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Resources and Tools

All of The Harm Reduction Hacks

Harm Reduction Hacks is a comprehensive microsite and resource to guide organizations developing new and/or existing syringe services programs in program design, implementation, and organizational sustainability.

Guide for Developing HIV and Opioid Use Disorder Service Inventories and Using Geographic Mapping

This guide offers considerations for how state agency staff can develop and maintain an accessible, HIV and opioid use disorder (OUD) service inventory. This guide can be used by state agency HIV and OUD staff to:

Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary HIV Care — Covering the Bases

This tool aims to assist HIV primary care teams that work in a range of clinical settings to develop and provide enhanced integration of behavioral health (BH) services.

Episode 4: Meeting Clients Where They Are: Providing HIV Prevention and Treatment on the Frontlines

For Boston Health Care for the Homeless nurse Megan Sonderegger, providing client-centered care means literally meeting her clients where they are.

Episode 3: Reaching those who need it most: HIV prevention for people who inject drugs

There are so many factors that impact adherence and health outcomes. During this Connecting Care podcast, Drs. Alex Walley, Jessica Taylor, and Sim Kimmel discuss HIV prevention and treatment among people who inject drugs.

Episode 2: HIV Services for People Who Inject Drugs
When people learn there's a pill that's been available for many years, that will keep them safe from HIV. They are surprised and may want to know more. And when people are surprised and even upset, we know we need to do more.
Connecting Care Podcast: The Intersection of HIV and OUD in the time of COVID

COVID-19 has changed the way society operates in countless ways. During our inaugural podcast, our team of addiction specialists and HIV providers, Drs.

Syringe Services Programs: A Technical Package of Effective Strategies and Approaches for Planning, Design and Implementation

This technical package, a collaborative effort between CDC and NASTAD, provides a broad framework as well as evidence-informed strategies and approaches to support the planning, design, implementation, and sustainability of new and existing syringe services programs (SSPs).

Boston Harm Reduction Toolkit

This toolkit from the city of Boston, MA aims to facilitate the expansion of harm reduction services, and “help build a culture of harm reduction” in the city.