Opioid Task Force

Public Safety and Justice Committee Meeting
2021-04-05 13:00 - 14:30, 2021-02-01 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
This meeting is open to the public but will be held by Zoom. Please email Dottie Arnold at dottie@opioidtaskforce.org for the details to participate.

Treatment and Recovery Committee Meeting
2021-04-02 10:00 - 11:30, 2021-03-05 10:00 - 11:30
This meeting is open to the public. Please email Maile Shoul at maile@opioidtaskforce.org for the details on how to participate.

Healthcare Solutions Committee Meeting
2021-03-26 10:00 - 12:00, 2021-01-29 10:00 - 12:00
This meeting is open to the public but will be held by Zoom. Please email Maile Shoul at maile@opioidtaskforce.org for details on how to participate.

3rd Building a Resilient Community Virtual Town Hall about the Children & Youth of Franklin County and the North Quabbin
2021-03-12 10:00 - 12:00
SAVE-THE-DATE!

Please join members of the Opioid Task Force’s Education & Prevention Committee as we host the 3rd Building a Resilient Community Virtual Town Hall about Children & youth of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region.

More exciting details to come about this interactive event, to be held on Friday, March 12, 10 AM- 12 Noon, via Zoom.

You can register for this free event by using this link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwofuCqrjktEtA6h8cYLnVqVZ3ZYk2g7sQ9?fbclid=IwAR1vm12FOJ7TxiePJ6bXgQKGVzjXb_O-vELEUVoaw6d_wlGAbQZOhi3eEvQ

Methadone Workgroup
2021-03-11 15:00 - 16:30, 2021-02-11 15:00 - 16:30, 2021-01-14 15:00 - 16:30
This meeting is open to the public. Please email Maile Shoul at maile@opioidtaskforce.org for details on how to participate.

Virtual: Narcan Training
2021-03-09 15:00 - 16:30, 2021-02-11 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-01-14 18:00 - 19:30
Please join us at an upcoming community overdose prevention training to learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose. Participants will also learn how to administer Narcan, a lifesaving opioid overdose reversal drug.

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?

The event is open to the public. Want to join the Zoom call? Please email maile@opioidtaskforce.org!

CAM Workgroup
2021-03-09 10:00 - 11:30, 2021-02-09 10:00 - 11:30, 2021-01-12 10:00 - 11:30

Education and Prevention Committee Meeting
2021-03-09 09:30 - 11:00, 2021-01-26 09:30 - 11:00

Virtual: Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Workgroup
2021-03-08 13:00 - 14:30, 2021-02-08 13:00 - 14:30
Please join us, via Zoom, as we work to address the complex issue of human trafficking and sexual exploitation in our rural region.
This workgroup is co-facilitated by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region.
If you are interested in participating in this workgroup, please email Dottie Arnold at dottie@opioidtaskforce.org to get the details to join.

CAM Education Series: Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga
2021-03-04 14:00 - 15:00
Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) is an empirically validated, adjunctive clinical treatment for complex trauma or chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD. Developed at the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga has foundations in Trauma Theory, Attachment Theory, and Neuroscience as well as Hatha Yoga practice with an emphasis on body-based yoga forms and breathing practices.
Join us for a presentation by local yoga instructor Elena Mamatas, who is certified in TCTSY, to hear about how this practice can help people in recovery from trauma and substance use disorder.
Register here!

CAM Education Series: An Herbalist’s Approach to Recovery
2021-02-25 14:00 - 2021-03-02 15:00
In this session, Leslie Chaison and Nora Toomey, herbalists at the People’s Medicine Project, will share approaches to and experience of supporting people who are seeking recovery, in active recovery, using MAT; and harm reduction. We will include handouts with simple, safe recipes and herbs to help nourish the body through any phase of opioid use or recovery, support the nervous system, neuroendocrine rebalancing, GI repair, and allay common symptoms of PAWS: anxiety, insomnia, exhaustion, and cravings.
Register here!

Housing and Workforce Development Committee Meeting
2021-02-12 10:00 - 12:00
This meeting is open to the public. Please email Dottie Arnold at dottie@opioidtaskforce.org for details on how to participate.

Treatment and Recovery Committee Meeting
2021-02-05 10:00 - 11:30
This meeting is open to the public. Please email Maile Shoul at maile@opioidtaskforce.org or call (413) 775-7474 if you would like to join.

Virtual: Evictions in 2021 in Franklin County and the North Quabbin: A Status Report
2021-02-04 14:00 - 15:00
Join us as we learn more about the status of evictions in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region and available resources to help individuals stay in their homes.
Register for this free event here!
Featured speakers:

Pamela Schwartz, Director, Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness
Scott Parker, Director of Civil Process, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
Jennifer Dieringer, Managing Attorney, Community Legal Aid
Mary Klaes, Greenfield Court Service Center Manager, Franklin County Justice Center

Virtual: Homelessness in Franklin County & the North Quabbin during COVID-19: Resources & Supports
2021-01-28 14:00 - 15:00
Join us as we learn more about the available resources and supports for individuals who are homeless in our rural region, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Register for this event here!
Featured speakers:

Rose Facto, Program Manager, Wells Street Shelter at ServiceNet
Kristin Smith, Program Director and Manager of the Greenfield Warming Center at Clinical & Support Options (CSO)
Keleigh Pereira, Program Director, Three County Continuum of Care at Community Action Pioneer Valley

Recovery and Covid-19 in 2021: Lessons Learned in a Pandemic
2021-01-14 14:00 - 15:00
Join us as we hear from individuals in recovery as they talk about lessons learned about their recovery journey in a pandemic as we enter into a new year.

Featuring individuals from the North Quabbin Recovery Center, and the RECOVER Project.

You can Register here. More details to follow!

Treatment and Recovery Committee Meeting
2021-01-08 10:00 - 11:30
This meeting is open to the public. Please email Maile Shoul at maile@opioidtaskforce.org for details on how to participate, via Zoom.

Self-care and COVID-19 during the Holidays
2020-12-17 14:00 - 15:00
Join us as the Opioid Task Force’s COVID-19 Zoom series continues in December where we will be discussing how we can practice self-care in the midst of the pandemic over the upcoming holiday season.
The Opioid Task Force’s own Dottie Arnold will be leading us through an array of self-care tips using essential oils and herbs. So take a break out of your hectic week to gather in our virtual “living room” to learn more.
If you are interested in joining this session, please register here!

VIRTUAL: Narcan Training
2020-12-17 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual Meeting
