Opinion https://www.masslive.com/opinion/2020/08/sounding-the-alarm-seeing-warning-signs-of-an-epidemic-within-the-covid-pandemic-viewpoint.html By Julie Burns | RIZE Massachusetts Foundation We are facing a terrible public health crisis affecting thousands of individuals and families in Massachusetts. [...]
Opioid crisis must not be forgotten (Editorial)
By The Republican Editorials The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported that confirmed or estimated opioid deaths in the first quarter of 2020 was down 5.7% from the previous year. Any reduction [...]
Learning from COVID-19: Catalyzing Change to Address the Overdose Crisis
The past few months have been marked by unimaginable tragedy. The COVID-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 100,000 lives across the United States, with the greatest on Black and Latinx [...]
RIZE MASSACHUSETTS EXTENDS “SAVING LIVES, IMPROVING HEALTH” GRANTS
BOSTON (June 10, 2020) – RIZE Massachusetts, an independent nonprofit foundation working to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, announced today that it has extended its inaugural grant program, Saving Lives, Improving Health: [...]
COMFORT STATIONS: CONNECTING THOSE MOST in NEED to SERVICES
During this generation-defining pandemic, caring for people with opioid use disorder (OUD) requires hands-on tactics to meet people where the need is greatest. RIZE Massachusetts is collaborating with the City [...]
RIZE MASSACHUSETTS AWARDS $300,000 in GRANTS to HELP NONPROFITS FIGHTING OPIOID EPIDEMIC DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
BOSTON (May 5, 2020) – RIZE Massachusetts Foundation, an independent nonprofit foundation working to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, announced today that it has awarded $300,000 in grants to support Boston nonprofits working [...]
RIZE RECEIVES and MATCHES $250,000 BOSTON RESILIENCY FUND GRANT
RIZE Massachusetts Foundation has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Boston Resiliency Fund. We thank Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and the Boston Resiliency Fund Steering Committee for this opportunity to [...]
Rapid Response Grantee – BHCHP
Rapid Response Grantee Uses Funds to Support Emergency Homelessness Services On March 23, RIZE Massachusetts Foundation announced that it had distributed nearly $200,000 in rapid response grants to support nonprofit organizations strained [...]
Rapid Response Grantee – PAARI
PAARI Exemplifies Partnership Between Government, Nonprofits and Corporations During Covid-19 Pandemic Small nonprofits can have a big impact when they partner with other organizations. One RIZE rapid response grant recipient, [...]
Rapid Response Grantee – Life Connection Center
[gallery ids="846,847,848,849,850"] Q&A with Executive Director of Life Connection Center in Lowell As news started spreading about COVID-19, what did you and your team do to prepare? It [...]