Empathy Affect S4E11: Boston's Community-Driven Approach to Opioid Settlement Funds

Boston asked residents what they needed before spending a dollar of its opioid settlement money. Christian Arthur, senior policy and strategy specialist at the Boston Public Health Commission's Recovery Services Bureau, illustrates in this episode how the city started with a community assessment and turned that feedback into real programs—a first-in-the-nation fund for families who've lost loved ones to overdose, public health vending machines that dispense naloxone, and grants to the organizations already doing the work. It's a candid conversation about community engagement, spending with intention, and what other cities can learn from it. Christian Arthur is a senior policy and strategy specialist at Boston Public Health Commission's Recovery Services Bureau. He has served the commission for the last seven years and has focused his career on building and launching harm reduction solutions that save lives and advance public health innovation. Listen and Subscribe New episodes drop on the first Thursday of every month. Find us wherever you listen to podcasts: Buzzsprout: https://empathyaffect.buzzsprout.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3DZAn2v... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-em... Empathy Affect is a product of Fors Marsh Media. Learn more and connect: Fors Marsh Media: https://www.forsmarsh.com/fors-marsh-... Empathy Affect LinkedIn:   / fors-marsh-media-empathy-affect