Industry Bulletins | September 11, 2019
Beacon Health Options Awards $128,800 In Grants To Address Opioid Crisis In Boston & Lowell
To help address the ongoing opioid crisis, Beacon Health Options (Beacon), a leading behavioral health services company headquartered in Boston, announced it will be distributing $128,800 in grants to four community-based behavioral health organizations including Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Bournewood Health Systems, Lowell House, and North Suffolk Mental Health. The four were selected after a competitive process that sought to fund programs that help improve pathways to, and engagement in, MAT. Grant funding will help the awardees increase their clients’ connectivity to medication-assisted treatment (MAT), an evidence-based approach to treating opioid use disorder . . .