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A new approach to Mass. and Cass from someone who's experienced homelessness

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A Boston Public Health Commission worker collects a syringe from a puddle on Southampton Street during the clearing out of people living in tents in the "Mass. and Cass" area. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
A Boston Public Health Commission worker collects a syringe from a puddle on Southampton Street during the clearing out of people living in tents in the "Mass. and Cass" area. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Brendan Little knows what it's like to experience addiction and homelessness here in Boston. And in an op-ed for the Boston Globe, he made the case for leveraging social connection and community as a tool of sustainable recovery at Mass. and Cass. We sit down with him and unpack his approach.

Brendan was a Policy Director for former mayor Marty Walsh's Office of Recovery Services and now serves on the state's Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund Advisory Council.

This segment aired on November 8, 2021.

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