The California Syringe Services Authorization Program allows qualified organizations to apply directly to CDPH/Office of AIDS (OA) for authorization to provide syringe services. California law allows providers to seek either local authorization from their city council or county board of supervisors, or state authorization through CDPH/OA. California law also allows physicians and pharmacists to furnish or sell syringes to adults aged 18 and older for disease prevention purposes.
Most syringe services programs (SSPs) in California have been locally authorized. The
Directory of California SEPs lists all authorized SSPs in the state, and the
OA Harm Reduction webpages provide more information.
OA offers technical assistance for programs interested in pursuing state authorization. For details, contact CDPH/OA at 916-449-5900 or SSPinfo@cdph.ca.gov.
CDPH/OA welcomes comments on all proposed applications. Once an organization files an application, CDPH/OA will review the application. If an application meets the requirements outlined in Health and Safety Code Section 121349, CDPH/OA will announce the start of a 45-āāday public comment period prior to further review.
Harm Reduction Coalition of Santa Cruz County (HRCSCC) has sumitted an application to the California Department of Publich Health, Office of AIDS (CDPH/OA) to add syringe services to their harm reduction program. HRCSCC is a community organization serving people who use drugs in Santa Cruz County, the majority of whom are unhoused. HRCSCCās goal is to support positive changes in the lives of people who use drugs, slow the spread of preventable blood-borne viruses and other injection-related infections, and prevent overdoses, thereby improving the health of the entire community.
HRCSCC currently provides education on topics including HIV and viral hepatitis prevention, sexually transmitted infection prevention, overdose prevention, safer injection, and proper syringe disposal. Other services include navigation to medication for opiate use disorder, and distribution of naloxone and safer sex supplies. HRCSCC proposes to add distribution of fentanyl test strips and other harm reduction supplies, collection of safe disposal of used syringes, and access to sterile syringes and other crucial supplies as needed.
As required under California Health and Safety Code Section 121349, this website posting will open a 45-day public comment period. All public comments must be in writing and submitted to CDPH no later than 11:59 p.m., November 4, 2024.
āāāāāState-Certified Syringeā Services āPrograms
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-up - Due to ongoing concerns regarding the risks of COVID-19, CDPH/OA encourages all SSPs who can to add mobile home delivery and pick-up to their services. Those who are authorized by CDPH may ask to administratively amend their authorization to add a mobile home delivery and pick-up option. The addition of mobile home delivery and pick-up will allow for greater social distancing and less non-essential travel by program participants. Mobile home delivery and pick-up includes services available to individuals in private residences as well as tents, recreational vehicles, and other non-traditional forms of housing occupied by program participants.
Any Positive Cāāhanāge
Contact Information: Annunziata van Voorene -
anypositivechange_lakeco@hotmail.com
Phone Number: 707-480-7319
Mobile Site:
- The street in front of Lake County Behavioral Health Services at 6302 13th Ave. Lucerne, every Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- āOrchard Street right off Highway 53 in Lower Lake, CA., every Thursday 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-Up:
- āāCountywide on Mondays from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Bakersfield AIDS Project - The Exchange Program
Contact Information: Audrey Chavez - audrey1bap@yahoo.com
Phone Number: 661-742-3611
Mobile Site:
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Weill Park, located at 2601 Q Street, Bakersfield, CA, every Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-Up:
Berkeley Free Clinic Syringe Services Program
Contact Information: Finn Black - finn.a.black@berkeleyfreeclinic.org
Phone Number: 510- 559-0327
Mobile Sites:
- Wood Street and 20th Street, Oakland, CA 94607, Saturdays from 12:00 p.mā. to 2:00 p.m.ā
āFixed Site:
- āBerkeley Free Clinic, 2339
Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704, Monday ā Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.,
Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and Sunday from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.mā.āā
āDAP Health Harm Reduction Program
Contact Information: CJ Tobe -
cjtobe@daphealth.orgā
Phone Number: 760- 969-5742
Mobile Sites:
- āāTuesday
- āā1555 East Alejo Road Palm Springs, CA 92262, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Wednesday
- Gene Autry Trail between East Mesquite Avenue and Eagle Way, Palm Springs, CA. 92262, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
- Sunrise Park, S. Sunrise Way between East Baristo Road and East Ramon Road, Palm Springs, CA 92262, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- East Palm Canyon between South Sunrise Way and Smoke Tree Lane. Palm Springs, CA 92262, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Friday
- East Arenas between South Callie El Segundo and South Avenue Caballeros, Palm Springs, CA 92262, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ā
Fixed Sites:
- DAP Health, 1445 N. Sunrise
Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262, MondayāFriday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00
p.m.
āGender Health Center (GHC) - The Point
Contact Information: Alej Fernandez Garcia
- alej@ghcmail.orgā
Phone Number: (916) 455-2391ā
Fixed Site:
- 3823 V
Street Sacramento, CA 95817. The Point at GHC will be open Monday through
Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.mā.
Harm Reduction Coalition of San Diego (HRCSD)
Contact Information: Tara Stamos-Buesig - harmreduxsd@gmail.com
Phone Number: 619-961-0527
Mobile Site:
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-Up:
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All ZIP codes within San Diego for those unable to access mobile locations. Hours of operation are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
āHarm Reduction - IHC
Contact Information: Outreach Coordinator- harmreduction@ihcucsd.org
Phone Number: 619-800-5526
Mobile Sites:
- āThroughout the San Diego zip codes of 92101, 92102, or 92113 with a focus on the area of East Village, every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
āHarm Reduction Services ā Safe Points Syringe Exchange
Contact Information: Lian Bruckstein - hrssacramento@gmail.com
Phone Number: 916-456-4849
Mobile Sites:
Fixed Site:
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-up:
Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction
Contact Information: Ethan Makulec ā hachr707@gmail.com
Phone Number: 707-298-9313
Mobile Sites:
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-Up:
- Countywide except in the cities of Eureka and Ferndale, Monday through Wednesday, 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
āInland Empire Harm Reduction
Contact Information: Jennifer Syvertsen - info@ieharmreduction.org
Phone Number: 951-364-5311
Mobile Site:
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-Up:
Kern County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services - Kern Syringe Disposal & Services Program
Contact Information: Kern Behavioral Health & Recovery Services - Prevention - Prevention@KernBHRS.org
Phone Number: 661-868-8043
Mobile Sites:
Parking lot behind the gate of Community Interventions, 948 Baker St, Bakersfield, CA 93305 - Mondays, 10:30 a.m. to 1:00pm
Parking lot near E. California Ave & S. King Street, Bakersfield, CA 93307 - Mondays, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
āāāAlley adjacent to 1622 Union Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93305 - Mondays, 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Alley behind 1921 19th Street, Bakersfield CA 93301 - Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
On the street near 529 Dolores Ave, Bakersfield, 93305 - Wednesdays, 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Alley Behind 1011 Oak St, Bakersfield, CA 93304 - Wednesdays, 1:45- p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Parking Lot of 1900 E Brundage Ln Suite 1, Bakersfield, CA 93307 - Wednesdays, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Parking Lot near 4776 Lake Isabella Blvd, Lake Isabella, CA 93240 - Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Alley Behind 5917 Knudsen Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93308 - Fridays, 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Area near 110 Beardsley Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93308 - Fridays, 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Weill Park,2601 Q St, Bakersfield, CA 93301 - Fridays, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-up:
- āCountywide by request - Orders can be placed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Deliver is available Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Vending Machine:
- Located outside of Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services at 1401 L Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301 ā 24 hours a day.
Kings County Needle Exchange Program
Contact Information: Cindi Sanchez -
Cindi.Sanchez@co.kings.ca.usā
Phone Number: 559-852-4589
Fixed Site:
- Hanford Clinic - 330 Campus Drive Hanford, CA 93230. Tuesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
LGBTQ+ (Cal Pride)/Queer Point
Contact Information: Alexander Gutierrez - Alex@calpride.orgā
Phone Number: 209-567-2662
Fixed Sites:
- 1202 H Street, Suite D, Modesto, CA 95354; 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Mobile Sites: Wednesday and Thursday between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
- H Street and 18th Street, Modesto 95354
- N. Santa Cruz Avenue and Yosemite Boulevard, Modesto 95354
- Empire Avenue and Yosemite Boulevard, Modesto 95354
- Parry Avenue and Yosemite Boulevard, Modesto 95354
- Eugene Avenue and Bystrum Road, Modesto 95351
- Martin Avenue and W. Orangeburg Avenue, Modesto 95350
- Evergreen Avenue and Orangeburg Avenue, Modesto 95350
- Conant Avenue and Sisk Road, Modesto 95350
- Brenner Way and Sisk Road, Modesto 95350
- N. Emeral Avenue and Needham Street, Modesto 95354
Mono County Harm Reduction āProject
Contact Information: Robin Roberts - rroberts@mono.ca.gov
Phone Number: 760-924-1740
Fixed Sites:
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Mono County Behavioral Health at 1290 Tavern Rd., Mammoth Lakes, California; Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Walker Wellness Center at 107655 Highway 395, Walker, California; Monday and Wednesday, by appointment only
- Mammoth Lakes Wellness Center at 181 Sierra Manor Rd. #4 Mammoth Lakes, California; by appointment only.
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-Up:
- As needed to reach people who cannot access fixed sites.
Neighborhood Healthcare Harm Reduction Program
Contact Information:
harmreduction@nhcare.orgā
Phone Number: 833-867-4642
Mobile Site - Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- San Diego County - in the cities of El Cajon and Escondido
- Riverside County - in the cities of Temecula, Hemet, and Riverside
Fixed Site - Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- 550 W. Washington Avenue, Escondido, California 92025 (San Diego County)
- 855 E Madison Avenue, El Cajon, California 92020 (San Diego County)
- 1030 East Florida, Hemet California 92543 (Riverside County)
- 1970 University Avenue, Riverside, California, 92507 (Riverside County)
- 41840 Enterprise Circle North, Temecula, California 92590 (Riverside County)
ā Vending Machineās
- 425 No. Date Street, Escondido, CA 92025 (San Diego County) inside the healthcare center. Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. access
- 1501 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 (San Diego County) outside at Father Joeās Villages, 24-hour access.
- 470 N. Mollison Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92021 (San Diego County) outside the healthcare center in a locked gated area Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. access
1030 E. Florida Ave, Hemet, CA 92543ā (Riverside County) outsideā, available 24/7 (Narcan only)ā
Northern Inyo Healthcare District (NIHD) Harm Reduction Project
Contact Information: Care Coordination Harm Reduction Project ā Jannalyn.lawrence@nih.org
āPhone Number:760-873-2031
Fixed Site:
- NIHD Rural Health Clinic office at 153-B Pioneer Lane, Bishop, California, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
āNorthern Sierra Harm Reduction - Plumas County Public Health Agency
Contact Information: Katherine Manganaro -
katherinemanganaro@countyofplumas.com
Phone Number: 530- 283-6330
Fixed Sites:
Quincy
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Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. at the Quincy Resource Center, 591 Main Street.
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Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. at the Plumas County Public Health Agency, 270 County Hospital Road, Suite 206.
Portola
Chester
Home Delivery
- Home deliveries can be scheduled countywide Mondays through Fridays by appointment.
HAVEN Vending Machines - Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Plumas County Public Health Agency - 270 County Hospital Road, Suite 206, Quincy, CA 95971
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Portola Family Resource Center - 164 Ridge Street, Portola, CA 96122
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Greenville Wellness Center - 414 Main Street, Greenville, CA 95947
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Chester Wellness Center - 372 Main Street, Chester, CA 96020
Punks with Lunch
Contact Information: Ale del Pinal and Anna Steiner -oaklandpunkswithlunch@gmail.com
Phone Number: 510-371-4465
Mobile Sites:
- Every Sunday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 35th Street and Peralta Street and the surrounding areas, bounded by 35th Street, 45th Street, Martin Luther King Jr. Way, and Telegraph Ave
- Every Tuesday 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Way between 24th Street and West Grand Avenue
- Every Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at 6th Street and Brush and 7th Street and Kirkharm Street
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-Up
- Home deliveries will be by appointment only
San Diego County Harm Reduction Services Program
Contact Information: Felipe Ruiz - felipe.ruiz@sdcounty.ca.gov
Phone Number: 619-293-4700
Mobile Sites:
- Hours of operation for each of the below locations will be Monday - Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (on rotational basis). Exact times will be determined by needs of participants and will be posted on the programās website. Locations:
- Health Services Complex (3851 Rosecrans Street, San Diego, CA 92110)
- Mills Building (1255 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101)
- North Inland Live Well Center (649 West Mission Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025)
- North Coastal Live Well Center (1701 Mission Avenue, Oceanside, CA 92058)
- South Region Live Well Center (690 Oxford Street, Chula Vista, CA 91911)
āSafer Alternativesā Through Networking & Education (SANE)
Contact Information: Shilo Jama -
shilo@staysafer.org
Phone Number: 916- 397-2434
Mobile Site:
- Fridays from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. to homeless encampments in various locations in Sacramento County
Fixed Site:
- 2211 Del Paso Blvd. in North Sacramento on Tuesday through Saturday from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-Up:
- Throughout Sacramento County, Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
āāSierra Harm Reduction Coalition (āSHRC)
āContact Information: Shilo Jama - āāinformation@shrcoalition.org
Phone Number: 530-212-0279
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-Up:
- Services available within the City of Placerville, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Siskiyou County Public Health ā Siskiyou County Syringe Services Program
Contact Information: Jessica Skillen - jskillen@co.siskiyou.ca.us
Phone Number: 530 841-2121
Mobile Sites:
Skoden Native Harm Reduction āServices
Contact Information: Arlene Brownā
skodenharmreduction@gmail.com
Phone Number: 760-920-6636
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-Up:
- Wednesday through Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Service area - Inyo and Mono counties
Stockton Harm Reduction Program (SHRP)
Contact Information: Harjot Virk ā harvirk@ucdavis.edu
Phone Number: 209-626-9668
Mobile Site:
- Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the corner of Church Street and Harrison Street in Stockton, CA 95203
Up North Harm Reduction
āContact Information: Aly Evirs - hello@upnorthhr.com
Phone Number: 530-638-0821
Mobile Home Delivery and Pick-Up:
- MondayāFriday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., countywide by request
Vista Community Clinic
āContact Information: Nestor Venegas ā nvenegas@vcc.org
Phone Number: 760-631-5000 ext. 7191
Mobile Site:
Mondays 9:00AM ā 3:00PM, Wednesdays 7:00AM ā 9:00AM and 1:00PM ā 5:00PM, and Fridays 1:00PM ā 6:00PM
Locations:
- Rancheros Drive off Mission Road, San Marcos CA 92069
- Capalina Road off Rancho Santa Fe Drive, San Marcos CA 92069
- West Vista Way off Emerald Drive, Vista CA 92083
- Roymar Road off Production Avenue, Oceanside CA 92058
Yuba Harm Reduction Collective (YHRC)
Contact Information: Sarah Whipple -
info@yubaharmreduction.com
Phone Number: 530-362-8163
Mobile Site:
- āMonday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the following locations:
- Sutton Way off Brunkswick Road, Grass Valley 95945
- Gates Place off E. Main Street, Grass Valley 95945
- Idaho-Maryland Road off Brunswick Road, Grass Valley 95945
- Upper Public Parking Lot off Commercial Street near York Street, Nevada City 95959
- Zio Street by Brock Road, Outside SPD Parking Lot, Nevada City 95959
- Sacramento Street off Prospect Street, Nevada City 95959
Mobile Home Deliāāāāvery and Pick-up: