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- Lynnfield Fund Lends its Support to People in Recovery Amid Covid-19 Outbreak | The Think of Michael Foundation contributed $10,000 to the Gavin Foundation to assist its Rent Relief Program.
- Mayor Walsh, Local Officials On The State of Massachusetts’ Opioid Crisis | Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, as well as John McGahan, CEO and president of the Gavin Foundation, and Marty Martinez, chief of the Boston’s Health and Human Services Department, joined Boston Public Radio for an opiod crisis forum.
- Federally Funded Program Coming to Middlesex County Drug Courts | With the opioid epidemic continuing to harshly effect Middlesex County families, more federal spending is coming to local courts to address the issue and help those in need.
- $2M grant will bolster services at drug courts | Two district courts in counties with the highest opioid-related deaths will benefit from a $2 million frant for services to be provided to men and woman battling addiction and mental health disorders.
- Quincy Honors Lynch, Gavin Foundation | Locals officials heaped praise on Congressman Stephen Lynch and the Gavin Foundation on Thursday, saying the two are helping lead the fight in the area against continuing drug issues.
- Road to Recovery Diversion Program | A partnership among Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office, the Gavin Foundation, and the Boston Police Department, with the cooperation of the Dorchester Division of the Boston Municipal Court, to provide rapid referral to Gavin Foundation community-based treatment instead of traditional prosecution.
- Doubling Down on Rehab | A new partnership between Norfolk County Sheriff Michael G. Bellotti, Judge Mary Beth Heffernan of the drug court, and the Gavin Foundation, a program that gives addicts who violate probation a chance to avoid being sent back to jail. Article by Jill Terreri Ramos, Boston Globe.
- The PAIR Initiative | (Personal Advancement for Individuals in Recovery), a partnership between the City of Boston, Warren and Doris Buffett’s Letters Foundation, and the Gavin Foundation.
- Carpenters Fund helping members | Boston Globe Letter to the Editor from Jeffrey W. Werner, Executive Director, New England Carpenters Benefit Funds
- Organizational Highlight | Feature about the Gavin Foundation by the Recovery Research Institute, a non-profit research institute of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry.
- Ostiguy High in the News | The Washington Post completed a profile on recovery high schools in Massachusetts highlighting Ostiguy High School.
- Mayor Walsh launches 311 for Recovery Services | City of Boston’s new hotline support system designed to help people struggling with substance use and addiction to access recovery resources. Gavin Foundation recovery coach staff will assist with hotline calls.
