Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Committee sets HALO program parameters. The committee approved by consensus a two-year lookback for applicants, a $7,500 maximum benefit per applicant, and four eligible categories: legal aid, funeral expenses, child wellness, and behavioral health. 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
Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Committee updates grant and program status. Chair Gail Gramarossa and four members heard that Belchertown and Ware jointly won a RIZE/Mosaic grant to hire a Care Coordinator and Housing Navigator; the towns are drafting a subcontract with Western Mass Consortium. The
Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Committee approves Honest Beginnings sober house grant. Chair Gail Gramarossa led discussion of an $8,900 request from Honest Beginnings to restore previously lost beds through lower-level rehabilitation, approved 4-1 with Clerk Jill Rossi abstaining; the committee
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