Opioid Task Force

Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Training
2025-11-20 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-18 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
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 administer Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose?
The event is free and open to the public.
This is part of our 2025 virtual Overdose Prevention and Narcan training series, organized by Tapestry and the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region.

Canceled: Harm Reduction Workgroup Meeting
2025-12-03 11:00 - 12:00
The December Harm Reduction Workgroup meeting is canceled. A project of OTF’s Treatment & Recovery Committee, please contact Nicole St. Hilaire, Outreach Manager/CONNECT, at nicole@opioidtaskforce.org, for more information on how to participate in 2026.

Canceled: Treatment and Recovery Committee Meeting
2025-12-05 10:00 - 11:30
The December 5, 2025, Treatment & Recovery Committee meeting has been canceled. For more information, please contact Debra McLaughlin, Coordinator/OTF, at debmc@opioidtaskforce.org.

Emergency Services for Unhoused Individuals Task Force Meeting
2025-12-08 09:30 - 10:30
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.

Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Prevention Workgroup Meeting
2025-12-08 13:00 - 14:00
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.

Canceled: Education and Prevention Committee Meeting
2025-12-09 09:30 - 10:30
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.

CAM Workgroup Meeting
2025-12-09 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.

Canceled: Methadone Workgroup Meeting
2025-12-11 15:00 - 16:00
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.

Canceled: Housing and Workforce Development Committee Meeting
2025-12-12 10:00 - 11:30
This meeting has been canceled. For more information, please contact Kristen Pease, Program Associate and Project Manager/HUB Project at kristen@opioidtaskforce.org.

Canceled: Building a Resilient Community Workgroup Meeting
2025-12-17 11:00 - 12:00
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.

The Archway Program (TAP): Meeting People Where They Are to Prevent Overdose
2025-12-18 14:30 - 15:30
Please join us for a lively conversation about The Archway Program (TAP): Meeting People Where They Are to Prevent Overdose on Thursday, December 18, 2025, from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM. Funded in September 2025, this one-year effort is designed to prevent fatal overdoses among those who are unhoused through mobile outreach efforts in rural Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region. You can register for this free information session here.
Moderated by Kristen Cuddy-Pease, Program Associate and TAP Program Manager of the Opioid Task Force, TAP partners such as the Community Health Center of Franklin County, the North Quabbin Community Coalition/North Quabbin Recovery Center, Tapestry, and the Wildflower Alliance, will share information about their activities to serve those living in the rough.

This is part of the 2025-2026 CONNECT Education and Training Series. For more information, please contact Nicole St. Hilaire, Outreach Manager, CONNECT, at nicole@opioidtaskforce.org.

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