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Trainings offered:

  • Harm Reduction 101 Training - This training teaches participants the basics of harm reduction, historical start, principals of harm reduction, stigma reduction, overdose prevention, and how harm reduction can benefit people who use drugs. 
  • Harm Reduction 201 Training - This training dives deeper into the practices of harm reduction, explaining the tools that programs use to reduce the risk of transmitting communicable diseases for program participants. 
  • Syringe Service Utilization Platform (SUP) Training - This training is for current harm reduction programs funded by MDHHS to report data into a collection secure system.
  • Employing People with Substance Use Lived/Living Experience (PSULE) Training - This training is geared towards organizations and individuals who employ people who have used or are still using substances. The training looks to provide guidance, best practice recommendations, hiring processes, and advocacy efforts for their staff with lived/living experiences. 

For training requests please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/g/d7rpGZsRdJ

 


MDHHS Harm Reduction and Viral Hepatitis Prevention Unit Contact Information

Email:
MDHHS-SyringeAccess@Michigan.gov 

Phone:
517-335-8165 (Monday through Friday, 8 A.M. - 5 P.M.)
517-335-9030 (After Hours and Holidays)

Mail:
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services - Harm Reduction and Viral Hepatitis Prevention Unit
333 South Grand Avenue, 4th Floor
P.O. Box 30195
Lansing, MI 48933

Listed below is the contact information for the Harm Reduction and Viral Hepatitis Prevention Unit staff members: 

Shelby Pasch                                                Mary Aguirre, DNP, RN
HR and VH Prevention Unit Manager        Harm Reduction Analyst
PaschS@Michigan.gov                                  AguirreM1@Michigan.gov 

Lauren Hodson, MPH, CPS, CPRM           Sarah Kilbride
Harm Reduction Analyst                               Viral Hepatitis Linkage to Care Coordinator
HodsonL@Michigan.gov                               KilbrideS@michigan.gov 

Teresa Juridico, MPH                                   Mary Nagy, MPH, RN
Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator       Viral Hepatitis Health Educator
WongT@Michigan.gov                                   NagyM@michigan.gov

To contact Viral Hepatitis Epidemiology Unit staff, please click here.