HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS

All programs are FREE for Butler County residents 

PROJECT DAWN (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone)
A free community-based overdose education and naloxone distribution program. Provides a drug overdose prevention and educational program for family, friends, or other interested parties, of those who are at high risk for Opioid Overdose.

Project DAWN participants receive training on:

• Recognizing the signs and symptoms of overdose
• Distinguishing between different types of overdose
• Performing rescue breathing
• Calling emergency medical services
• Administering intranasal Naloxone

All Participants will receive a free kit containing 2 doses of Naloxone.

Classes are held at the Butler County General Health District. To schedule an appointment call (513) 863-1770  

BLOODBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION PROGRAM (BIDPP)
Also known as needle or syringe exchange programs, BIDPP is a comprehensive, mobile community-based public health initiative that provides disease prevention, education and referral services for people who inject drugs.  

BIDPP services include:

• Referral to treatment programs to combat addiction, as well as to medical, mental health and social services
• Education about overdose prevention, infectious diseases and injection safety
• Safe disposal of used injection equipment
• Access to sterile injection equipment to fight the spread of infectious diseases
• Testing and referral to treatment for infectious diseases such as hepatitis, HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy testing
• Hepatitis vaccination
• Access to an overdose reversing drug; and distribution of personal care items such as socks and underwear, as needed.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people who inject drugs and use a Harm Reduction Program are FIVE times more likely to enter treatment for substance use disorder and are more likely to reduce or stop injecting.

BUTLER COUNTY LOCATIONS

Middletown
Tuesdays
10-1 PM 
400 block of Crawford Street, Middletown, Ohio.
Call the Middletown City Health Department for more information (513) 425-1818
Made possible by a partnership with the City of Middletown Health Department and the Butler County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services Board (MHARS Board)

Fairfield
Tuesdays
2-5 PM 
Mercy Fairfield Hospital, 3000 Mack Road, Fairfield, Ohio
*Located in a gravel lot behind the hospital 
Made possible by a partnership with the Fairfield Opiate Task Force, Mercy Health and the Butler County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services Board (MHARS Board)

For more information visit: Exchange Project 
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