Stories | VA Boston Health Care

The 2022 Healthcare for Homeless Veterans, or HCHV, Excellence in Advocacy Award was presented to five members of the Museum of Fine Arts’ Access to Art Program during the VA Boston Healthcare System’s sixth annual Community Partners Appreciation Ceremony, June 23, 2022, at the Brockton VA Campus.

Photo: The reflection of Sixto Escobar, an Air Force Veteran, is seen in a mirror that is part of an art installation at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 24, 2022, in Boston, Mass. The installation is for the Portraits of Leadership Community Project, which will be on display from Sept. 2 through Oct. 30, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.)

In the early morning hours of Feb. 22, 2022, a fire broke out at the Acorn Hill Home in Middleboro, Mass., because of an unattended candle in a bedroom.

From left to right: Jason McCall VA Boston Healthcare System social worker, Grishelda Hogan, VA Boston HCS Peace, Acceptance, Transformation and Honor program coordinator, Sheila Offley, Acorn Hill staff, Olafur Petursson and Margret Gudmundsson, Acorn Hill co-owners, Elena Buckley, assistant director for the VA Boston HCS Brockton campus, James Scannell and Richard Davis, Acorn Hill residents and VA Boston HCS Veteran patients, and Susan Morales, VA Boston HCS social worker.

Congratulations to Charles Franklin, whose rideshare program received an American Spirit Award at the 76th Annual VAVS National Advisory Committee Meeting and Conference in Denver, Colorado.

Photo of Charles Franklin, innovation project manager at the VA New England Center for Innovation Excellence, who developed a rideshare program for Veterans while at the VA Boston Healthcare System.

Starting Monday, April 18, 2022, the VA Boston Healthcare System launches a single toll-free number, 1-800-865-3384, to connect Veterans to dedicated and aligned clinical and administrative staff 24/7.

Photo of smiling Veteran with smartphone.