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East County/North Quabbin: Weaving a Safety Net: Creating a Vision for Emergency Shelter Services

Athol Town Hall 584 Main Street, Athol, MA, United States

The North Quabbin Community Coalition and the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region (Opioid Task Force) are convening a series of Visioning Sessions to occur in May to examine the year-round needs of unhoused individuals in the only federally-designated rural county in the Commonwealth. This is especially important as research […]

Four-Part Training Services for Behavioral Health Clinicians about Commercial Sexual Exploitation with Dr. Abigail Judge

Please join us as we will be working with Dr. Abigail Judge starting Wednesday, June 1st, 9 AM - 10:30 AM. This is the first of a four-part training series developed especially for behavioral health providers to learn how better support survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. You can register for this free series, here.  The remaining sessions are scheduled for June 8, 15, and […]

Harm Reduction Workgroup Meeting

This meeting is open to the public. Please email info@opioidtaskforce.org for the details on how to participate.

Section 35: Helpful or Harmful?

Join us as we explore Section 35, a civil court process allowable under Massachusetts General Law, by which individuals can be committed involuntarily to addiction treatment by a "qualified petitioner", such as blood relatives, spouses, doctors, or law enforcement. Some argue that Section 35 is a violation of one's civil rights and that addiction treatment […]

Four-Part Training Services for Behavioral Health Clinicians about Commercial Sexual Exploitation with Dr. Abigail Judge

Please join us as we will be working with Dr. Abigail Judge starting Wednesday, June 1st, 9 AM - 10:30 AM. This is the first of a four-part training series developed especially for behavioral health providers to learn how better support survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. You can register for this free series, here.  The remaining sessions are scheduled for June 8, 15, and […]

Methadone Workgroup Meeting

This meeting is open to the public. Please email info@opioidtaskforce.org for the details on how to participate.