Personal Experience and Insights Needed: Substance Use Treatment
Published on: October 31, 2024
Apply to Join One of Two Advisory Groups!
Do you have personal experience with methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone) or other substance use treatment and services in Massachusetts? If so we want to learn from you!
The Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) is recruiting for two different groups: the OTP Patient Advisory Committee and the Bureau of Substance and Addiction Services (BSAS) Consumer Feedback Advisory Board. The table below explains the purpose and structure for each group.
Why Apply? By joining, you can make a difference in the lives of others seeking services and support.
Application deadline: November 4, 2024 at 9:00 AM. You will be contacted within a few weeks after the deadline with our decision.
| Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Patient Advisory Committee (PtAC) | Community Feedback Strategy Board (CFSB) |
| Purpose: Share your experiences with methadone and other medications to help improve OTP services in Massachusetts | Purpose: Help improve how the state collects feedback from people using substance use treatment services in Massachusetts. |
| Membership: 12-15 members | Membership: 7-10 members |
| Meetings: 4 meetings a year for 90 minutes by phone or computer through November 2025. | Meetings: 8 meetings by phone or computer through June 2025. |
| Stipend: $150 stipend per meeting. | Stipend: $150 stipend per meeting. |
| Timeline: One-year term, starting November 2024, with the possibility to continue participation. | Timeline: Monthly meetings from November 2024 to June 2025, with the possibility to continue participation |
| Who should apply: Anyone who has accessed or received methadone or buprenorphine (Suboxone) and related services at an OTP in Massachusetts | Who should apply: Anyone who has received, or is currently receiving, substance use treatment services in Massachusetts. |
| Questions? Email otptta-ma@jsi.com | Questions? Email community_feedback_strategy@jsi.com |
