RSV 2023 Session: An Integrated Approach to Harm Reduction and Recovery in a Rural Recovery Community Organization (Day 1)

Presenter(s):

• Charmin Gabbard, ED and Co-founder, Connection Café
• Alison Greene, Assistant Professor, Indiana University’s School of Public Health

Session Description:

• In this session, we described how we used RCORP-Planning and RCORP-Implementation funds to plan, establish, and grow integrated harm reduction and recovery services in one space, the Fayette County Connection Café. Certified peer recovery coaches facilitated and staff Connection Café services, including peer support mutual aid groups, syringe services programming, street outreach, harm reduction vending machine, and 24-hour access to Naloxone.