“Harm Reduction and Peer Recovery Services Program Howard County, Maryland”

About the Program

Category: Health (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Harm Reduction and Peer Recovery Services Program in the Howard County Health Department’s (HCHD) Behavioral Health Bureau (BBH) provides direct support to individuals in Howard County, MD (HC) who use drugs and seeks to mitigate potential adverse outcomes of drug use. Further, Peer Recovery Specialists work in numerous partner agencies HC Government agencies to provide peer-based substance use supports and resource navigation. To address this problem the Harm Reduction and Peer Recovery Services Program (HRPR) in the Howard County Health Department’s (HCHD) Behavioral Health Bureau (BBH) expanded services and locations to provide direct support to individuals in HC who use drugs and seeks to decrease fatalities and other adverse outcomes of drug use using an evidenced based harm reduction model. Peer Recovery Specialists work in numerous HC Government partner agencies to provide peer-based substance use supports and resource navigation.