Harm Reduction Learning Institute
DC Health

The Harm Reduction Learning Institute – reduceharmdc.org – offers providers, community leaders, and other harm reductionists free education and training covering key topics from naloxone administration and overdose response to stigma reduction and community outreach.

Your Online Resource for Harm Reduction Education and Training

The Institute features a comprehensive substantive curriculum designed to address the complex challenges surrounding substance use. These courses offer comprehensive, innovative insights and evidence-based practices that reflect the evolving landscape of harm reduction, including:

  • Harm reduction strategies for diverse populations,
  • Facilitating a healthy and productive patient-provider relationship, and
  • Opioid use and how to prevent or treat overdoses.

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Latest Trainings

  • Screening, Diagnosis, and Linkage to Care to Improve Longitudinal Care for Opioid Use Disorder and Stimulant Use Disorder

    This webinar discusses strategies to increase and improve clinicians’ capacity to provide care for people with OUD and substance use disorder (StUD), increase linkage to care and engagement across various settings, and increase equitable delivery and access to care/services among people who use drugs, as well as those previously underserved by overdose prevention programs.

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  • Equitable Care: Empowering Clinicians in Pain Management for OUD and SUD Populations

    This module provides a comprehensive understanding of pain management in individuals with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD), through exploring the physiological and psychological implications of these disorders on pain perception and management; challenges may include balancing pain relief with the risk of addiction, addressing stigma and discrimination, and navigating complex medication…

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  • DC Engage 3rd Annual Harm Reduction Conference

    This content was originally presented at the 3rd annual DC Engage Harm Reduction Conference in Washington, DC. Review the content at your own pace.

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Latest Resources

  • Community Mapping and Identifying Priority Populations for HIV Prevention and Care

    This 2023 Community Mapping Toolkit for D.C. Organizations details how visualizing health disparities can help outreach programs for HIV prevention. The toolkit explores how community mapping can support your work, what goes into creating a community map, and how to use mapping tools that are available online.

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  • TIP 63: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

    This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) reviews the use of the three Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications used to treat OUD—methadone, naltrexone, and buprenorphine—and the other strategies and services needed to support recovery for people with OUD.

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  • The Opioid Crisis and the Black/African American Population: An Urgent Issue

    This issue brief presents recent data on prevalence of opioid misuse and death rates in the Black/AA population; contextual factors & challenges to prevention & treatment; innovative outreach & engagement strategies to connect people to evidence-based treatment; and the importance of community voice.

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