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 the opioid epidemic is taking a profound toll on…
Working together, we can end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts
By The Boston Globe
When we want to make our Commonwealth stronger, the private, public, and nonprofit sectors come together and get it done. We did this with education reform, health care reform, marriage equality, and pay equity, just to name a few. Today, with…
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 host a Forum on November 16 featuring Governor Baker…
Research Presented on Effect of Opioids in MA Workforce: Employer efforts are essential to prevention, treatment, and recovery
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 this morning at the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, in partnership with RIZE…
RIZE Massachusetts Awards Nearly $1 Million in Grants to Community-Based Organizations to Enhance Opioid Harm Reduction Services and Link with Clinical Care
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 programs or existing collaborations among local community organizations…
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Improvement Grants
Within its first year of operation, RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE), a nonprofit created to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, announced today that it is awarding a total of more than $2.5 million in grants that will fund community-based opioid use…
RIZE Massachusetts Contributes $50,000 to Fund That Provides Life-Saving Narcan To First Responders
Donation to depleted naloxone fund will help cities and towns purchase drug and prevent deaths As part of its mission to substantially reduce opioid-related deaths, RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE) announced today that it will contribute $50,000 to…
RIZE Massachusetts Announces Senior Staff Appointments
RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE) announced today two key hires in development and programming to help carry out its ambitious agenda to fight the Commonwealth’s opioid epidemic: Mark Walsh, Director of External Affairs and Philanthropy…
RIZE Massachusetts awards first $300,0000 as part of a $2.3 million two-year program to improve treatment and recovery for people at greatest risk of opioid overdose
An estimated four percent of people in Massachusetts have an opioid use disorder and 2,107 people died of an overdose last year. RIZE Massachusetts (RIZE), a state-wide philanthropic initiative, chose six organizations from a broad pool of applicants to…
Executive Director Named
RIZE Massachusetts, a new private sector-funded initiative dedicated to addressing substance use disorders, reducing deaths from the opioid epidemic and improving the lives of individuals and families who are affected by substance use disorders, has…
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