The state s steps to combat the overdose epidemic include funding for 38 syringe service programs, 33 overdose education and naloxone-distribution sites and plans to create a temporary housing "cottage community" on the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital campus.
The state's steps to combat the overdose epidemic include funding for 38 syringe service programs, 33 overdose education and naloxone-distribution sites and plans to create a temporary housing "cottage community" on the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital campus for people living in encampments at Boston's "Mass. and Cass" intersection, a top addiction services official told the Public Health Council.
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Youth treatment facilities in Chicopee and Reading receive $800K to double the number of beds in Massachusetts MassLive.com 1 hr ago Douglas Hook, masslive.com
The Center for Human Development in Chicopee and Lowell House in Reading will receive $800,000 to provide critical residential treatment services for young people across Massachusetts.
Each center will each receive $400,000 annually until 2030, with the Center for Human Development looking to provide 15-beds serving males, 13 to 17 years old and Lowell House will have 24 beds for both male and female population ages 13 to 17 years old. This will double the number of youth treatment beds in the state.