Upcoming Events

CAM Workgroup Meeting

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

Methadone Workgroup Meeting

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

Forest Bathing in Our Times

Join Todd Lynch, certified Association of Nature and Forest Therapy guide for "Forest Bathing in Our Times", on Thursday, April 21, 2022, from 2 PM - 3 PM. You can register for this free event, here. One of the ways to access the benefits of the outdoors is through Forest and Nature Therapy. As a […]

Overdose Prevention & Narcan Training

Please join us at this virtual community overdose prevention training to learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose. Participants will also learn how to administer Narcan, a lifesaving opioid overdose reversal drug. This training is free and open to all interested community members. Register here!

Harm Reduction Workgroup Meeting

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

Safe Havens: A Supportive Housing Model for Chronically Homeless Individuals with Substance Use and/or Behavioral Health Concerns

Learn about the recently opened Safe Havens program in Greenfield serving residents of both Franklin and Hampshire counties, featuring: *Dan Sontag, Greenfield Site Director, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health *Jennifer LaRoche, Vice-President, Acute & Day Programs, Clinic & Support Options (CSO) *Kristin Smith, Greenfield Director of Crisis Services, Clinical & Support Options (CSO) *Toni Diaz, […]

West County: Weaving a Safety Net: Creating a Vision for Emergency Shelter Services

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 […]