Community Harm Reduction brings lifesaving services to where people live—low-threshold access, safer-use supplies, naloxone, drug-checking, wound care, and peer navigation—while building bridges to treatment and social supports. This page converts principles into street-level operations: outreach routes, fixed and mobile sites, supply logistics, crisis protocols, and data collection that respect privacy. If you’re exploring a harm reduction conference, you’ll find templates for partnerships with EMS, shelters, libraries, and pharmacies, and guidance for community engagement that reduces stigma and improves safety for everyone.

Harm reduction is healthcare, not endorsement. Services act as an entry point to recovery—vaccination, HIV/HCV testing, buprenorphine tele-inductions, and warm handoffs. Programs survive by being accountable: transparent metrics (reversals, wound care, linkages), neighborhood communication, and governance that includes people with lived experience. Overdose clusters and xylazine trends require rapid alerts; weather and policing patterns shape hours and routes. For clinical detox and step-down pathways that complement outreach work, see Detox and Withdrawal Management.