Drug User Health
Drug Use Resources
- Syringe Access and Disposal
- Opioid Overdose Prevention
- Buprenorphine
- Hepatitis C
- Medicaid Harm Reduction Services Benefit
- Post-Opioid Overdose Interventions
Drug User Health Hubs
The Drug User Health Hubs are expected to improve the availability and accessibility of an array of appropriate health, mental health, and medication assisted treatment services for people who use drugs, especially but not solely injection drug users (IDUs). These services can be provided on-site and/or through facilitated linkage to culturally competent care and treatment services. Drug User Health Hubs operate within a harm reduction framework of prevention with a special emphasis on preventing and responding to opioid overdose. Although the source of contact is self-referral by people who use drugs, funded programs work to foster relationships with law enforcement, emergency departments, emergency medical services and families. Perhaps the most important element of this work is the relationship that is established between the person who is drug involved and the hub organization. It can be a critical turning point in a person´s life to have support and guidance that is not predicated on cessation of drug use.
Health Hubs:
- Community Action for Social Justice: Long Island
- Catholic Charities AIDS Services: Albany
- Community Health Action of Staten Island: Staten Island
- Evergreen Health Services: Buffalo
- Southern Tier AIDS Program: Ithaca
- After Hours Project: Brooklyn
- ACR Health: Syracuse
- Alliance for Positive Health: Plattsburgh
- St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction: Bronx
- Hudson Valley Community Services: Newburgh
- New York Harm Reduction Educators: Manhattan/Bronx
- Trillium Health: Rochester
