National Harm Reduction Coalition

Mission: National Harm Reduction Coalition's mission is to promote the health and dignity of individuals and communities affected by drug use. As a national advocacy and capacity building organization, NHRC aims to shift power and resources to people most vulnerable to structural violence and racialized drug policies.

Core Focus Areas:

• Overdose Prevention: Ensuring communities have access to overdose prevention tools, including naloxone distribution and fentanyl testing from coast to coast
• Syringe Access: Active efforts to expand sterile syringe access to all 50 states
• Training and Capacity Building: Providing skills-building activities, technical assistance, informational workshops, and mentoring to service providers, public health departments, and community stakeholders on substance use, overdose prevention, HIV/AIDS, and hepatitis C prevention
• Policy and Advocacy: Advocating for policies to improve health outcomes for people and communities impacted by substance use, with focus on equal access to health care and human services
• Conferences and Events: Sponsoring and organizing national, regional, and local conferences that serve as forums for exploration of harm reduction practice, theory, and policy
• Speaking Engagements: Using platform to change narratives about drugs and people who use them

Main Office: 22 W 27th St, Floor 5, New York, NY 10001-6905 Phone: 212-213-6376 Website: harmreduction.org

Department Contacts:

• Training and capacity building: training@harmreduction.org
• Policy and advocacy: policy@harmreduction.org
• National conference: conference@harmreduction.org
• Development: development@harmreduction.org
• Finance: accounting@harmreduction.org
• Communications: communications@harmreduction.org