental health support, and relationships. Weekly meetings are VIRTUAL and open to Veterans throughout the United States. Earn up to $100 for participating. Call or text 617.390.6516 or click here for more information https://varedcap.rcp.vaec.va.gov/redcap/surveys/?s=MAA8JYR3EW9WD9PC

07/11/2025

Next group starting in September 2025 - Do you know a Veteran who has gotten out of the service in the last 3 years and needs support in transitioning home? STEP-Home offers Veterans an opportunity to join other Veterans in a specially designed workshop focused on military to civilian reintegration difficulties with work and school, memory and concentration, anger and irritability, mental health support, and relationships. Weekly meetings are VIRTUAL and open to Veterans throughout the United States. Earn up to $100 for participating. Call or text 617.390.6516 or click here for more information

07/03/2025

Visit TRACTS at the Veteran's Music Festival, Benefits and Career Fair, For Veterans, first responders and their families, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 19, 2025, Pageant Field, 1 Merrymount Pkwy, Quincy, Mass. Find out more about our program and enjoy:

• Live music
• Free food
• Job fair
• Housing info
• TRACTS information
• Parkinson's resource pavilion
• Veterans benefits and health care info

04/22/2025

Veterans deployed in the post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and New Dawn) face a multitude of challenges reintegrating into civilian life after military service. There is a need for evidence-based support programs to address the wide-reaching cognitive, psychological, and physical symptoms that can impede civilian reintegration. This study indicated that online, group-based, reintegration-focused interventions facilitate beneficial social connections among veterans. Veterans enrolled in STEP-Home reported learning more practical problem-solving and emotional regulation skills and were more open to accessing other Veterans Health Administration care after treatment completion than veterans in the control group. Results emphasize the opportunity for group and skills-based interventions focused on reintegration to increase social support, enhance practical emotional regulation skills, and promote Veterans Health Administration care among veterans. For the complete article, please visit: https://heartbrain.hms.harvard.edu/publication/veterans-perspectives-two-transdiagnostic-group-workshops-improve-military-civilian

03/31/2025

Next group starting in April 2025 - Do you know a Veteran who has gotten out of the service in the last 3 years and needs support in transitioning home? STEP-Home offers Veterans an opportunity to join other Veterans in a specially designed workshop focused on military to civilian reintegration difficulties with work and school, memory and concentration, anger and irritability, mental health support, and relationships. Weekly meetings are VIRTUAL and open to Veterans throughout the United States. Earn up to $100 for participating. Call or text 617.390.6516 or click here for more information

02/13/2024

Local Boston NBC 10 showcased our TRACTS and STEP-Home programs and how they have helped to understand and treat trauma.

A breakthrough program developed at the Boston VA medical center is helping heal the psychological and physical wounds of war. It tailors treatments to veterans struggling to adjust to civilian life by treating all the health issues at the same time instead of individually. Like so many of America.....

01/31/2024

Check out this excellent program, Guitars 4 Vets. Helping Veterans cope with PTSD through music.

Helping Veterans Cope With PTSD Through Music

12/14/2023

The Boston Vet Center is hosting the third iteration of PTSD 101, a virtual workshop for the family and friends of Veteran living with PTSD. The workshop is designed to educate participants about symptoms, treatment, and strategies to assist family and friends. The workshop is offered virtually, and at no cost. Please call 857-203-6461 to RSVP

11/28/2023

For those in the Boston area, Holiday Pops tickets available here:

The Mayor's Office of Veterans' Services, in partnership with The Holiday Pops and the Highland Street Foundation, will be hosting a Veterans and Military Appreciation Night at The Boston Pops. Join us on Thursday, November 30, at Symphony Hall! The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at Symphony Hall, 301 Mas...

01/31/2023

Check out No Barriers Warriors, a program designed to help Veterans with service-connected disabilities to redefine their identity, purpose and community as they face past and present challenges. Applications open tomorrow, February 1st, for their 2023 program season.

No Barriers Warriors, an offshoot of the Veterans organization No Barriers USA, will open an application period to launch its 2023 program season on Feb. 1.

01/20/2023

The Translational Research Center for TBI and Stress Disorders (TRACTS) at VA Boston recently celebrated the 10 year anniversary of repeated research with one of their patients, David Ransom.

TRACTS is a RR&D National Center for TBI Research focused on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD) in Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans. TBI is a very common injury in the OEF/OIF conflicts, and TBI can lead to a number of physical, cognitive, and emotional problems for Veterans.

Research & Development National Center for TBI Research will ultimately help VA develop more helpful treatments for returning Veterans. TRACTS studies have been carefully designed to understand the complex changes in the brain, thinking, and psychological well-being that result from TBI and PTSD. These studies will lead to more understanding and better treatment options returning Veterans with TBI and PTSD.

TRACTS staff come from all parts of the VA Healthcare System (from mental health, neuropsychology, neuroscience, and medicine) and its focus is on the OEF/OIF Veteran population and their unique characteristics and experiences. Many returning Veterans report feeling more “understood” by the TRACTS research team, due to our proven dedication and respect for returning Veterans.

Pictured from left to right: Dylan Katz, Associate Director of Operations and Outreach, TRACTS, William Milberg, Director, TRACTS, Wally Musto, Director of Recruitment and Retention, TRACTS, Veteran Participant, David Ransom, Alexandra Kenna, Clinical Director and Psychologist, TRACTS and Catherine Fortier, Deputy Director, TRACTS.

Learn more: https://bddy.me/3wfOZ38