Project IMPACT

Project IMPACT is a statewide initiative funded by the Attorney General’s Office and the GE Foundation. Project IMPACT’s mission is to prevent overdoses. To achieve this, we have pledged to partner with likeminded agencies, institutions, and providers to build a network of peer-led harm reduction access and resource sites* throughout the Commonwealth.

The goals of the peer-led harm reduction sites are to provide individuals with substance use disorders and their families with:

  • Overdose prevention and harm reduction education and resources
  • Accessible and immediate support
  • Flexible and non-judgmental care
  • A safe place to talk with a peer with lived experience
  • Information about treatment options and other local services
  • Guidance, clear explanation, and real life understanding about treatment admission and discharge processes

*please note that these harm reduction sites are NOT safe-site-injection or needle exchange sites.

Project IMPACT offers interested providers with information, training, and ongoing support for:

  1. Establishing peer-led harm reduction sites
  2. Offering harm reduction strategies
  3. Providing harm reduction and overdose prevention resources

The Project IMPACT Harm Reduction Pledge

We pledge as a caring community partner to be knowledgeable about harm reduction techniques.

We pledge to treat people with substance use disorder (SUD) with dignity and respect.

We pledge to address addiction as a public health issue.

We pledge to work in our communities to prevent overdoses.

We pledge to educate our community members on harm reduction and overdose prevention methods.

We pledge to support loved ones and family members of individuals with SUD.

We pledge to use Project Impact, funded by the MA Attorney General’s Office and the GE Foundation, as a valuable resource.

Sign the Project IMPACT Harm Reduction Pledge Today!

Sign the Pledge

 

The Organizations and Individuals who have already signed the Pledge:

  • A New Way Peer Recovery Center
  • Anna Erdei
  • Bay State Community Services
  • Lisa Scanlon
  • Daurice Cox, President and CEO Bay State Community Services
  • Turning Point Peer Recovery Center
  • Bay State Community Services’ Outpatient Recovery Coaching
  • Katie Carbone
  • LUK Inc.
  • Beth Barto, President and CEO LUK, Inc.
  • Stairway to Recovery
  • Todd Barreira Jr.
  • Have Hope Peer Recovery Center
  • Rebecca Dodge, Program Director of Have Hope Peer Recovery Center
  • Devine Recovery Center
  • Dave DeCourcey
  • Restoration Recovery Center
  • Manny Pena
  • Hudson Health Department
  • Anchored in Recovery
  • Jacquelyn Peck
  • South Hadley Board of Health
  • Christine McKiernan
  • Michael Rosner
  • Karen Walsh Pio
  • Stephen Frantz
  • Tony Judge
Project Impact: A Program of Bay State Community Services

Contact

To learn more about Project IMPACT or about local Harm Reduction resources, please contact:
617-471-8400 x 299 or projectimpact@baystatecs.org