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SUMMARY:Treatment & Recovery Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our Treatment & Recovery Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate\, please contact Debra McLaughlin\, Coordinator/OTF at debmc@opioidtaskforce.org.
URL:https://www.opioidtaskforce.org/event/treatment-recovery-committee-meeting-54/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241106T110000
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SUMMARY:Harm Reduction Workgroup Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://www.opioidtaskforce.org/event/harm-reduction-workgroup-meeting-41/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241107T140000
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SUMMARY:Help When It’s Needed Most: Addiction Consult Services at Baystate Franklin Medical Center
DESCRIPTION:Substance use disorder is a complex brain disease and can present itself differently in each individual\, especially in emergency and other in-patient medical settings. Please join us virtually on Thursday\, November 7\, 2024\, at 2 PM to learn more about how Baystate Franklin Medical Center offers an array of Addiction Consult Services (ACS) to help when needed most to ensure the best health outcome. One can register for this free event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMuf-CurD4jHtCOCGDXe6c1BHhxML76vZCY \nFeaturing: \n\nJodi Stack\, President/Chief Operating Officer\, Baystate Franklin Medical Center\nDr. Rakesh Talati\, Chief/Medical Director\, Baystate Franklin Medical Center Emergency Department\nDr. Adam Chamberlain\, Medical Director for Addiction Services\, Baystate Franklin Medical Center\nDr. Ruth Potee\, Medical Director\, Opioid Task Force and Medical Director for Addiction Services\, Behavioral Health Network\nRachel Katz\, NP director\, Addiction Services\, FOH Medical Respite\, Clinical & Support Options\nTiarra Fisher\, PhD. Student\, New York University\, and former HEALing Communities Study Community Coordinator\n\nThis one-hour session will discuss: \n1) Why the formation of the ACS was important \n2) How it happened initially with HEALing Communities Study funding \n3) How ACS is being used \n4) How the model has been expanded to the other rural hospitals under Baystate Health \n5) How the model can be replicated in other rural areas as part of documented research \nThis is part of the 2024 Franklin County/North Quabbin HEALing Communities Study Lessons Learned Education Services. \n \n 
URL:https://www.opioidtaskforce.org/event/help-when-its-needed-most-addiction-consult-services-at-baystate-franklin-medical-center/
LOCATION:MA
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SUMMARY:Healthcare Solutions Committee
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our Healthcare Solutions Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate\, please contact Debra McLaughlin\, Coordinator/OTF at debmc@opioidtaskforce.org.
URL:https://www.opioidtaskforce.org/event/healthcare-solutions-committee/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T093000
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SUMMARY:Education & Prevention Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://www.opioidtaskforce.org/event/education-prevention-committee-meeting-21/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241114T140000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Overdose Prevention & Narcan Training
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn how to save a life at an upcoming virtual Overdose Prevention and Narcan training facilitated by Tapestry on Thursday\, November 14\, 2024\, from 2 PM to 3 PM. You can register using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErdO-oqjspE9Lr5EtPtVqy4ZVOJcj7XlAT.\n\nCan’t make it?  We have one other session planned for this fall. It will be held on:\n\n\nThursday\, December 12\, 2024\, at 1 PM. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErdO-oqjspE9Lr5EtPtVqy4ZVOJcj7XlAT\n\n(Please note that we use the same registration link\, and you can select which session you’d like to attend.)\n\n\nParticipants will learn the answers to these questions:\n-What is an opioid overdose?\n-How do you recognize and respond to an opioid overdose?\n-How do you administer Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose?\n\nQuestions? Feel free to reach out at narcan@opioidtaskforce.org.\n\nThis is part of our 2024 virtual Overdose Prevention and Narcan training series\, which is organized by Tapestry and the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region.
URL:https://www.opioidtaskforce.org/event/virtual-overdose-prevention-narcan-training-2/
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SUMMARY:Emergency Services for Unhoused Individuals Task Force Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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 Pease\, Program Associate and Project Manager/ARISE Initiative\, at kristen@opioidtaskforce.org.
URL:https://www.opioidtaskforce.org/event/emergency-services-for-unhoused-individuals-task-force-meeting-14/
LOCATION:MA
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SUMMARY:Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Workgroup Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://www.opioidtaskforce.org/event/sexual-exploitation-and-trafficking-workgroup-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T140000
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SUMMARY:A Matter of Life and Death: A Ten-Year Look at Opioid-Related Fatalities and Trends with Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we examine the sobering data showing opioid-related fatalities between 2012 and 2023\, which have claimed the lives of 280 residents in Franklin County and Athol\, with Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan on Thursday\, November 21\, from 2 PM – 3 PM. One can register for this free event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEuf-qoqjsuHtKckDmfdx1nrI-ibtTlA2TY. \nDA Sullivan\, one of the founding co-chairs of the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region\, will present the data his office collects every year on opioid-related deaths. This presentation will also reveal where these deaths have occurred in Franklin County and Athol\, as well as what ages and genders are most affected. \nThere will also be a brief overview of the CONNECT Program\, launched in July 2021. CONNECT is Franklin County and North Quabbin’s post-opioid overdose follow-up and community outreach program\, designed to provide support and services within 72 hours of an opioid overdose. \nThis is part of the 2024-2025 CONNECT Education and Training Series. \nFor more information\, please contact Nicole St. Hilaire\, Outreach Manager\, for CONNECT at nicole@opioidtaskforce.org. \n \n 
URL:https://www.opioidtaskforce.org/event/a-matter-of-life-and-death-a-ten-year-look-at-opioid-related-fatalities-and-trends-with-northwestern-district-attorney-david-e-sullivan/
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