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Massachusetts Municipal Opioid Abatement Conference 2025

Name: Massachusetts Municipal Opioid Abatement Conference 2025
Start: 2025-05-27T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-27T23:59:59-04:00

May 27

Please join us for the second annual Massachusetts Municipal Opioid Abatement Conference, hosted by the Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) and Care Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Municipal Opioid Abatement Conference Agenda

Time	Topic	Event Type	Breakout / Panelist Topic	Speakers
9-9:15 am	Opening Remarks	Full Group	N/A	Kiame Mahaniah and Julia Newhall, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS)
9:15 – 10:30 am	Abating the harms of the overdose crisis: A discussion with people with lived and living experience	Full Group – Panel	N/A	Andi Macone (Moderator), BSAS Julio Meran, Merrimack Valley Dream Center Derek Reynolds, HEALing Communities Study Community Advisory Board Jane Kimani, Uhai for Health, Inc.
10:30 – 10:45 am	Break
10:45 – 11:45 am	Laying the groundwork for effective use of opioid abatement funds	Breakout Sessions	The State Subdivision Agreement and strategies for managing and spending funds	Kate Lena, Care Massachusetts / JSI
				Cheryl Sbara, Care Massachusetts / Massachusetts Association of Health Boards (MAHB)
			Needs assessment and strategic planning	Allyson Pinkhover, Holbrook Board of Health
			Prioritizing and selecting strategies	Hannah Tello, Greater Lowell Health Alliance
11:45 am-12:45 pm	Promoting collaboration within and between municipalities	Full Group	N/A	Jenn Robertson, Care Massachusetts / MAHB
11:45 am-12:45 pm	Promoting collaboration within and between municipalities	Full Group	N/A	Phoebe Walker, Franklin Regional Council of Governments
12:45-1:15 pm	Lunch Break
1:15-2 pm	Networking sessions with municipal peers	Breakout Sessions	Getting started	Carly Bridden, Care Massachusetts
			Assessment and planning	Wini Bakshi, Care Massachusetts / JSI
			Implementation and program management	Guillermo Ronquillo, Care Massachusetts / JSI
2-3 pm (Two 30 min rotations)	Recommended and non-recommended opioid abatement strategies	Breakout Sessions	Beyond absintence-only prevention curricula: Introduction to Safety First	Bonnie Halpern-Felscher, Stanford Medicine
			Why not Opvee? The research behind long-acting opioid antagonists	Mark Jachym, Clinical & Support Options
			Weighing the pros and cons of naloxboxes vs. harm reduction vending machines	Sarah DeJesus, Berkshire Harm Reduction
			Multiple pathways to recovery and investing in the recovery community	Danielle O’Brien, BSAS
			First responder safety and the facts about fentanyl: SHIELD and SHIELD 2.0	Leo Belesky, The Action Lab at the Center for Health Policy and Law
3-3:15 pm	Break
3:15-4:15 pm	Innovative strategies for using opioid abatement funds	Full Group – Panel	Boston Family Overdose Support Fund	Christian Arthur, Boston
			Plymouth Grant Making Initiative	Michelle Bratti, Plymouth
			Greenfield Opioid Commission / Advisory Board	Mike Theroux, Greenfield
4:15-4:30 pm	Closing Remarks	Full Group	N/A	Deirdre Calvert, BSAS Julia Newhall, BSAS

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Date:: May 27