FLASH (FLorida Access to Syringe and Health services)
Under Florida Statute, each county may designate a single syringe service provider (SSP) by ordinance. As Palm Beach County, Florida’s Mobile Syringe & Health Service Program, FLASH provides syringe exchange services to any person who uses syringes, provides harm reduction and other services to people who use drugs (PWUD), and reduces the spread of infectious diseases through education, screening, and navigation. The primary goal of the FLASH Exchange is to provide harm reduction and sterile syringe exchange services to people who use drugs (PWUD), an underserved population that includes many individuals experiencing homelessness and others living below the federal poverty level. Services will include the exchange of sterile syringes for used ones (i.e., one-to-one exchange, negotiated exchange, etc.); free anonymous and/or confidential HIV and HCV testing; intensive linkage to HIV & HCV treatment services and participant tailored patient navigation; referrals to Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment services, SUD recovery support services, community Naloxone distribution, and basic wound care.
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