The Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program helps Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families heal from the invisible wounds of war -- post traumatic stress (PTS) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) -- through world class clinical care, community education and research. These invisible wounds are estimated to affect one in three returning veterans, and can affect the entire family.
The Home Base Program operates one of the only private sector clinics in the nation dedicated to healing the “invisible wounds” of war for returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families. Home Base is the first program of its kind, a philanthropic partnership between an Academic Medical Center and a Major League Baseball team, dedicated to serving returning veterans and their families.
Since the fall of 2009, the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program has: provided clinical care and support for 1,000 veterans and family members from all six New England states; provided additional support for thousands of veterans and family members through free recreational activities, work in public schools, and on college campuses. In addition, Home Base has trained more than 11,000 clinicians nationwide to recognize and treat the invisible wounds in their medical practices, and the program is engaged in national research to improve the treatment and understanding of PTS and TBI.
Home Base serves Post 9/11 veterans and military families throughout New England. Outpatient clinical care for treatment of PTS and TBI is provided at Massachusetts General Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Home Base provides care for the entire military family including spouses, parents, children, siblings, and romantic partners. Home Base serves veterans who have a less than honorable discharge, and provides care regardless of insurance status. While Home Base is required to bill insurance, if a veteran or family member is uninsured or underinsured, they will not receive a bill from Home Base.