September 2025

This is an Important Update from the MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services: Clarification for municipalities receiving abatement funds from the McKinsey settlement (Case No. 3:21-md-02996-CRB). 

We are writing to provide clarification regarding the FY25 Municipal Opioid Abatement Expenditure Report, which is due on November 1, 2025. Thank you to those who have already submitted.  

Several municipalities, including yours, are receiving funds from the McKinsey opioid consultant settlement (Case No. 3:21-md-02996-CRB). Please note that these funds do not fall under the Massachusetts State Subdivision Agreement (SSA). As such, McKinsey settlement expenditures should not be included in the FY25 municipal expenditure report. 

The annual expenditure report is required only for opioid settlement funds distributed under the Massachusetts State Subdivision Agreement. When completing the expenditure report, please include only those funds received through the SSA (Distributors, Janssen, Walgreens, CVS, Teva, Allergan, etc.). 

If your municipality has already entered McKinsey settlement expenditures into the system, please revise your report accordingly.  You can use the same link to access the report.  

If you use your McKinsey funds alongside other opioid settlement funds, you can enter them as offset funds. 

For example: 

Expenditure Report Entry: 

Vendor: Local recovery center  

Project Name: Recovery Support Services – Peer Navigation Program 

Amount: $50,000 

Description: Expanded peer navigation services at the local recovery center to provide additional evening and weekend coverage. 

Offset Amount: $20,000 

Source: McKinsey Settlement Funds 

In this example, $30,000 of other settlement funds (included in the SSA) are used with $20,000 of McKinsey funds for $50,000.  

If you have questions about which funds are covered or are unsure how to proceed, please email DPH-MunicipalOpioid-SettlementWork@mass.gov for assistance. 

We recognize that many municipalities are managing multiple opioid settlement funding streams at once, and our goal is to make this process as clear and straightforward as possible.  

Thank you for your continued partnership in ensuring accurate and transparent reporting. Please do not hesitate to contact DPH-MunicipalOpioid-SettlementWork@mass.gov if you need clarification or support. 

The reporting requirements for the McKinsey funds are out of the scope of DPH, but you can find additional information here.

About RIZE Massachusetts:

RIZE Massachusetts Foundation (RIZE) is solely dedicated to funding and collaborating on solutions to end the overdose crisis. Guided by those with lived and living experience and unafraid of new ideas, RIZE is building networks, designing programming, and supporting community partners who are using novel approaches to preventing overdose and increasing access to treatment and recovery supports. RIZE makes health equity a programmatic priority by addressing root causes such as racism, systemic barriers to care, and power imbalances. Learn more at www.rizema.org.

About Mosaic:

Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership (Mosaic), funded by the MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services and powered by RIZE, is a unique, public-private collaboration designed to fund initiatives that are addressing the opioid overdose crisis in communities and populations that have been historically underserved and have experienced a high rate of opioid-related overdose deaths. Guided by people with lived and living experience, Mosaic is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lift up and bring together the best and most promising ideas to save lives, end stigma, and improve quality of life for people living with substance use disorder. Learn more at mosaic.rizema.org.