Summary
MASSACHUSETTS STATE OPIOID RESPONSE (SOR) PROGRAM - THE PURPOSE OF THE ONGOING MA SOR PROGRAM IS TO ADDRESS THE OVERDOSE CRISIS IN MASSACHUSETTS BY INCREASING ACCESS TO FDA-APPROVED MEDICATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD), AND SUPPORTING THE CONTINUUM OF PREVENTION, HARM REDUCTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD), STIMULANT USE DISORDERS, AND OTHER CONCURRENT SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD). POPULATIONS TO BE SERVED INCLUDE THESE HIGH RISK POPULATIONS: BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC), LGBTQIA+, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED A PRIOR NONFATAL OVERDOSE, YOUTH AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE OPIOID CRISIS, PERSONS WITH HISTORY OF INCARCERATION, PREGNANT AND PARENTING WOMEN, INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, INDIVIDUALS AT RISK OF CONTRACTING AND/OR CURRENTLY LIVING WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASE, PEOPLE WHO USE STIMULANTS ALONE AND/OR WITH OTHER DRUGS, AND PERSONS WITH CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS. GOALS INCLUDE
