This Executive Summary discusses the evaluation of BeHERE trainings delivered between April 2020 and June 2022. In 2022, HRiA engaged evaluation consultant Hope Worden Kenefick, MSW, PhD and MPH candidate […]
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This program aims to fill gap between pharmacies and OEND programs through a streamlined system to order naloxone from the state. […]
March, 30, 2022. The Opioid Overdose Prevention Training Project (now part of HRiA’s BeHERE Initiative), held their 11th successful summit, Housing as Harm Reduction: Exploring Models to Support People Who […]
This three-hour training will explore the definition and impacts of alcohol use, recognizing the spectrum of use from abstinence to addiction. Specifically, we will examine the social determinants of alcohol […]
This site offers support for Illinois-based clinicians providing MAR, also known as Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD). In the Toolkits, watch quick video guides for clinicians providing MAR and […]
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The MA Problem Gambling Specialist Certificate is the official gambling treatment certificate of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The MA PGS Certificate recognizes professional experience, training, and understanding of […]
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Project Build Up (PBU) is designed to increase the availability of problem gambling treatment services in Massachusetts. This program strengthens the capacity of outpatient substance use and gambling treatment agencies to […]
The Massachusetts Technical Assistance Center for Problem Gambling Treatment (M-TAC) provides capacity building and technical assistance (TA) services for treatment and recovery programs and providers across the Commonwealth. The TA […]
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MassCOSH strives to ensure that all workers earn their living and return home alive and well. MassCOSH unites workers, unions and community groups with environmental and health activists, to end […]
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This training for employers will describe how workplace conditions may lead to injury, pain, and opioid use, explore strategies to create a work environment that will help prevent opioid use […]
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The MA Problem Gambling Helpline is the official problem gambling helpline of the MA Department of Public Health. We offer referrals to problem gambling treatment services and support resources. MA […]
VT Helplink is your statewide, public resource for finding substance use treatment and recovery services in Vermont. Helplink services are free and confidential. Our caring, trained Specialists will help you […]
The Helpline is the only statewide, public resource for finding substance use treatment, recovery, and harm reduction services in Massachusetts. Helpline services are free and confidential. Our caring, trained Specialists […]
The IL Helpline is the only statewide, public resource for finding substance use treatment and recovery services in Illinois. The IL Helpline serves people using opioids and other substances, with […]
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This abstract describes a presentation from the APHA 2020 annual conference where we shared a framework of harm reduction and explore the ways that organizations can implement harm reduction practices […]
This blog post describes a growing movement that is revolutionizing how we approach substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and view recovery – changing our language, helping to remove stigma, and […]
This article explores how people can continue in their recovery and stay healthy and how loved ones can help during this or any future public health crisis. […]
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Everyone can play a role in preventing overdose. People who actively use opioids, friends and family, first responders, and even community members can help prevent and stop overdose. This page […]
This page provides facts about naloxone (Narcan) and guidance on how to obtain and use it to reverse overdose. […]
Overdose Prevention, Response, and Postvention: Promising Policies and Practices for Organizations aims to help organizations and agencies reduce fatal opioid overdoses in a variety of settings. This includes, but is […]
This full-day workshop will empower individuals to deliver training in opioid overdose rescue and naloxone administration to their own staff, participants, and peers. Organizations will benefit from additional knowledge and […]
This three-hour, non-clinical training module is designed to educate and build skills around understanding secondary trauma and cumulative stress with a specific focus on improving the wellness and safety of […]
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This three-hour, non-clinical training is intended to provide supervisors with the best practices and tools for nurturing and supporting staff who work in substance use, harm reduction, homeless services, and […]
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As drug use evolves in Massachusetts and beyond, we need to be prepared to support clients no matter what substances they use. In this three-hour training, learn the basics of […]
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When we recognize that recovery looks different for every person, we can better advise our clients. This three-hour training will introduce various forms of recovery, from medication to 12-step programs […]
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This three-hour training will explore the historical sources of criminalization and punitive attitudes surrounding drug use in the United States, including an in-depth examination of the racialized drug policies of […]
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Drug-related stigma presents barriers to effectively supporting clients who use drugs. Our biases are learned from a culture that stigmatizes drug use and ostracizes those with substance use disorders. This […]
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During this two-hour training, participants will explore strategies to address the risks of overdose with a harm reduction approach. The scenario-based training provides opportunities for discussion and practice about issues […]
This two-hour training will introduce opioids and risk factors for overdose. Participants will learn skills for overdose rescue and practice using scenarios. […]