Please join Caring Health Center (CHC) and the Institute for Health Equity Research, Evaluation, and Policy (IHE) on January 9, 2026, at 12:00 pm for a presentation and community discussion on a community health center-led research study about creating referral networks to enhance access to substance use disorder (SUD) care and recovery services in Western Massachusetts.
Attendees will learn:
- About community-based organization strategies and experiences responding to local substance use disorder care and recovery needs;
- The substance use disorder resources that are available in the community through Caring Health Center;
- What a “recovery community” is and its potential role in SUD care and recovery; and
- How CHC is strategizing to build “recovery referral networks”.
The presentation marks the culmination of the RIZE UP study, a 1.5-year qualitative study which examined the landscape of existing relationships and interactions between community-based organizations, community health centers, and people experiencing substance use disorder and how this impacts access to treatment services. CHC and IHE jointly conducted the RIZE UP study with funding from the RIZE Massachusetts Foundation.
Zoom Registration Information
Please note that you must register on Zoom to receive the webinar link:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Joseph Browne with any questions: jbrowne@massleague.org.