Syringe Access Services
We are open Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays from 1 pm to 4 pm
Help us slow the spread of COVID-19 by wearing a mask if you have one. If you do not have a mask we can provide one to you. Continue to keep everyone safe by practicing good social distancing and staying 6 feet away from others.
Our outreach team is providing Syringe Access Services and COVID-19 information in Aurora and Adams County every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. To exchange or get supplies you need, email Syringe Access or call 303.363.3077 and leave a message.
Our New Hours
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays from 1 pm to 4 pm at It Takes A Village, 1475 Lima Street, Aurora, 80010
Contact Us
Call 303-363-3077 or email Syringe Access
Safer Injection Supplies We Provide
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Services We Provide
- Syringe Disposal at It Takes A Village available Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 pm to 4 pm and during street outreach
- Overdose prevention education and Naloxone kit distribution
- Wound care education and wound care kits
- Medicaid enrollment
- Referrals to mental health and addiction services
- HIV/Hepatitis C testing, counseling, and referrals to treatment if necessary
Additional Syringe Access Services
- Get Linkage to Care coordination services for those diagnosed with HIV or AIDS. Call 303-363-3018, extension 6 or email Linkage to Care
- Fee HIV/Hepatitis C testing out in the community at different locations. You can find upcoming testing times and locations on our calendar.
Our Syringe Access Services Program was created using a Harm Reduction approach to help people who inject drugs manage their health and prevent overdose while stopping the transmission of HIV and Hepatitis C.
We do this by providing people with a safe, legal, non-judgmental place to get free injection supplies and to safely dispose of used syringes. Our staff will educate and refer those in need to a variety of community and health services. We also dispense Naloxone and provide training on how to use it to prevent an opioid overdose.
Harm Reduction is an evidence-based, client-centered approach that seeks to reduce the health and social harms associated with addiction and substance use, without necessarily requiring people who use substances from abstaining or stopping.
Included in the harm reduction approach to substance use is a series of programs, services and practices. Essential to a harm reduction approach is that it provides people who use substances a choice of how they will minimize harms through non-judgmental and non-coercive strategies in order to enhance skills and knowledge to live safer and healthier lives.
Harm reduction acknowledges that many individuals coping with addiction and problematic substance use may not be in a position to remain abstinent from their substance of choice.
The harm reduction approach provides an option for users to engage with peers, medical and social services in a non-judgmental way that will ‘meet them where they are. This allows for a health-oriented response to substance use, and it has been proven that those who engage in harm reduction services are more likely to engage in ongoing treatment as a result of accessing these services.
Some harm reduction initiatives have also reduced blood-borne illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C, and have decreased the rates of deaths due to drug overdoses.
Our street outreach team is in Aurora and in Adams county Monday through Friday and we provide:
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It Takes a Village
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Harm Reduction Team
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Harm Reduction and HIV Prevention Team
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Syringe Cleanup
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It Takes A Village
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Harm Reduction Team
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Harm Reduction Team
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It Takes a Village
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Syringe Access Services
Physical Address
1475 Lima Street
Aurora, CO 80010
Phone: 303-363-3077Emergency: 911
New Hours
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 1 pm - 4 pm