Together, we can tackle the serious problem of heroin and prescription drug addiction in Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region of Massachusetts.
The Franklin County and North Quabbin Emergency Services for Unhoused Individuals Task Force launched the 4th Annual "Give the Gift of Living: 2025 Gear and Goods Drive" from November 17 to December 22, 2025. This effort aims to provide essential gear and goods and to raise funds to purchase items for distribution to unhoused individuals in our rural area […]
The December 5, 2025, Treatment & Recovery Committee meeting has been canceled. For more information, please contact Debra McLaughlin, Coordinator/OTF, at debmc@opioidtaskforce.org.
Please join our monthly meeting to discuss the emergency needs of unhoused individuals in the Franklin County and North Quabbin Region. To learn more about how to participate, please contact Kristen Cuddy-Pease, Program Associate and Project Coordinator/The HUB Project, at kristen@opioidtaskforce.org.
Please join us for the Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Prevention Workgroup meeting, co-facilitated by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Opioid Task Force. For more information on how to join, please email Karen Carmona, Program Associate/OTF at karen@opioidtaskforce.org.
The December Education & Prevention Committee meeting has been canceled. For more information on how to participate in 2026, please contact Karen Carmona, Program Associate, at karen@opioidtaskforce.org.
Please join us for our Complementary & Alternative Medicines (CAM) Workgroup meeting, a project of OTF’s Healthcare Solutions Committee. For more information on how to participate, please contact Karen Carmona, Program Associate, at karen@opioidtaskforce.org.
The December 11, 2025, Methadone Workgroup meeting, a project of OTF's Healthcare Solutions Committee, has been canceled. For more information on how to participate, please contact Debra McLaughlin, Coordinator/OTF at debmc@opioidtaskforce.org.
This meeting has been canceled. For more information, please contact Kristen Pease, Program Associate and Project Manager/HUB Project at kristen@opioidtaskforce.org.
This meeting has been canceled. As of January 1, 2026, activities of the Building a Resilient Community Workgroup will become part of OTF’s Education, Prevention & Resilience Committee. For more information on how to participate, please contact Karen Carmona, Program Associate at karen@opioidtaskforce.org.
Please join Tapestry and the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region for this online overdose prevention training. You can register for this free event here. Participants will learn the answers to these questions: -What is an opioid overdose? -How do you recognize and respond to an opioid overdose? -How do you […]