Boston Youth Resiliency & Recovery Collaborative: A Program of the Boston Public Health
Commission’s Division of Violence Prevention & the Boston Office of Recovery Services

Recognizing harms of the war on drugs, and community resiliency & resistance. Centering racial justice, health equity and a trauma-informed approach. We strive to be participatory, youth-led and to honor, align with and expand upon existing work. The goal of the Boston Youth Resiliency & Recovery Collaborative (BYRRC) is to support Boston youth and families affected by the opioid crisis and substance use broadly through the creation of a citywide, data-driven, cross-sector collaborative plan to catalyze positive
community and systems change.

Strategy 1) Strengthening Equitable Access to Mental
& Behavioral Health Services through learning and
support collaboratives for individuals and agencies
designed to promote retention and advancement of
Black, Indigenous and People of Color workforce.

Strategy 2) Promoting Youth Leadership & Education
through funding existing youth peer leadership programs
to deliver youth-led tailored substance use prevention
education within their sites and communities

Strategy 3) Enhancing Cross-Sector Collaboration through targeted
outreach and support to agencies to strengthen referral networks and
build data management systems

All activities will be supported by the Task Force, Steering Committee,
youth & caregiver advisory groups, ongoing evaluation, and a public
awareness campaign to engage residents in our our work.

Recognizing harms of the war on drugs,
and community resiliency & resistance
Centering racial justice, health equity
and a trauma-informed approach
We strive to be participatory, youth-led
and to honor, align with and expand upon
existing work.

CORE VALUES:

• Recognizing harms of the war on drugs,
  and community resiliency & resistance
• Centering racial justice, health equity
  and a trauma-informed approach
• We strive to be participatory, youth-led
  and to honor, align with and expand upon
  existing work.

For more information, please contact Alyssa Benalfew,
abenalfew@bphc.org or call/text (857) 332-6198