• Springfield announces plans for opioid settlement funds

  June 14, 2022
  ...administration has worked with community stakeholders and regional partners for years to address substance abuse and opioids, and officials developed their opioid settlement priorities based on that experience. “A life...
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• AG Healey announces increase for municipalities in opioid settlement

  March 9, 2022
  Attorney General Maura Healey today announced that Massachusetts municipalities that sign onto statewide opioid settlements with opioid distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson, opioid-maker Johnson & Johnson, and future statewide...
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• Foundation offers grants to help apply for opioid settlement funds

  October 28, 2024
  ...the state’s Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund to address the impact of the overdose crisis in Massachusetts. The Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund resulted from the historic legal effort to...
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• Beverly uses opioid settlement funds for social services position

  May 22, 2024
  Using opioid settlement funds, the city of Beverly plans to hire a new health department employee to help residents access and navigate resources for people struggling with substance use disorder....
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• Opioid settlement funds webinar

  June 10, 2024
  A free MMA webinar on Sept. 26 will review issues and strategies related to the use of opioid settlement funds. Julia Newhall from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and...
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• MMA webinar reviews issues and strategies related to the statewide opioid settlement fund

  October 2, 2024
  During an MMA webinar, officials review issues and strategies related to the use of opioid settlement funds. Pictured, clockwise from the top left, are Cheryl Sbarra from the Massachusetts Association...
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• MMA webinar to cover use of opioid settlement funds

  August 28, 2024
  A free MMA webinar on Sept. 26 will review issues and strategies related to the use of opioid settlement funds. Speakers will include (pictured clockwise from top left) Liz Leingang...
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• Municipalities must respond by April 18 for additional opioid settlement funds

  February 15, 2023
  ...across Massachusetts. Last week, the National Opioid Settlement implementation administrator, Rubris, emailed a package of information and materials to municipalities that they must complete for each of the settlements by...
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• Process begins this month for statewide opioid settlement payments

  June 6, 2022
  ...an email this month from settlement administrator Brown Greer with instructions about how to establish an account in the National Opioid Settlements Portal. Through the portal, municipalities will need to...
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