Substance Use Disorder Prevention Services
Substance Use Disorder Prevention Team
Our Mission
To promote primary prevention of substance use knowledge to youth, caretakers, and community members; minimize harmful consequences; increase public available treatment sources; and educate, engage and advocate for recovery support services.
Staff and contact information:
Justin Chellman, Program Manager, Opioid Response, (413) 787-6724 (p); (413) 787-6458(f); jchellman@springfieldcityhall.com
Robert Crawford, Program Lead, MassCALL3, (413) 787-6718(p); (413) 787-6458(f); rcrawford@springfieldcityhall.com
Massachusetts Opioid Addiction Prevention Collaborative (MOAPC) Grant Program
The Massachusetts Opioid Addiction Prevention Collaborative (MOAPC) grant program is part of a comprehensive approach to substance use prevention in Massachusetts. The Springfield Department of Health and Human Services works with the cities of Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, and the town of East Longmeadow, to further opioid overdose prevention efforts. The program addresses how we can better combat the lack of knowledge around overdose risk and response strategies. Its aim is to implement local policy practice, systems, and environmental change as well as to prevent and reduce unintentional deaths and nonfatal hospital events associated with opioid poisonings.
Staff contact information:
Justin Chellman, Program Director, MOAPC, (413) 787-6724 (p); (413) 787-6458(f); jchellman@springfieldcityhall.com
Massachusetts Collaborative for Action, Leadership, and Learning 3 Grant Program
The MassCALL3 initiative intends to build upon the foundation established through previous BSAS Prevention grants, including the Substance Abuse Prevention Collaborative (SAPC) and Massachusetts Opioid Abuse Prevention Collaborative (MOAPC) grant programs. The program coordinator implements evidence-informed strategies that can be sustained through local policy, practice, and systems change to prevent and reduce substance misuse in the cluster communities of Springfield, Chicopee, and Holyoke. This collaborative effort is intended to increase the capacity of municipalities efforts to close existing gaps in health outcomes that are related to underage substance use in the community. Also within this effort are three sub-initiatives, which are granted based on a communities existing infrastructure and experience.
The “3-B” initiative is part of a comprehensive approach through MassCALL3 to substance misuse prevention in our cluster. The emphasis is placed on drawing from existing evidence-informed prevention practice to change local policy, practice, and systems through the application of a comprehensive, data-informed approach. Specifically, awardees are expected to:
- Prevent and/or reduce misuse of substances of first use (e.g., alcohol, nicotine, cannabis) among youth.
- Increase the number of municipalities implementing a systematic public health planning process and adopting a comprehensive systemic approach to substance misuse prevention.
- Increase the utilization of evidence-informed prevention programs, policies, and practices.
- Increase and enhance the collection, utilization, and understanding of local data sources (both qualitative and quantitative) to assist in the assessment, planning, and evaluation of substance misuse prevention strategies.
- Apply a racial equity frame to the planning, delivery, monitoring, and evaluation of prevention programming—that is, explicitly consider race, ethnicity, and racism when analyzing issues, looking for solutions, and defining success.
Staff contact information:
Robert Crawford, Program Lead, MassCALL3, (413)787-6718(p); (413) 787-6458(f); rcrawford@springfieldcityhall.com
Other local and state resources
Mass Substance Abuse Information and Education Helpline: (800) 327-5050
Detox
- Carlson Recovery Center: (413) 733-1431
- Providence Detox (413) 539-2981
Outpatient
- Phoenix Outpatient Program Youth & Adults: (41) 739-2440 ext. 4
- Gandara Center - Adult: (413) 732-2120; Youth: (413) 736-0395
- Behavioral Health Network
- Adult
- Carlson Day - (413) 301-9337
- Sloan Clinic - (413) 733-1431
- School St. Counseling Institute - (413) 846-4300
- Youth
- Child Guidance Clinic - (413) 304-7419
Therapy
- Valley Psychiatric Services - (413) 827-8959
- River Valley Counseling Ctr. - (413) 540-1234
