AMHERST – Friday, September 6, 2019 – As the opioid epidemic continues to devastate communities across the Commonwealth, a new report released today details the unique challenges faced by small and rural communities in [...]
Shatterproof, RIZE Massachusetts, and GE Foundation Release Survey on Massachusetts Healthcare Professionals and Stigma around Screening, Treating Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Research Finds that Stigma Around Addiction Extends to Provider Community
BOSTON, July 16, 2019 –Today, GE Foundation, the philanthropic organization of GE; RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE), an independent nonprofit foundation working to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts; and Shatterproof, a national nonprofit [...]
Report on Recovery Coaches in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Yields Promising Results, Policy Recommendations
For immediate release: Boston – January 22, 2019 — RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE) released a report today by the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Commonwealth Medicine division on recovery coaches, a peer support professional [...]
RIZE in Health Affairs Blog on Harm Reduction and Strategic Grant Making
Opioid Use Disorder: Strategic Grant Making Can Reduce Harm And Increase Hope by Julie Burns and Dr. Sarah Wakeman
First-Ever Reports Show Profound Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Massachusetts Economy, Workforce, and State Budget
December 20, 2018 (Boston, MA)– Two reports commissioned by The RIZE Massachusetts Foundation, an independent nonprofit foundation committed to achieving zero stigma and zero deaths related to opioid use disorder, show that [...]
RIZE Board Members Author Op-ed in the Boston Globe
Working together, we can end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts Opinion | Andrew Dreyfus, David Torchiana, and Kate Walsh
Opioid Epidemic Threatens to Undermine Massachusetts Fiscal Health for Years to Come, Study Finds
Report from Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) explains why employers need to help combat the growing crisis and its devastating toll on people’s lives, businesses and the economy MTF to [...]
Research Presented on Effect of Opioids in MA Workforce: Employer efforts are essential to prevention, treatment, and recovery
BOSTON – November 1, 2018 – In addition to immeasurable human suffering, the issue of opioids in the workplace has not received the attention it demands. A new report, Opioids in the Workforce, issued [...]
RIZE Massachusetts Awards Nearly $1 Million in Grants to Community-Based Organizations to Enhance Opioid Harm Reduction Services and Link with Clinical Care
BOSTON ––October 9, 2018 –RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE), a nonprofit created to end the opioid overdose epidemic in Massachusetts, announced today that it is awarding nearly $1 million in grants that will fund pilot [...]
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Improvement Grants
OPIOID USE DISORDER TREATMENT IMPROVEMENT GRANTS June 21, 2018 –Within its first year of operation, RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE), a nonprofit created to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, announced today that it [...]