10 resources in Harm Reduction
CCAR Hartford Recovery Community Center
Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR)
Free addiction recovery support center offering peer recovery coaching, telephone recovery support, virtual support meetings, and connections to area support services. Helps people at all stages of recovery navigate the recovery community.
Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance - The Drop
Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance (CTHRA)
Drop-in center and harm reduction hub on Albany Avenue. Provides syringe services, naloxone, fentanyl test strips, RN outreach, and mobile outreach teams covering Hartford neighborhoods.
Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance - The Hub
Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance (CTHRA)
Drop-in center providing syringe services (1.1M+ sterile syringes distributed in 2024), naloxone distribution (4,379 kits in 2024), fentanyl test strips, drug checking, safe use kits, overdose prevention training, and clinical services.
CTHRA Mobile Outreach / Frontlines
Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance (CTHRA)
Street-based outreach team providing harm reduction supplies, naloxone, drug treatment referrals, and connections to services directly in Hartford neighborhoods. Mobile van removes 200,000+ used needles from streets annually.
Institute of Living - Addiction Services
Hartford HealthCare
Comprehensive addiction treatment through Hartford HealthCare's behavioral health network. Offers residential, day treatment, intensive outpatient (IOP), and standard outpatient tracks. All tracks offer medication-assisted treatment (MAT) including Suboxone, methadone, and Vivitrol.
InterCommunity - Addiction Recovery Services
InterCommunity Health Care
Outpatient substance use treatment including medication-assisted treatment (MAT), Low-Dose Buprenorphine Induction (LDBI) program, individual and group counseling, and recovery support services.
InterCommunity - Recovery House (Residential)
InterCommunity Inc.
Recovery house program providing safe, substance-free housing with 30 hours/week of group and individual therapy, psychiatric and nursing support, and peer support. Also operates a 12-bed Intermediate Enhanced long-term residential program for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
Oxford House Sherwood - Men's Sober Living
Oxford House of Connecticut
Self-run, self-supported recovery house for men recovering from alcoholism and drug addiction. Democratically operated by residents with no time limit on stay. Part of the national Oxford House network with over 4,000 locations.
Salvation Army - Adult Rehabilitation Center
The Salvation Army
Free 180-day residential rehabilitation program for adults struggling with addiction. Combines group and individual therapy, life skills training, recreational activities, work therapy, and spiritual support. Provides housing, meals, and clothing during the program.
The Hartford House - Men's Sober Living
Jeff's Sober Living
Structured sober living home for men in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Provides private bedrooms with internet and TV, on-site house manager, regular checks, and compassionate accountability in a substance-free environment.
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