Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Committee considers family support expansion.
Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Committee hears pitch on expanding family overdose support. Elsa Gomes Bondlow and Whitney King of HALO, a Boston program that served 50 families last year, presented the organization's model for assisting overdose victims' families with funeral, legal, and
Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Committee · Meeting of April 27, 2026
BELCHERTOWN — Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Committee hears pitch on expanding family overdose support. Elsa Gomes Bondlow and Whitney King of HALO, a Boston program that served 50 families last year, presented the organization's model for assisting overdose victims' families with funeral, legal, and behavioral health costs, with maximum payments of $5,000 per family and funeral assistance up to $7,500. Chair Gail Gramarossa and the committee also learned the Select Board postponed a decision on Honest Beginnings' sober house basement renovation project on April 6 pending additional documentation.
The Drug Free Communities grant was renewed for Belchertown Public Schools under a new July-to-June fiscal calendar.
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Source: the Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Committee meeting of April 27, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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