Missed "Building Safer Spaces: Harm Reduction in Action" for social workers? The recordings of our webinar series with @NASWMA and @HarmReduction are now available at

Thank you @MassGovernor, Speaker @RonMariano, Sen. President Spilka, and Ways & Means Chairs @RepMichlewitz @SenRodrigues for including funding for RIZE in the state budget. Your support will sustain our efforts to prevent overdoses and increase access to treatment.

Through Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership, we're collaborating with the state to ensure that settlement dollars are invested and remain in communities most impacted by the crisis. Learn more:

While no amount of money can erase the harms caused by the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma's role in the opioid crisis, this historic settlement provides an opportunity to bring hope and healing to people across our Commonwealth

In 2024, we invested $6M+ in impactful approaches to ending the overdose crisis and launched Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership to direct opioid settlement funds to communities hardest hit by the overdose crisis. Explore our latest Annual Report:

Mosaic Family Resilience Grant applications are due TOMORROW, 6/17 by 11:59pm! Apply now:

Our team has grown! Join us in welcoming Liz Whynott to RIZE. As senior program officer, Liz will oversee the Mosaic Training and Technical Assistance program to support municipalities utilizing opioid settlement funds. Great to have you on board, Liz!

Mosaic Family Resilience Grant applications are due next week on June 17! Learn more and apply:

One life lost is too many. The evidence is clear: naloxone saves lives. It’s one of the strongest tools we have to prevent overdose deaths. Learn how you can save someone's life: #NaloxoneAwarenessDay

We must remember these numbers represent too many lives lost to overdose. Increasing treatment & recovery opportunities for our most vulnerable communities must continue to sustain this downward trend in overdose deaths and end this crisis.

via @BostonGlobe.

Drug overdose deaths plummet in Massachusetts.RIZE 1st funded drug-checking interventions inc fentanyl test strips in 2018-We were 1 of few funders who invested in these practices-Now there are many supporters including govt-Its NOT time to cut funding for life-saving treatment.

As part of our Harm Reduction Training program for social workers, RIZE is hosting a FREE webinar series with @NASWMA and @HarmReduction, "Building Safer Spaces: Harm Reduction in Action," beginning next week! Register at #harmreduction #socialwork

Join our team! RIZE is hiring a program coordinator to support the design and management of the Mosaic training and technical assistance (TTA) model designed to empower municipalities to use opioid settlement funds effectively. Learn more and apply:

Congrats to @MassLeague President & CEO and RIZE board member, Michael Curry, Esq, on his recognition as a 2025 Distinguished Bostonian by @bostonchamber! Thank you for your partnership in championing #healthequity, eliminating stigma, and increasing access to quality care.

Our team has grown! Join us in welcoming Sara McMullen as chief advancement officer and Jamie Davis as associate program officer - community engagement!

Mosaic Family Resilience Grant applications are due June 17th! RIZE will host office hours on May 19 to connect with applicants and answer questions. Register here:

Congrats to Dr. Kavita Babu on her well-deserved recognition as Emergency Medicine Physician of the Year by @MA_CEP! We are grateful for her leadership in overdose prevention, contributions to addiction medicine, and dedicated partnership in the fight to end the opioid crisis.

Visit the recently launched MA Harm Reduction Workforce Coalition website at to access resources and stay informed about opportunities for the MA harm reduction workforce! #HarmReductionDay.

On #HarmReductionDay, and every day, we celebrate harm reductionists who are saving lives with compassion, standing up for human rights, and demanding respect and dignity for people who use drugs. Because of you, we are closer to our vision of zero stigma, zero deaths.