Access to Recovery (ATR)

Massachusetts Access to Recovery (ATR) is a 6-month program for individuals who have a substance use disorder (SUD) and are motivated to change their lives. ATR empowers participants to set recovery goals unique to their specific needs and connects them to various recovery support services for basic needs, employment, and recovery coaching. ATR partners with select community organizations and agencies, such as the Gavin Foundation, to ensure participants receive quality care.

ATR provides services to individuals in recovery who are living and receiving treatment in Boston, Lowell, New Bedford, Springfield/Holyoke, and Worcester. Specifically, the Gavin Foundation employs ATR Coordinators to support individuals in Boston, New Bedford, and Worcester. The program has provided support to over 30,000 individuals since 2010.

For more information about ATR please email : ATRinfo@gavinfoundation.org   or call: 617-315-7011

Recovery Coaches Program

A Recovery Coach (RC) is a non-clinical professional who helps people recover from substance use and mental health disorders. They are people who have experienced addiction and recovery who then use their lived experience to support and help others.

A Recovery Coach (RC) can be assigned to an individual within 48 hours of admission into treatment.

Gavin Foundation currently has 25 Recovery Coaches covering the counties of Bristol, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester and both Northern & Southern Middlesex.

Basic supports a recovery coach can offer:

  • Support with finding meetings and recovery-based events​
  • Clothing programs for job readiness​
  • Resumes and Support with online Job Searches​
  • Assistance obtaining Health Insurance​
  • Establishing a PCP/Therapist​
  • Transportation

Recovery Coaches Program - S.O.S. (Services Over Sentences)

  • Established in 2022 by DA Kevin Hayden
  • Innovative Response to Mass and Cass
  • Provides services to individuals who are struggling with Substance Use Disorder and have become involved with the judicial system.
  • Voluntary program
  • Main focus: Lets get people the care they need immediately, so they stop ending up in the court system
  • Available at all 8 divisions of the Boston Municipal Court

Recovery Coaches Program - Affiliation with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BID)

In 2024 Gavin Foundation and The Addiction Psychiatry Consultation Team at Beth Israel Deaconess began a partnership as part of a five-year BSAS Grant

  • Gavin Foundation will provide Recovery Support Navigation in all hospital settings
  • Provides empathy and a different approach than a typical clinician can.
  • Has access to programs outside of Beth Israel
  • Can refer to Gavin Foundation Recovery Coaches in Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester, and Bristol Counties.
  • Can work with the patient to create a self-directed Recovery Plan that patient is more likely to follow

Behavioral Health Support for Justice Involved Individuals (BH-JI)

The Behavioral Health Support for Justice Involved Individuals Program pairs individuals involved in the justice system with a trained navigator to help them connect with behavioral health services and social supports in the community

Works with two identified groups: Individuals currently incarcerated and others released in the community needing support

Participants must meet one of four criteria to participate:

  • Be involved in the justice system
  • Diagnosed with a substance use disorder
  • Diagnosed with a Mental health disorder
  • Reside in Suffolk County area

Participants are NOT mandated to program; all are willing volunteers to accept services provided

Project Renew

Release Engage Network Employee Win

The RENEW program started in September of 2018 as an opportunity to assist individuals releasing from federal prison to the Boston area. RENEW initially was a partnership between the U.S. Probation Office, City of Boston, and the Gavin Foundation. The goal of the program was to expand upon the work that then Mayor Marty Walsh had done to offer opportunities to men and women releasing from prison.