Certified snacks, candy and dinners as harm reduction

The Essex Health and Wellness Recovery contract is filed under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention in the FY2024 and FY2025 reports, and the 2026 contract under Wraparound and Connected Care Supports in the FY2026 report (p10). Every certified contract figure equals the payments on the contractor's monthly invoices. The invoices bill 2,335.59 for food and drink. Outreach refreshments, 100.64, check 20795. A catered conference lunch, 500.00, check 21611. Snacks, 29.81, check 22388. Donuts and snacks for groups, 18.00, 26.93 and 19.98, check 22795. Snacks, 26.93, check 22837. Nicola Deli, 184.94, check 23282. A dinner for the Black Poster Project, 500.00, a dinner for Recovery Court, 500.00, and water for that event, 33.94, check 23880. Snacks for a high school basketball outreach, 63.34, check 25844. Candy for outreach, 33.89, a dinner for the men's group, 26.26, and snacks for groups, 117.54, check 26610. Snacks for camp and group, 153.39, check 26882. By report, 100.64 is in the FY2024 figure, 806.59 in the FY2025 figures and 1,428.36 in the FY2026 figures. No listed use covers snacks, candy or event meals, and no evidence-based program using them is documented.