Harm reduction program: lost dreams awakening - recovery communityorganization - the lost dreams awakening (LDA) organization manages over 10,000 visits per year, serving 2,498 unique individuals…

Harm reduction program: lost dreams awakening - recovery communityorganization - the lost dreams awakening (LDA) organization manages over 10,000 visits per year, serving 2,498 unique individuals and serves a community of people in recovery from substance use disorder who envision a world where recovery is understood and promoted. Our purpose is to increase access to care and support, and the resources needed to for long-term recovery. LDA serves multiple counties and sits on the border of and allegheny counties. LDA recovery community center (RCC) is a westmoreland recovery-oriented sanctuary anchored in the heart of the community. Since 2014 LDA has been a recognized resource across the state due to successes such as training over 1,000 peer recovery coaches between 2015-2021. As of february 6, 2022, westmoreland county where LDA is located is a designated high intensity drug trafficking area (HIDTA) by the white house's office of drug control policy, making IT a priority area for LDA's harm reduction program. LDA aims to serve a minimum total of 9,000 individuals over the three-year project. The project has four primary approaches for providing harm reduction services in its catchment: (1) conducting community outreach, (2) providing screening services, (3) increasing awareness and decreasing stigma, and (4) providing service navigation to increase access to care and decrease overdoses. These approaches support our goals of increasing availability and access to OUD/SUD harm reduction services, decreasing the challenges faced in high intensity drug trafficking areas, and decreasing stigma related to recovery and harm reduction.