4512-0205 Substance Abuse Grants

For grants and contracts with substance use programs to provide comprehensive prevention, intervention and recovery services; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Methuen Community Addiction Resource Engagement Services for the Methuen police department to provide resources for addiction recovery; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Billerica substance abuse committee to combat the opioid epidemic; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for programs for at-risk students in the Medway public schools including the T.H.R.I.V.E. substance abuse prevention program; provided further, that not less than $175,000 shall be expended for Self Esteem Boston Educational Institute Inc.'s direct service and provider training programs; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Metro Boston Alive's efforts to provide culturally responsive addiction services to the people of Boston; provided further, that not less than $125,000 shall be expended for Harbor Health Services for a grant program to prevent and treat addiction to opioid and related substances; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a contract with the Gavin Foundation, Inc. to provide a total immersion program in conjunction with the probation departments of the South Boston division of the Boston municipal court department and other district courts; provided further, that not less than $155,000 shall be expended for the Joseph "Dodo" Nee South Boston Collaborative Center for substance abuse treatment and recovery programming; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the town of Braintree for Braintree Community Partnership on Substance Abuse; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for office-based addiction and opioid treatment, a program of the Greater New Bedford Community Health Center; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for East Bridgewater Hope, a substance abuse coalition, community-partnership providing substance abuse outreach and intervention drop-in center; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the city of Leominster for the purpose of a mental health advocate; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Veterans Inc. in Worcester for the veteran's substance use treatment and recovery program; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for substance abuse and addiction awareness and education efforts at the Reading Coalition for Prevention and Support; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for RIZE Massachusetts Foundation, Inc. to assist in their work to end the opioid epidemic in the commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Dimock Center's behavioral health continuum of substance use care to provide comprehensive treatment for individuals suffering from substance use disorder and other behavioral health challenges; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Project R.I.G.H.T., Inc.'s substance use and trauma prevention initiative in the Grove Hall area of Boston; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Bridge Club of Greater Lowell to support the multi-cultural recovery coach program; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for One Life at a Time, Inc., located in the city known as the town of Braintree, for the facilitation of access to sober living programs and job training services for people in recovery and associated operational costs; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Decisions at Every Turn Coalition, Inc. for grants and contracts with substance abuse programs to provide comprehensive prevention, intervention and recovery services; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Framingham Fostering Opioid Recovery Compassion and Education, or FORCE, in the city of Framingham; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Natick 180 Coalition in the town of Natick; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Hopkinton Organizing for Prevention program in the town of Hopkinton; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Holliston Drug and Alcohol Awareness Coalition in the town of Holliston; provided further, that $75,000 shall be expended for the Cambridge Health Alliance for increased access to recovery coach services in the cities of Everett and Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Charlestown Coalition in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Waltham Partnership for Youth, Inc. in the city of Waltham; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for a state-wide pilot program to provide access to narcan and naloxone kits to school districts; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended for the Champion Plan, Inc. within the city of Brockton; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Avon Coalition for Every Student; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Canton Alliance Against Substance Abuse; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Easton Wings of Hope; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the Milton Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the Randolph Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to the Sharon Substance Prevention and Resource Coalition; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Organizing Against Substances in the town of Stoughton; provided further, that not less than $800,000 shall be expended for the recovery works program at Massachusetts General Hospital to enhance long-term recovery by offering: (i) individualized career coaching, legal advice and other employment support to participants with substance use disorders across the commonwealth looking for meaningful career opportunities; (ii) employer education and outreach to reduce stigma and increase understanding and awareness around issues related to the employment of persons with substance use disorders; and (iii) ongoing support to the community of participants and their families as they seek to enter, return or shift careers in the workforce; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to South Shore Peer Recovery, Inc. in the town of Scituate to support operations and programming; provided further that $20,000 shall be expended to Drug Story Theater, Inc. to support expanded efforts to educate youth on the dangers of substance abuse; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Substance Use Disorder Initiatives office in the city of Revere; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to Baystate Noble Hospital for a grant program to prevent and treat addiction to opioids and related substances; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no funds shall be transferred from this item to any other item of appropriation; and provided further, that funds shall be expended fully and on a schedule consistent with the provisions of section 9B of chapter 29 of the General Laws