RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE) released a report today by the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Commonwealth Medicine division on recovery coaches, a peer support professional used in treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder…
RIZE in Health Affairs Blog on Harm Reduction and Strategic Grant Making
By Health Affairs
The nation is gripped by an opioid overdose epidemic. Opioid use disorder is a chronic but treatable illness. However, untreated, this disease can cause numerous harms—including death. Effective treatment strategies must incorporate…
First-Ever Reports Show Profound Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Massachusetts Economy, Workforce, and State Budget
Two reports commissioned by The RIZE Massachusetts Foundation, an independent nonprofit foundation committed to achieving zero stigma and zero deaths related to opioid use disorder, show that the opioid epidemic is taking a profound toll on…
Working together, we can end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts
By The Boston Globe
When we want to make our Commonwealth stronger, the private, public, and nonprofit sectors come together and get it done. We did this with education reform, health care reform, marriage equality, and pay equity, just to name a few. Today, with…
Opioid Epidemic Threatens to Undermine Massachusetts Fiscal Health for Years to Come, Study Finds
Report from Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) explains why employers need to help combat the growing crisis and its devastating toll on people’s lives, businesses and the economy MTF to host a Forum on November 16 featuring Governor Baker…
Research Presented on Effect of Opioids in MA Workforce: Employer efforts are essential to prevention, treatment, and recovery
In addition to immeasurable human suffering, the issue of opioids in the workplace has not received the attention it demands. A new report, Opioids in the Workforce, issued this morning at the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, in partnership with RIZE…
RIZE Massachusetts Awards Nearly $1 Million in Grants to Community-Based Organizations to Enhance Opioid Harm Reduction Services and Link with Clinical Care
RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE), a nonprofit created to end the opioid overdose epidemic in Massachusetts, announced today that it is awarding nearly $1 million in grants that will fund pilot programs or existing collaborations among local community organizations…
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Improvement Grants
Within its first year of operation, RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE), a nonprofit created to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, announced today that it is awarding a total of more than $2.5 million in grants that will fund community-based opioid use…
RIZE Massachusetts Contributes $50,000 to Fund That Provides Life-Saving Narcan To First Responders
Donation to depleted naloxone fund will help cities and towns purchase drug and prevent deaths As part of its mission to substantially reduce opioid-related deaths, RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE) announced today that it will contribute $50,000 to…
RIZE Massachusetts Announces Senior Staff Appointments
RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE) announced today two key hires in development and programming to help carry out its ambitious agenda to fight the Commonwealth’s opioid epidemic: Mark Walsh, Director of External Affairs and Philanthropy…
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