Brien Center To Share in $4.9 Million Grant
The Baker-Polito Administration today announced $4.9 million in grants awarded to six agencies, including hospitals and treatment and behavioral health centers, for the creation of evidence-based and data-driven co-occurring substance use disorder/mental health response teams embedded in high schools in ten communities to offer intervention and treatment services, and provide alternatives to school suspension for substance use. The Brien Center, here in the Berkshires, is among the recipients.
According to a press release from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the six agencies were selected for grant funding based on their ability to provide access to these crucial services, both in school and in the community, as well as virtually due to instances of remote and hybrid learning.
5 takeaways from legislative hearings on the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home COVID outbreak: How much more do we know now?
Updated Feb 28, 2021;
Posted Feb 28, 2021
State Rep. Linda Dean Campbell chairs an October 2020 legislative hearing on the COVID-19 outbreak at the Soldiers Home in Holyoke, held at Holyoke Community College. (Don Treeger / The Republican file)
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Nearly a year after the beginning of the deadly pandemic that has changed the face of life as we knew it, the state Legislature’s Special Oversight Committee has held six hearings since October to examine the outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. The state-run, long-term care facility for veterans went from a sought after placement for end-of-life care to a touchstone of the horrors the virus can bring when unchecked.
For Charlie Baker, âsorryâ is the hardest word
Three other words that he doesnât like to say about the botched implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination website: âThatâs on me.â
By Joan Vennochi Globe Columnist,Updated February 22, 2021, 4:57 p.m.
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Governor Charlie Baker.Sam Doran/Pool
Back in 2013, then-gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker had a lot to say about the stateâs glitch-ridden Health Connector website and who was responsible for it: not the software company hired to make it work, but Governor Deval Patrick and his administration.
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You know where this is going: directly to 2021, and the botched implementation of the glitch-ridden website designed to connect Massachusetts residents to COVID-19 vaccine appointments, which instead left thousands in health care limbo. Baker said his âhair is on fireâ about the debacle, but he hasnât really taken ownership of it. Maybe that will change when
Gov. Charlie Baker is expected to announce Wednesday that Massachusetts residents age 65 or older or with two ore more specific medical conditions, including.
The groups said using EMTs and firefighters to administer vaccines for school workers could speed up distribution and support efforts to bring more students back to in-person learning.