Mass Innovations, From The Beacon, April 2016 Inspired by the Gloucester Police Department’s policy of getting those addicted to heroin and opioids into treatment rather than arresting them, Brockton has...
...McLennan Agency MassAccess Massachusetts Association of Assessing Officers Mass. Board of Library Commissioners Mass. Civil Service Unit Mass. Councils on Aging and AARP Mass. Cultural Council Mass. Department of Agricultural...
The opioid epidemic is being increasingly felt in today’s workplace. An estimated three out of four people with an addiction are employed, a fact that affects productivity, morale and health...
... The task force concluded that local officials are best positioned to manage the opioid crisis, but the group also developed a series of policy recommendations for state leaders in...
An effort is underway to better track and understand community needs and progress surrounding the opioid crisis in Hampshire County. The city of Northampton received a $100,000 Community Compact Information...
Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito speaks at the new mobile COVID-19 testing site at Patriot Place in Foxborough on April 5. [Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office] Four weeks into the Commonwealth’s COVID-19...
...“Can This Small Town Lead America in Fighting the Opioid Crisis?” suggested that the work done by the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region could...
...and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program and a 151-page Interim Final Rule. The fact sheet provides details on the ways funds can be used to respond to acute pandemic-response needs,...
...an unprecedented public health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, municipal leaders in every corner of Massachusetts fully embrace the goal of preserving the health and safety, medical coverage, and...
...to address local needs. Local leaders continued to express concerns about access to testing, particularly in rural areas, and the availability of funding for testing programs after the federal CARES...
