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Anything Warm Drive!
We invite you to participate in our third annual Anything Warm Drive! This year we are collecting warm clothes, blankets, hats, socks, scarves, back packs, sleeping bags and anything that is clean and gently used. We are thankful to our community partners and support that allows us the ability to reach people and help prove…
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New Hours & Services
HACHR’s New Hours Syringe Exchange Drop-In Hours – 1522 3rd Street in Eureka, CA Monday 11:00am to 1:00pm Tuesday 10:00am to 2:00pm Thursday 10:00am to 2:00pm Syringe Exchange – Arcata, CA Street Outreach Wednesday 12:30pm to 2:30pm – CALL AHEAD – (707) 407-6013 HACHR’s New Services “Snacks & Services” – 1522 3rd Street in Eureka,…
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Harm Reduction Through Film
The Caring Community: Ithaca and the Movement for Supervised Injection Facilities – 2017 In 2016, the small city of Ithaca, New York made national news when its mayor and district attorney became the first senior elected officials in the United States to endorse opening a supervised injection facility (SIF) as part of a broad drug…
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Harm Reduction Week
November 6, 2017 | 9:30 – 1:30 Harm Reduction Coalition Listening Session Wharfinger Building Great Room – 1 Marina Way RSVP: frost@harmreduction.org November 7, 2017 | 5:30 – 7:00 “The Caring Community: Ithaca and the Movement for Supervised Injection Facilities” Screening + Q&A w/ Filmmakers + Local Experts HSU Library Fishbowl (Room 209) November 8, 2017…
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HACHR Executive Director Wins CalHep Service Award
The Sherri Ziegler Community Service Award Awardee: Brandie Wilson, Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction Honorable mentions: Paris de la Rosa & Daniela Mieja, Access Support Network Pauli Gray, San Francisco AIDS Foundation Paul Harkin, Glide Robin Roth, San Francisco Hepatitis C Task Force Michael Wilk, Health Right 360 Established in 2009 in honor of…
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California Syringe Exchange Programs
September 28-29: HACHR Executive Director Brandie Wilson, attended the 2017 California Syringe Exchange Programs conference in Oakland, CA. She brought back so many cutting edge ideas to Humboldt County, including innovative way to expand Hepatitis C testing and treatment. In addition, Brandie was asked to facilitate two conference sessions on best practices for Syringe Exchange…
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Health Alert: Fentanyl in Humboldt
POSITIVE FENTANYL TESTS In the past 24 hours, HACHR has had 24/25 (96%) of Fentanyl tests come back positive. All tests were on methamphetamines, which we have since identified as being brought in from out of the area. What does this mean? This means that our local meth is laced with Fentanyl – decreasing one’s…
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Safe Consumption Sites in Humboldt
Tell the Calif. Senate: End overdose deaths This Wednesday (September 13), an important public health bill Assembly Bill 186 fell two votes short of the 21 votes needed to pass the California State Senate. This bill would have allowed several California counties to pilot programs for safe consumption sites (SCS). SCS are hygienic spaces for…
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Harm Reduction Conference
On September 25, our Executive Director Brandie Wilson will be serving on a panel entitled Harm Reduction Interventions with People who use Stimulants at the Stimulant Use: Harm Reduction, Treatment, and Future Directions Conference in Los Angeles, CA. Brandie will share with attendees the unique experiences of HACHR – being a syringe exchange program in…
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We’re Moving!
HACHR is excited to announce some big, exciting news! We’re moving! We got the keys to our new space today! As you know, we have quite a few supplies in our old location, and it’s going to take some time to get situated in our new space. Look for updates on social media. We will…
The Humboldt Area Center For Harm Reduction
Arcata, CA | Serving Humboldt County
Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction 