Harm Reduction Institute

Harm Reduction Institute is a nonprofit organization that acts exclusively as a sub-recipient on federal grant awards related to opioid response and harm reduction programming, with no prime contracting or grant-recipient footprint in recent federal records.

The organization operates entirely within the substance abuse and mental health services space, serving as a sub-recipient on three federal grants over the past three years, all under the Department of Health and Human Services. Two awards derive from the State Opioid Response Grant program administered by the California Department of Health Care Services (September 2022 and March 2023), and one from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Building Community Capacity through Community Behavioral Health Organizations program administered through the National Council for Behavioral Health (November 2023). Under the CDC-funded award, Harm Reduction Institute was one of up to twenty-four selected organizations to implement evidence-based and promising strategies for harm reduction and overdose prevention. The grant scope included operating novel and innovative harm reduction and overdose prevention treatment services for people who use drugs, participating in cohort learning, training, and technical assistance activities, and supporting project evaluation through mid-year and final reporting. Combined obligated dollars across all three awards total $546 thousand, with the most recent award issued in November 2023. Activity is minimal — one award in 2022, two in 2023, and no recorded activity since November 2023. All customer agencies are divisions within the Department of Health and Human Services; the organization has not competed for or held prime grant awards, contract vehicles, or task orders in the source data window.