Program Description

  Prevention and Harm Reduction Services

Prevention and Harm Reduction Services provides a data-driven, comprehensive approach to community wellness by balancing proactive prevention with life-saving risk reduction. For families and youth, PHRS offers evidence-based initiatives like the DARE to be You parenting program, the BtheOne Youth Ambassadors leadership group, and the Adolescent Substance Use Prevention Program educational series to build coping skills and delay substance use. Simultaneously, the program prioritizes immediate safety through its Opioid Response training, Rapid Analysis (RAD) drug-checking services, and the Opioid Associated Disease Prevention Outreach Program OADPOP (formerly Syringe Services), which provides sterile equipment, overdose prevention supplies, and free infectious disease testing. Together, these services empower Montgomery County residents with the tools to prevent substance misuse and the support to navigate its impacts with dignity.