Opioid Task Force

Together, we can tackle the serious problem of heroin and prescription drug addiction in Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region of Massachusetts.

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VIRTUAL: A Community Bridger, A Lifeline during Covid-19

Virtual

Join us as we learn more about the Western Massachusetts Recovery Learning Community's (RLC) Community Bridging effort, which offers essential supports to those feeling isolated and desiring to reconnect to their community post-incarceration or psychiatric hospitalization, especially during Covid-19. (For more information about Community Bridging, refer to this link: https://www.westernmassrlc.org/community-bridging.) Special guests include: *Natan Cohen, Assistant […]

VIRTUAL: Treatment & Recovery Committee Meeting

Greenfield Community College Downtown Campus 270 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

This meeting is open to the public. Please email Maile Shoul at maile@opioidtaskforce.org or call (413) 775-7474 if you would like to join.

VIRTUAL: Harm Reduction Workgroup Meeting

MA, United States

This meeting is open to the public and will be part of OTF's July 10, 2020 Treatment & Recovery Committee meeting agenda. Please email maile@opioidtaskforce.org for the Zoom call details.

VIRTUAL: Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation

Virtual

Join members of the Franklin County and North Quabbin Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Workgroup as we work to address the needs of vulnerable populations. Want to join? Email dottie@opioidtaskforce.org for the Zoom call details! Jointly facilitated by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office and the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin […]

VIRTUAL: Narcan Training

Virtual

Please join us at an upcoming 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. Participants will learn the answers to these questions: -What is an opioid overdose? -How do you recognize and respond to […]

VIRTUAL: Covid-19 & the Court Service Center, How to get Help w/ the Courts

Virtual

Join us on Thursday, July 23rd at 2 PM, to learn more about the new changes to the Franklin County Justice Center's Court Service Center's services and hours of operation as of July 6th, in response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. For the Zoom call details, please email info@opioidtaskforce.org. When: Thursday, July 23, 2 PM […]

Canceled: Healthcare Solutions Committee Meeting

MA, United States

This meeting has been canceled. Please join us for the next Healthcare Solutions Committee meeting to be held on Friday, September 25, 2020, 10 AM - 12 Noon, via Zoom. Please email info@opioidtaskforce.org with the details.

Public Safety & Justice Committee

Please join us on August 3, 2020, 1 PM - 2:30 PM, by Zoom, to hear Dr. Traci Green, Director of the Opioid Policy Research Collaborative and Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University talk about her research efforts to improve opioid safety through the monitoring of the illicit drug supply. Attached is […]

VIRTUAL: Reentry into the Community Post-Incarceration during COVID-19

Join the award-winning team from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, located in Greenfield, Massachusetts, as they share what they are doing to support formerly incarcerated men and women as they return to their communities in the Franklin County and North Quabbin Region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, learn more about how they are using Textedly, […]