4512-0205 Substance Abuse Grants

For grants and contracts with substance use programs to provide comprehensive prevention, intervention and recovery services; provided, that; 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 $50,000 shall be expended for Baystate Health Eastern Region for a grant program to prevent and treat addiction to opioids and related substances; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for DuxburyFACTs Corp for substance misuse and behavioral health education efforts; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended for Crossroads Family Shelter in the East Boston section of the city of Boston to provide mental health, substance use and clinical recovery services for those impacted by family homelessness; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the police department of the city of Lynn for its behavioral health unit; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for expanding substance use counseling in the Everett health department and Everett police department in the city of Everett; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the purposes of the operation of Resources for Recovery Inc., formerly known as the Dennis Messing Memorial Foundation, Inc. located in the Hyde Park section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Greater New Bedford Community Health Center, Inc. office-based addiction and opioid treatment program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for RICKY, Inc. in the town of Norwood for the delivery of substance use recovery care materials to homeless individuals with substance use and mental health disorders within the Greater Boston region; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Project R.I.G.H.T., Inc.'s substance use and trauma prevention initiative in the Grove Hall area of the city of Boston; 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 $100,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Gavin Foundation, Inc.'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 $75,000 shall be expended for continued capital improvements to the Cambridge Community Center and for the expansion of their community-based behavioral health program; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for the 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 Joseph Nee Collaborative Center for substance use disorder programming; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for Harbor Health Services, Inc. for a grant program to prevent and treat addiction to opioid and related substances; 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 $100,000 shall be expended for the continuation of a comprehensive substance use and narcotic use reduction program at a federally qualified health center located in the South Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Weymouth veterans services department for substance use disorder and recovery services for veterans; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Roxbury Main Streets for health and safety initiatives in Nubian Square; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Gloucester Police Department Community Impact Unit; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or specific law to the contrary, no funds shall be transferred from this item to any other item of appropriation; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Decisions at Every Turn Coalition, Inc. for grants and contracts with substance use disorder 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 Holliston Drug and Alcohol Awareness Coalition in the town of Holliston; 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 Natick 180 Coalition in the town of Natick; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the substance use disorder and homeless initiatives office in the city of Revere; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended to Baystate Noble Hospital in the city of Westfield for a grant program to prevent and treat addiction to opioids and related substances; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Bridge Club of Greater Lowell in the city of Lowell to support the multi-cultural recovery coach program; 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 $30,000 shall be expended for Community Against Substance Abuse, Inc. (CASA) in the city known as the town of Winthrop; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Cambridge Health Alliance for increased access to office- based opioid treatment services in the city of Everett; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Choices4Teens Mentoring Group Inc.'s mentoring program to improve outcomes for at-risk youth and address issues related to drugs, gangs and violence prevention in the city of Brockton; provided further, that not less than $100,000 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 EB Hope, Inc., in the town of East Bridgewater; 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 Milton Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Randolph Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Sharon Substance Prevention and Resource Coalition; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Organizing Against to Address Substances in the town of Stoughton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the city known as the town of Braintree for Braintree Community Partnership on Substance Use; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to Veterans Inc. in the city of Worcester for the veterans substance use treatment and recovery program; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Hilltown Youth Performing Arts Program, Inc. for the Recovery Theatre; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for a grant to the Collaborative for Educational Services located in the city of Northampton, for the Trauma Informed Hampshire County initiative; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for the Merrimack Valley Prevention and Substance Abuse Project, Inc., for resources, community outreach and programs in the Merrimack Valley; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Tapestry Health Systems, Inc. to purchase a mass spectrometer device; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to Walker, Inc. for its therapeutic and educational programs to support education and community organizations to meet child and youth behavioral health needs through consultation, professional development and specialized staff recruitment and training; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the town of Hopkinton for mental health, behavioral health and substance use prevention initiatives; and provided further, that funds shall be expended fully and on a schedule consistent with section 9B of chapter 29 of the General Laws