Restoration Center of Greater Lowell to open in 2026
The Lowell Sun May 17, 2025 Vinfen, Spectrum Health Systems partner to offer crisis diversion programs By 2026, the roughed out and under construction office building off Technology Drive, will be transformed into the Restoration Center of Greater Lowell, the first-of-its-kind crisis diversion program in Massachusetts. Community behavioral health nonprofit ...
“Artists Touched by Addiction” hoping to have lasting impact at Spectrum Health Systems
Spectrum News 1 Date: April 25, 2025 WORCESTER, Mass. - Positivity. Healing. Reflection. It's the message Spectrum Health Systems looks to convey with their new art installation. All of the paintings hanging on their walls have been touched in some way by addiction. "I have a very close family member ...
United force: Central Mass. business leaders are standing by their DEI initiatives amid federal funding threats
Worcester Business Journal Date: March 24, 2025 Spectrum isn’t willing to back away from these efforts, Isaacson said. Not only do DEI commitments boost employee morale, Isaacson said research shows receiving health care by someone who looks like you and shares your lived experiences leads to improved outcomes. There is ...
LCTV News Interview | The Recovery Exchange
Lynn Community Television Date: November 15, 2024 The Recovery Exchange joined Lynn Community Television on an episode of the Lynn Lowdown. Kim Patterson (Program Director) and Idris Forde (Recovery Coach Intern / Peer Leader) discuss their significant impact in the community and highlights from the last year, including Family Fun ...
‘We needed to improve access:’ Spectrum Health Systems opens Main South treatment center
Spectrum News 1 Date: November 15, 2024 WORCESTER, Mass. — Access. It's the one word which single-handedly led Spectrum Health Systems to open a new outpatient treatment center in Worcester's Main South. "A lot of our patients are already from this neighborhood," site manager Alexa Burnham said. "They've been having ...
Merrimack Alum Cassandra Long’s Journey From Law School to Human Services
Merrimack College Date: December 2024 Cassandra Long graduated from Merrimack in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in criminology and criminal justice and earned her master’s degree in 2018. Six years later, Cassandra returned to campus for Merrimack’s Professional Development Retreat (PDR), to help students build connections and give career guidance. ...
Recovery made easier through community
Itemlive Date: July 11, 2024 LYNN — The Recovery Exchange, a long-term peer recovery center on the corner of Exchange Street and Spring Street, celebrated its first anniversary Thursday. There was a party at Frederick Douglass Memorial Park as members of the exchange enjoyed cake, danced, and participated in raffles. ...
LCTV News Interview | The Recovery Exchange: Peer Recovery Center
Lynn Community Television Date: June 28, 2024 Christina Rossi (Regional Executive Director) & Athena Haddon (Executive Director) from Spectrum Health Systems joined Lynn Community Television to chat about recent changes that improve access to medication for opioid use disorder treatment. One of their patients, Jackie Hyde, also joined us to ...
In Worcester, mobile clinic provides relief to residents struggling with addiction
BostonGlobe.com Date: October 2, 2023 By Chris Serres ‘It’s a godsend’: Mobile clinic provides life-saving relief to Worcester residents struggling with addiction Hundreds of addicts have received treatment from the clinic on wheels, though regulatory obstacles remain. On the edge of downtown Worcester, between a church and a busy transit ...
Treating opioid addiction in the field
Worcester Business Journal Date: October 2, 2023 By Isabel Tehan The Spectrum Health Systems van often sits in the parking lot at 1023 Main St. in Worcester’s Main South neighborhood, currently next to nothing more than an abandoned American Legion post, bought by the company in August. But every day, ...
