Opioid Task Force

Treatment & Recovery Committee Meeting
2024-05-03 10:00 - 11:30, 2024-06-07 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
Please join us for our Treatment & Recovery Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Tiarra Fisher, Operations Coordinator/CONNECT at tiarra@opioidtaskforce.org.

Healthcare Solutions Committee Meeting
2024-05-10 10:00 - 11:30
Please join us for our Healthcare Solutions Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Tiarra Fisher, Operations Coordinator/CONNECT at tiarra@opioidtaskforce.org.

Emergency Services for Unhoused Individuals Task Force Meeting
2024-05-13 09:30 - 10:45, 2024-06-10 09:30 - 10:45, 2024-07-08 09:30 - 10:45
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 Manager/ARISE Initiative, at kristen@opioidtaskforce.org.

Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Workgroup Meeting
2024-05-13 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-06-10 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-07-08 13:00 - 14:00
Please join us for the Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking 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.

Education & Prevention Committee Meeting
2024-05-14 09:30 - 11:00, 2024-06-11 09:30 - 11:00, 2024-07-09 09:30 - 11:00
Please join us for our Education & Prevention Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Karen Carmona, Program Associate at karen@opioidtaskforce.org.

Overdose Prevention & Narcan Training
2024-05-22 14:00 - 15:00
Spring into action and learn how to save a life at an upcoming virtual Overdose Prevention and Narcan training facilitated by Tapestry. It will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, from 2 PM to 3 PM. You can register using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkf-ysqTItGN3571ei9cRM1ueF7JV4ShCi

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 administer Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose?

Questions? Feel free to reach out at narcan@opioidtaskforce.org.

Please help us spread the word! A flyer has been attached.
Thanks so much, and we look forward to seeing you there!
Best,
The Tapestry and OTF Teams

2024 Opioid Settlement Funding Updates: What it Means for Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region Now
2024-05-23 14:00 - 15:00
Please join us on Thursday, May 23, 2024, from 2 PM – 3 PM, as we learn more about opioid settlement funding and its implications for rural Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region. You can register for this free event here. This information session features the following presenters:

Phoebe Walker, Director of Community Health, Franklin Regional Council of Governments
Carly Bridden and Miriam Harris, Care Massachusetts Team Representatives

Learn about:

1) Purposes of opioid settlement funding
2) How it impacts our rural region
3) What happened last year
4) What is ahead this year and beyond

Questions? Email info@opioidtaskforce.org.

This is part of the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region 2024 Educational Series.

Public Safety & Justice Committee Meeting
2024-06-03 13:00 - 14:00
Please join us for our Public Safety & Justice Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Tiarra Fisher, Operations Coordinator/CONNECT at tiarra@opioidtaskforce.org.

Harm Reduction Workgroup Meeting
2024-06-05 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-07-10 11:00 - 12:00
Please join us for our Harm Reduction Workgroup meeting, a project of OTF’s Treatment & Recovery Committee. For more information on how to participate, please contact Tiarra Fisher, Operations Coordinator/CONNECT at tiarra@opioidtaskforce.org.

CAM Workgroup Meeting
2024-06-11 11:00 - 12:00
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.

Methadone Workgroup Meeting
2024-06-13 15:00 - 16:00
Please join us for our Methadone Workgroup meeting, a project of OTF’s Healthcare Solutions Committee. For more information on how to participate, please contact Debra McLaughlin, Coordinator/OTF at debmc@opioidtaskforce.org.

Housing & Workforce Development Committee Meeting
2024-06-14 10:00 - 11:30
Please join us for our Housing & Workforce Development Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Kristen Pease, Program Associate and Project Manager/ARISE Initiative at kristen@opioidtaskforce.org.

Preventing Homelessness in Greater Greenfield: Learn about Community Legal Aid's Grant Funded Resources
2024-06-20 14:00 - 15:00
More of our community members have become housing insecure or unhoused in the last year, an unfortunate trend that is occurring across the country. Join representatives from Community Legal Aid as they discuss their new grant-funded effort to prevent homelessness in our rural area.
Featuring:
*Jennifer Dieringer, Managing Attorney
*Jennifer Albert, Staff Attorney, Greenfield Office
*Gabriel Fonseca, Fair Housing Staff Attorney, Greenfield Office
This is part of the Opioid Task Force’s 2024 community education series. For more information, please email info@opioidtaskforce.org.

Overdose Prevention & Narcan Training
2024-06-26 14:00 - 15:00
Spring into action and learn how to save a life at an upcoming virtual Overdose Prevention and Narcan training facilitated by Tapestry. It will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, from 2 PM to 3 PM. You can register using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkf-ysqTItGN3571ei9cRM1ueF7JV4ShCi

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 administer Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose?

Questions? Feel free to reach out at narcan@opioidtaskforce.org.

Please help us spread the word! A flyer has been attached.
Thanks so much, and we look forward to seeing you there!
Best,
The Tapestry and OTF Teams

Joint Treatment & Recovery Committee and Healthcare Solutions Committee Meeting
2024-07-12 10:00 - 11:30
Please join us for our Joint Treatment & Recovery Committee and Healthcare Solutions Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Debra McLaughlin, Coordinator/OTF at debmc@opioidtaskforce.org.
(Note: This meeting is scheduled a week later than usual because of the July 4th holiday weekend.)

Building a Resilient Community Workgroup Meeting
2024-07-17 11:00 - 12:00
Please join us for our Building a Resilient Community Workgroup, a project of OTF’s Education & Prevention Committee. For more information on how to participate, please contact Karen Carmona, Program Associate at karen@opioidtaskforce.org.

Overdose Prevention & Narcan Training
2024-07-18 14:00 - 15:00
Don’t let the summer go by without learning how to save a life at an upcoming virtual Overdose Prevention and Narcan training facilitated by Tapestry. This is a reminder that this training will be held tomorrow, Thursday, July 18, 2024, from 2 PM to 3 PM. You can register using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpf-2trTstGN1gFk54JLB9DhGJ65vSY0Nb.

Can’t make it? We have two other sessions planned for this summer. They will be held on:

Thursday, August 22, 2024, at 2 PM. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpf-2trTstGN1gFk54JLB9DhGJ65vSY0Nb
Thursday, September 19, 2024, at 2 PM. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpf-2trTstGN1gFk54JLB9DhGJ65vSY0Nb

(Please note that we use the same registration link, and you can select which session you’d like to attend.)

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 administer Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose?

Questions? Feel free to reach out at narcan@opioidtaskforce.org.

This is part of our 2024 virtual Overdose Prevention and Narcan training series organized by Tapestry and the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region.
Please help us spread the word! A flyer has been attached.
Thanks so much, and we look forward to seeing you there!
Best,
The Tapestry and OTF Teams

Using Communications Strategies to Prevent Overdose: Part of the 2024 HEALing Communities Study Lessons Learned Educational Series
2024-07-25 14:00 - 15:00
Launched in 2019, the HEALing Communities Study was a bold experiment. Part of its approach was to invest 343.7 million dollars in 67 communities across the four states of Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio to reduce opioid-related fatalities using various strategies to implement three goals: 1) increasing naloxone distribution and overdose prevention education, 2) increasing access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and 3) improving opioid prescribing safety.
Massachusetts had 16 communities participating in the study, of which the four Franklin County and North Quabbin communities of Athol, Greenfield, Montague, and Orange were combined into one community cluster. The Opioid Task Force is launching an educational series to share lessons learned from our 18-month study implementation experience.
We are focusing on “Communication Strategies to Prevent Overdose” for this session, scheduled for July 25 at 2 PM. You can register for this free event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkcOmgrDssGNwqarKUIRQBxZgpLLEV-nsH
Featuring Karen Carmona, OTF’s Program Associate and HCS Communications Consultant, participants will view the array of communication materials created for the study, learn how they were used, and provide input into what else is needed to provide information about opioid use disorder and available resources in rural Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region.

CANCELED: Treatment & Recovery Committee Meeting
2024-08-02 10:00 - 11:30
Please join us for our Treatment & Recovery Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Debra McLaughlin, Coordinator, at debmc@opioidtaskforce.org.

CANCELED: Public Safety & Justice Committee Meeting
2024-08-05 13:00 - 14:00
Please join us for our Public Safety & Justice Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Nicole St. Hilaire, Outreach Manager/CONNECT at nicole@opioidtaskforce.org.

CANCELED: Harm Reduction Workgroup Meeting
2024-08-07 11:00 - 12:00
Please join us for our Harm Reduction Workgroup meeting, a project of OTF’s Treatment & Recovery Committee. For more information on how to participate, please contact Nicole St. Hilaire, Outreach Manager, /CONNECT at nicole@opioidtaskforce.org.

Rescheduled to Thursday, September 19: Methadone Workgroup Meeting
2024-08-08 15:00 - 16:00
Please join us for our Methadone Workgroup meeting, a project of OTF’s Healthcare Solutions Committee. For more information on how to participate, please contact Debra McLaughlin, Coordinator/OTF at debmc@opioidtaskforce.org.
Please note that the August 8, 2024 meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 3 PM.
