Background: In 2022, the City of Boston and other organizations launched a new initiative to create low-threshold sites (LTS) for unsheltered people who use drugs living on the street in the Melina Cass and Massachusetts Avenue area. LTS are transitional, temporary living spaces that do not have strict entry requirements related to abstinence or engagement […]
The Community Solutions for Health Equity program (CSHE) is a grant-making and technical support program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). In this final evaluation report we discuss the multi-year evaluation activities, the CSHE theory of change and how it maps to its values, the outcomes of the program, and discussions and recommendations […]
Background: The opioid-related overdose death rate in Massachusetts reached an all-time high in 2022, with growing racial and ethnic disparities. Despite strong evidence showing the effectiveness of using methadone or buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder, there is a significant treatment gap, especially for communities of color. In Massachusetts, studies have shown racial and […]
Introduction and Background: In Massachusetts, the opioid overdose death rate is significantly higher for formerly-incarcerated people than for non-incarcerated people, and overdose death rates increased in recent years for Black and Hispanic/Latino men, surpassing the rate for White men. This presentation will highlight learnings from the Recovery-Based Re-entry Services for Black and Latino Men (BLM) […]