PAARI

April 23, 2020

Call for Law Enforcement Host Sites – Deadline Extended to MAY 15, 2020

** Please note that the deadline for online applications has been extended to May 15, 2020.** In June 2019, PAARI expanded our Recovery Corps program to a national scale through AmeriCorps VISTA. With success in its first year, PAARI is thrilled to continue on into a second year, and seeking law enforcement partners to serve […]

April 3, 2020

P.A.A.R.I. Announces Fentanyl Test Strip Pilot Project

11 Massachusetts Police Departments Selected to Participate BOSTON — The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) has partnered with 11 Massachusetts police departments to utilize fentanyl test strips as a new tool to engage people with opioid use disorder and help prevent overdose deaths. The three-month pilot project, made possible by a $150,000 […]

March 25, 2020

P.A.A.R.I. Survival Kits Distributed to County Jails in Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk County

The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative Survival Kits have been delivered to Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk County Sheriff’s Departments and will begin to be distributed today, March 25. Boston 25 News Brockton Enterprise Gloucester Times Lowell Sun Wicked Local Concord WBUR News Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Learning Network P.A.A.R.I. announced Monday that it had […]

March 23, 2020

P.A.A.R.I. Launches Survival Kit Program for Those Released from Incarceration Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

BOSTON — Executive Director Allie Hunter announces that the Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) has partnered with the Office Based Addiction Treatment Program at Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Healthy Streets and AHOPE of Boston Public Health Commission, and three Massachusetts Sheriff’s Departments to launch a Survival Kit program to reduce […]

February 27, 2020

PAARI featured in Salem News

P.A.A.R.I. was featured in a Salem News article, which you can read in full here. PAARI’s nationwide movement started right here in Essex County, Massachusetts. The statistics are still grim, and we all can get overwhelmed sometimes. But working together with partners like RIZE Massachusetts, the Evelyn Lilly Lutz Foundation, and many, many more amazing […]

January 27, 2020

Plymouth County Outreach and P.A.A.R.I. Launch New Hub Model to Expand Care

The Police Chiefs of Plymouth County and the Police Assisted Addiction & Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.) are pleased to announce the launch of a new component of the Plymouth County Outreach program, which will increase access to treatment and behavioral health services.