Harm Reduction

Understanding Harm Reduction Approaches to Address Intimate Partner Violence, Human Trafficking, Exploitation and Homelessness in Health Centers

Webinar Description:  Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation and National Health Care for the Homeless Council are co-hosting a webinar on the intersection of intimate partner violence (IPV), human trafficking (HT), exploitation (E) and homelessness. The webinar will explore ways health center staff can apply a harm reduction approach when providing care for patients who […]

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A New Syndemic Approach: Domestic Violence, Homelessness and Harm Reduction

This workshop seeks to engage participants in reflection and conversation about the intersection of domestic violence, substance use, and homelessness while also identifying concrete and practical intervention strategies providers can begin to implement to best serve all our participants, and in this case specifically intimate partner violence survivors. Speaker: Tanagra Melgarejo, Author, MSW, National Learning

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Viewing of “Behavioral Health, Stigma, and Resilience: Firsthand Perspectives”

Explore the complex intersection of stigma and behavioral health through this insightful video screening from the National Health Care for the Homeless Council’s online course: Behavioral Health, Stigma, and Resilience: Firsthand Perspectives. Gain valuable insights into the experiences of individuals with behavioral health conditions who have faced homelessness as they share their personal narratives. This

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Engaging consumers and clinicians in what works for substance use in people who are homeless

People experiencing homelessness die prematurely compared to their stably housed peers. Increasingly deaths are due to substance use. Yet national data confirms people experiencing homelessness have lower access to publicly funded substance use treatment programs and are less likely to receive medication-assisted therapy for opioid use disorder. This workshop will be led by facilitators with

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You said what?! Navigating Conflict Management & DeEscalation in Housing Settings through Harm Redux

This workshop explores conflict resolution and de-escalation in housing settings, emphasizing harm reduction principles. Conflicts in housing, compounded by substance use, mental health, anti-Blackness, and transphobia, often lead to punitive measures causing harm. This session will explore skills and techniques benefiting residents and staff by applying a harm reduction approach. We aim to offer innovative

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Ensuring Equal Access to Risk Assessment: A Zero Suicide Implementation

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless has been on a path to Zero Suicide for the past several years. The Coalition’s belief that equal access to risk assessment is at the heart of their implementation process and guides all they do. Based in quality assurance, their process was developed from the beginning with analysis, reporting, and

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Centering lived experience and harm reduction in primary care for people with opioid use disorder

This workshop will detail the features of a harm-reductionist framework for substance use treatment within a primary care setting. The program incorporates recovery support counselors with lived experience, trauma informed care, community feedback, patient education, addiction-focused case management, and harm reduction supplies into primary care visits for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). This program

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