Government Funds Expansion of the Clinical Harm Reduction Outreach Team

The provincial government has committed over $400,000 to expand the Clinical Harm Reduction Outreach Team.

The expansion will increase access to primary health care services for people who may be vulnerable and marginalized.

The Harm Reduction Outreach Team provides services including a walk-in clinic, a street reach program, a shelter outreach program, harm reduction supplies distribution, a managed alcohol program, mental health and substance use counselling, Hepatitis C Virus and HIV diagnosis and treatment and housing supports through End Homelessness St. John’s.

The funding announced will be used to increase staffing and renovate the team’s van and equipment.