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The Point
Harm Reduction Program

​The Gender Health Center's Harm Reduction Program is based on liberatory harm reduction principles and practices. This approach aims to provide immediate support and safety for our communities while also working to address and dismantle structural inequities. We recognize and honor the contributions of Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (QTBIPOC), sex workers, and people who use drugs, whose efforts have shaped and advanced these approaches.

Harm reduction is sacred work; it is ancestral work. Harm reduction is a compassionate model for those who are left to grapple with coloniality-induced grief and the multigenerational maladaptive skills that were developed to survive unutterable compounded destruction and dysfunctionality.
                                                                              - Shira Hassan | Savings Our Own Lives

HRS Mobile Services

Coming soon in Fall 2024!

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Harm reduction happens in the pockets of exquisite care we show our love ones, without questioning or judging their life choices, or imagining that we know better than they do.
                                                            - Shira Hassan | Savings Our Own Lives

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OVERDOSE PREVENTION & RESPONSE TRAINING (Nasal Narcan)
Training opiate users, their friends and family on how to avoid an overdose, how to recognize one, and how to respond with calling 911, rescue breathing, and use of Nasal Narcan. Addressing the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S. – opioid overdose.

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To arrange a training, please email hrs@ghcmail.org

 

 


EDUCATION, RESPONSE, AND ACCESS (ERA)
Targeted education and services for injection drug users, with an emphasis on new young (under 30) injectors. Vein care, abscess avoidance, overdose prevention & response, disease education testing, medical and mental health information, AOD referrals and assistance in accessing treatment with in person support for individuals attempting to access Sacramento County AOD System of Care.
 

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ADDITIONAL SERVICES OFFERED

  • Distribution of Survival Supplies (Food, Hygiene, Water, Blankets, non-prescription medications)

  • Risk reduction education and referrals

  • Condom & Lube Distribution

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Harm Reduction Wishlist

If you would like to support our work in providing survival supplies to our neighbors, please take a look at our Amazon wishlist. These are a few of the most requested items by our community members. Thank you, community! We could not do our work without you. 

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