State Awards $1.5 Million to 30 Municipalities, Organizations to Address Opioid Crisis
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll administration announced $1.5 million in matching grants to 30 municipalities and community-based organizations in areas disproportionately impacted by the overdose crisis.
These grants are the second round of funding announced through the Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership, a collaboration developed in 2024 between the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s (DPH) Bureau of Substance Addiction Services and RIZE Massachusetts to increase the equitable allocation of Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund grants to small, community-based organizations and municipalities.
Communities had the option of applying for funding directly, partnered with a nonprofit organization, or collaborating and pooling funding with other municipalities. The 30 one-year grants range from $5,000 to $150,000 and will fund initiatives focusing on at least one of the following areas: prevention, harm reduction, access to care, recovery, trauma, grief, and family supports.
Municipalities will earmark a matching portion of their previously distributed opioid settlement funds to the proposed initiative. RIZE will provide grantees with technical assistance and learning opportunities tailored to their specific needs to strengthen organizations and develop sustainability. RIZE will conduct two additional municipal matching grant rounds through 2027, awarding a total of $4 million in matching grants over the program’s three years.
Second round grant awardees include Adult & Teen Challenge Southern New England Women’s Home; Behavioral Health Innovators; Berkshire Regional Planning Commission; Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; Choices; Community Legal Aid Inc.; Franklin Regional Council of Governments; Gloucester, Ipswich, Rockport Opioid Abatement Collaborative; Justice Resource Institute d/b/a Program RISE; Latin American Health Alliance; Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Metro Mayors Coalition; Power Forward Inc.; Tapestry Health; Troubled Waters Inc. d/b/a the Bridge Club of Greater Lowell; the cities of Cambridge, Fall River, Fitchburg, Lawrence, Lynn, Medford, New Bedford, Revere, and Somerville; and the towns of Arlington, Brookline, Falmouth, Holbrook, Natick, Orange, and Winthrop.