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Peer support workers play a critical role in supporting people with substance use disorder (SUD) in emergency rooms.

By Julie Burns, RIZE Massachusetts and Livia Davis, C4 Innovations

“Because of Together in Recovery, I learned how important it is to recognize that the path to recovery is very unique—not just to an individual, but also to each provider and organization, and that we may do things a certain way based on our population…

By Miriam Komaromy, MD

Mr. J.W. was in the sitting room of the COVID Recuperation Unit in Boston Medical Center (BMC) when I met him. He was a restaurant worker who had lost his job when the surge of COVID infections hit Boston last spring. The friends who rented him…

Rapid Response Grantee Uses Funds to Support Emergency Homelessness Services On March 23, RIZE Massachusetts Foundation announced that it had distributed nearly $200,000 in rapid response grants to support nonprofit organizations strained by…

PAARI Exemplifies Partnership Between Government, Nonprofits and Corporations During Covid-19 Pandemic Small nonprofits can have a big impact when they partner with other organizations. One RIZE rapid response grant recipient, the Police…

Q&A with Executive Director of Life Connection Center in Lowell As news started spreading about COVID-19, what did you and your team do to prepare? It was all a matter of getting ahead of the situation while we could. The first...