The California Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Initiative (COPHRI) supports the health, safety, dignity and autonomy of people who use drugs through evidence-based health services. Services delivered by funded partners embody compassion, empathy, allyship and community-building while rejecting judgement and coercion. COPHRI represents the State of California’s commitment to providing the highest possible standard of health for all Californians. Harm reduction services are a core feature of the drug use continuum of care, which includes access to safer drug use tools, unbiased health education, overdose prevention, social support and health care.
COPHRI is managed as a collaborative project among The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, which manages grantmaking; the California Department of Public Health, which provides funding and technical assistance; and the National Harm Reduction Coalition, which leads capacity building efforts.
COPHRI Funded Partners
COPHRI currently supports 55 organizations in 25 counties with outreach and other service locations.
Follow this link for a complete directory of certified syringe services programs in California. To date, the program has committed more than $35 million for harm reduction services and capacity building. Future funding opportunities will support the development of new projects in historically un-served parts of California and with key populations, including Black, Indigenous and people of color.
- Access Support Network
- Alameda Health System Foundation
- Any Positive Change Inc.
- Asian American Drug Abuse Program, Inc. (AADAP, Inc)
- Being Alive / People with AIDS Action Coalition, Inc.-
- Bienestar Human Services
- Clinica Sierra Vista
- Community Health Project Los Angeles
- Comunidad en Outreach for Resilience and Awareness (CORA)
- County of Santa Cruz Syringe Service Program
- Crossroads Recovery Center
- Face to Face
- Family Health Centers of San Diego, Inc.
- Glide Foundation
- Harm Reduction Coalition of San Diego
- Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County
- Harm Reduction Institute
- Harm Reduction Services, Inc.
- Healthcare in Action, Inc.
- HIV Education and Prevention Project of Alameda County (HEPPAC)
- Homeless Health Care Los Angeles
- Homeless Youth Alliance
- HOPE in the Valley
- Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction
- Humboldt County Public Health
- Inland Empire Harm Reduction
- LGBTQ+ Collaborative
- MCAVHN Care and Prevention Network
- Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution
- Neighborhood Healthcare
- Northern Valley Harm Reduction Coalition
- Plumas County Public Health Agency
- Public Health Division, Marin County Department of Health and Human Services
- Safer Alternatives thru Networking & Education (SANE)
- Safer Together
- San Francisco AIDS Foundation-SFAF
- San Francisco Drug Users Union
- San Joaquin Valley Free Medical Clinic and Needle Exchange
- Shasta County Public Health- HHSA
- Sierra Harm Reduction Coalition
- Siskiyou County Health and Human Services Agency-Public Health
- SLO Bangers Syringe Exchange and Overdose Prevention Program
- Special Service for Groups, Inc.
- Stockton Harm Reduction Program
- SUDIS Substance Use Disorder Integrated Services
- Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc.
- The Gender Health Center
- The Sidewalk Project
- Up North Harm Reduction
- Valley Streetz
- VelNonArt Transformative Health
- Vista Community Clinic
- West County Health Centers
- West Oakland Punks with Lunch
- Yuba Harm Reduction Collective
Additional Harm Reduction Resources
- California Department of Public Health Syringe Services & Harm Reduction (cdph.ca.gov)
- National Harm Reduction Coalition (harmreduction.org)
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Syringe Services Programs (SSPs) CDC (cdc.gov)