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Rather than reacting to situations when they occur, we will continue to approach all health concerns by emphasizing education and prevention.
We are providing meditation workshops for people and families with substance use disorder. Please see event calendar for up-to-date information.
The Town of Chelmsford has been serving approximately 36,000 residents through partnerships with the Health Department, Police Department, and Fire Department to provide Substance Use Prevention Education for over ten years. In 2021, Trinity reported 37 nonfatal Opiate related overdoses in Chelmsford. In 2022, up to the month of September there were 13 nonfatal Opiate related overdoses. *This data does not include Chelmsford residents who overdosed in other towns and if the overdose was not reported to EMS services.
For services and resources please contact:
Taryn Angel, Public Health & Wellness Coordinator Public Health & Wellness Coordinator, Taryn Angel: (978) 250-5241. tangel@chelmsfordma.gov.
Behavioral Health Unit Collaborative
The Town of Chelmsford proudly participates in a Regional Police Mental Health Collaborative (PMHC) with the towns of Tewksbury, Dracut, Billerica, and Tyngsboro. The PMHC, renamed the Behavorial Health Unit, provides a holistic approach to serving community members experiencing mental health and substance use disorders who interact with law enforcement. The program includes four major pillars: Prevention, Crisis Intervention, Recovery, and Education and includes a Co-Response Clinician as part of a Jail Diversion Program. The collaboration between police and behavioral health is a pre-arraignment diversion program designed to bring individuals in crisis away from criminal custody and into appropriate clinical care. The clinician can provide a variety of services including: emergency field psychiatric services, provide ongoing post-crisis support, provide referrals to therapy or recovery coach services, treatment transportation, and medication prescribers.
Contact Katie Twomey, the Behavioral Health Unit Clinical Manger at ktwomey@tewksbury-ma.gov
Medical Sharps Disposal
This program will provide a means for proper disposal of Medical Sharps for Chelmsford residents ONLY. (NO BUSINESS, MEDICAL OFFICE OR COMMERCIAL DISPOSAL ONLY).
Use of Proper Containers: The Chelmsford Board of Health is ONLY accepting medical sharps containers or any hard plastic container with a lid (laundry detergent bottles).
Unwanted Medication Disposal Kiosk
Chelmsford Police Department. 2 Olde North Road, Chelmsford, MA. (978) 256-2521.
This box allows for anonymous disposal of over the counter or prescription medications 24/7. Residents can seal their unused pills in a flattened plastic baggie no thicker than two slices of bread. The baggies can then be dropped off, no questions asked, in the disposal kiosk at the police station. This disposal option is for pills ONLY; no sharps/needles or liquid medicines should be dropped off.
Liquid medications can be mixed with coffee grounds, dirt, or kitty litter and disposed of in your household trash.
Get Connected!
Chelmsford is a community partner of:
Prevention Partners of Northern Middlesex and the Behavioral Health Unit