Description
Our Mission is to ensure that our rural region works collectively to help reduce opioid and heroin addiction, prevent overdose deaths, and improve the quality of life in our community. Formed in September 2013, the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region works with over 300 public and private partners to ensure that our rural region works collectively to help reduce opioid and heroin addiction, prevent overdose deaths, and improve the quality of life in our community.
Organization
Governed by a 20-member Executive Council, the Opioid Task Force implements and promotes an array of prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery strategies through its five working committees and special projects, which focuses on:
- Education and Prevention
- Healthcare Solutions
- Housing and Workforce Development
- Law Enforcement and Justice
- Treatment and Recovery