Upcoming Events

Please join our monthly meeting of the Human Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation Workgroup, co-facilitated by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office and the Opioid Task Force. For more information on how to participate, please contact Karen Carmona, Program Associate at karen@opioidtaskforce.org.

Please join us for our Complementary & Alternative Medicines (CAM) Workgroup meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Cathi Emery, Office and Data Manager at cathi@opioidtaskforce.org.

Learn how to save a life! Please join HRiA and the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region to learn how to become a trainer to offer Overdose Prevention & Narcan Trainings! For more information on how to register, reach out at narcan@opioidtaskforce.org

Home sharing is a creative option to address the lack of affordable local housing and honor the desire of older adult homeowners to live in their homes. LifePath HomeShare is a program in which two or more people may share a home and expenses to their mutual benefit. So just a reminder to please join […]

Please join us for our monthly meeting of the Methadone Workgroup. For more information on how to participate, please contact Cathi Emery, Office and Data Manager at cathi@opioidtaskforce.org.

Please join us for our Housing & Workforce Development Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact  Cathi Emery, Office and Data Manager at cathi@opioidtaskforce.org.

Please join us for our monthly meeting of the Building a Resilient Community Workgroup. For more information on how to participate, please contact Karen Carmona, Program Associate at karen@opioidtaskforce.org.

Please join us for the monthly meeting of the HEALing Communities Study (HCS) effort in the Franklin County and North Quabbin Region. For more information on how to participate, please contact Tiarra Fisher, HCS Community Study Coordinator at tiarra@opioidtaskforce.org.

Please join our monthly meeting to discuss the emergency needs of unhoused individuals in the Franklin County and North Quabbin Region. To learn more about how to participate, please contact Cathi Emery, Office, and Data Manager, at Cathi@opioidtaskforce.org.

Over $50 billion dollars has been awarded nationwide as a result of successful litigation to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for "fueling the opioid crisis through actions like downplaying the risks of prescription opioids and promoting the use of the drugs." The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, under the leadership of Maura Healey, led these national efforts, […]