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New city fund provides financial support to families impacted by opioid crisis
Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Boston’s health commissioner, announces the city’s new family overdose support fund at the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building during the Jan. 29 meeting of the Nubian Square Task Force. The $250,000 fund will offer Boston residents who lost a family member to an opioid-overdose-related death up to $5,000 to cover costs like funeral expenses, legal services and mental health support.
Boston launches Family Overdose Support Fund to support families affected by opioid overdoses
The fund will provide up to $5,000 to Boston families who lost an immediate family member to opioid overdose within the last two years.
Family Overdose Support Fund Announcement in BOSTON CITY TV
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Public Health Commission announce the creation of the “Family Overdose Support Fund,” a new fund that provides financial support to families in Boston who have lose a loved one to an opioid overdose.
22,000 purple flags honor those in Mass. lost to addiction in last decade
Boston is marking International Overdose Awareness Day with a poignant display of more than 22,000 purple flags on Boston Common, symbolizing lives lost to addiction in Massachusetts over the past decade.
Families of fatal overdose victims need resources to bury their loved ones
As crucial as investments like prevention and recovery are, the cost of
overdose deaths should not be overlooked.
When a family loses a loved one to opioids, who helps pay for burial services?
When a family loses someone to drug overdose, they’re often left to pick up the financial costs – including for funerals and burials. Now, advocates in Massachusetts are calling on the state to help.
Boston families will have access to grants from opioid settlement funds
Family members who have lost loved ones in the opioid epidemic will be able to apply for cash grants from the city of Boston, possibly by summer.
RELEVANT ARTICLES
These stories highlight the urgent realities families face after overdose loss—the very challenges HALO exists to address.
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