zero stigma. zero deaths.

RIZE Massachusetts is solely dedicated to funding and collaborating on solutions to end the overdose crisis.

Our Mission, Vision, & Values

zero stigma. zero deaths.

RIZE Massachusetts is solely dedicated to funding and collaborating on solutions to end the overdose crisis.

Our Mission, Vision, & Values

zero stigma. zero deaths.

RIZE Massachusetts is solely dedicated to funding and collaborating on solutions to end the overdose crisis.

Our Mission, Vision, & Values

zero stigma. zero deaths.

RIZE Massachusetts is solely dedicated to funding and collaborating on solutions to end the overdose crisis.

Our Mission, Vision, & Values

Accepting Applications for Mosaic Municipal Matching Grant Program

The program matches municipal opioid settlement funds in cities and towns using best practices to end the overdose crisis, such as conducting community outreach and needs assessments and collaborating with others. Through Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership, RIZE will award $2.25 million in matching grants to municipalities across Massachusetts.

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Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership — Supporting Municipal Opioid Response Efforts — Application Now Open

The number of overdose deaths nationally in 2022, the deadliest year on record

The number of people who die every day in Massachusetts from overdose

Our Areas of Impact

Ending the overdose crisis requires a comprehensive and flexible approach. No one policy or program alone is sufficient to address the magnitude of the crisis. We organize our work into three focus areas:

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Investing in Community

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Generating Knowledge

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Building Inclusive Networks

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"Forward-thinking by RIZE Massachusetts helped support leading innovators like AHOPE to break the mold on overdose prevention and public health response.”

Traci Green, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) on Opioids and Overdose at Rhode Island Hospital and co-author of The Bronze Age of Drug Checking: Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Advanced Drug Checking Amidst Police Violence and COVID-19

"RIZE is the gravitation center of the conversation and work against OUD…using research, creating space for lived experience… thinking about being the voice and the convener more than the doer."

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“My biggest takeaway from Together in Recovery was giving me—a person in long-term recovery—the opportunity to have my voice heard.”

– Julie Bunch, Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery

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Contributing to RIZE’s growing fund that is dedicated to ending overdose amplifies the power and reach of your donation many times over, helping thousands of people and families across Massachusetts.

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