Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission

The Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission is tasked with piloting a program to create a restoration center in Middlesex County.

The 13-member Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission – chaired by Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian and Dr. Danna Mauch, the President and CEO of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health – is tasked by the MA Legislature with piloting a program to create a restoration center in Middlesex County.

The center would provide behavioral health services to individuals in mental health or substance use crisis. These services would help support ongoing law enforcement diversionary efforts across New England’s most populous county, diverting individuals with behavioral health conditions from arrest or unnecessary hospitalization. Find more information about the Commission's work in this 1-page summary or on the Commission's website.

Year 1 (2019)

Year 1 Report Summary

Year 1 Report

Year 1 Report Appendices

Year 1 Testimony to Support the Creation of a Criminal Justice and Community Support Trust Fund.

Year 2 (2020)

Year 2 Report

Year 3 (2021)

Year Three Report

Year 4 (2022)

Year 4 Report

On March 14, 2022, President Biden signed into law an appropriation bill that included $1.65 million for the Middlesex County Restoration Center. This follows a $1 million appropriation in the MA FY2022 budget, which was supported by a June 15, 2021 editorial in the Boston Globe calling for funding at this level.