Braintree Nonprofit Gets Funding For Opioid Crisis Work

BRAINTREE, MA — A Cape Cod nonprofit is one of the first 18 in Massachusetts to get state funding through a new partnership that hopes to help address the opioid crisis in the state.

The Healey-Driscoll Administration recently announced $3.75 million in grants to 18 grassroots organizations to "reduce the harms caused by the opioid epidemic in communities disproportionately impacted by overdose deaths."

This includes The Sun Will Rise, in Braintree.

Each organization will receive between $16,000 to $150,000 annually over a three-year period to focus on areas including prevention, harm-reduction, connections to care, recovery support, trauma, grief and family support.

The grants are the first to be awarded through the Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership (Mosaic), a new grantmaking program designed to support "communities and populations that have been historically underserved and have experienced a high rate of opioid-related overdose deaths," state officials said.

Mosaic was developed earlier in 2024 through a collaboration between the Department of Public Health’s (DPH) Bureau of Substance Addiction Services and RIZE Massachusetts to increase the equitable allocation of Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund (ORRF) grants to small, community-based organizations and municipalities.

“Too many Massachusetts families have been devastated by the impacts of substance use disorder and we have been doing everything in our power to reduce overdoses and save lives,” said Governor Maura Healey.

“These awards underscore our commitment to equitable access to necessary resources for prevention, recovery, and treatment programs in communities disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic.”

In the first round of funding, state officials hope that the funding to help organizations scale their work and deepen their community impact while building a sustainable infrastructure in the communities they intend to serve.

There will be two additional rounds of funding during this fiscal year, which ends on June 30, 2025. Over the next 18 years, the state plans to commit $5 million annually toward funding local initiatives working to aid in the crisis.