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A nonprofit aimed at ending the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts has given funding to Worcester's Community Healthlink and UMass Medical School.
Community Healthlink was one of only four community health centers to receive funding last week from RIZE Massachusetts, a nonprofit group created last year with a goal of helping to beat opioid addiction. Community Healthlink operates what RIZE says is one of just three state-funded opioid urgent care centers in Massachusetts. The RIZE funding will help expand Community Healthlink's behavioral health and addiction urgent care unit, which will enable patients immediate access to medication-assisted treatment.
Community Healthlink, part of UMass Memorial Health Care, also received $50,000 from RIZE last fall for its opioid programs.
Similar programs in Boston, Brockton and Lynn also received funding last week, with the four splitting $1.8 million in funding that will be dispersed over the next two years. They were chosen from more than 30 applicants.
UMass Medical School received an unspecified amount for its Center for Health Law and Economics to study the role of coaches helping those going through recovery. The center will create a report to help define the role of recovery coaches, their effectiveness in bringing patients fully into recovery, and the next cost to the healthcare system.
In total, the RIZE grants announced last week totaled more than $2.5 million.
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