Evers Pharmacy at CitiWide Harm Reduction
 In this three part edition of “Sex Drugs and Harm Reduction” Angela McKenzie presents another great milestone for CitiWide Harm Reduction - that is the launch of Evers Pharmacy right next door to the HELP/PSI Health and Wellness Center at CitiWide.
In the first segment, CitiWide's Executive Director Robert Cordero talks about the winning attributes that helped Evers secure partnership with CitiWide and he also gives a preview of the agency's impending physical expansion
In the second segment Evers' co-owner and head Pharmacist Bobby Rallakis explains how Evers will serve CitiWide participants and the greater South Bronx community with “total care, total patience and total confidence” and in the final segment CitiWide Participant Maya talks about the positive impact having all her healthcare and pharmaceutical needs under one roof will have on her overall mental and physical well-being.
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Syringe Exchange and Health Clinic for Drug Users Expands in Mott Haven
 MOTT HAVEN — At certain hours, a visitor to the CitiWide Harm Reduction center on East 144th Street could be forgiven for mistaking the syringe exchange and health clinic for a clubhouse.
The center’s clients, most of them active drug users and many of them homeless and suffering from chronic illnesses, can shower, do laundry, watch TV or eat a hot meal at the site, in addition to receiving counseling, medical treatment and sterile syringes.
Beginning next week, they will also be able to fill their prescriptions at a new in-house pharmacy.
When construction finishes this summer on a 4,000-square-foot suite of offices and meeting rooms on the building’s third floor, clients will be able to check email, join support groups, dine at a mini-café and get free haircuts.
“We just want to make life a little easier for them,” said Roxanna Solano, a nurse at the center’s health clinic which opened last month and is run by HELP/PSI, a medical provider that specializes in treating drug users and people with HIV. Read more
Image: Edward Harris, a client at CitiWide Harm Reduction since 1996, said the center is "like home." (DNAinfo/Patrick Wall)
CitiWide Casino Night Benefit on July 14th
 Join the CitiWide Harm Reduction community for a casino night benefit where you can play the craps table, roulette, blackjack & poker for a great cause! ENJOY ”refreshments”, hors d’oeuvres and cool jazz on a hot night. ATTIRE Flapper dresses, evening dresses, boas, long pearl necklaces, fans • Zoot suits, black or white ties on a black shirt, spats (white canvas or vinyl shoe covers) fedoras.
WHEN & WHERE
Starting at 5:00pm, on the evening of Saturday, July the fourteenth 2012, arrive at 226 East 144th Street (between Rider and Canal) Bronx, NY and proceed to the 3rd floor - mention “Harm Reduction” to gain access to the South Bronx Speakeasy. (Close to 2/4/5 subway stop at Grand Concourse & 149th Street • Parking garage available at 144th Street & Rider Ave.)
HOW IT WORKS
All proceeds will benefit CitiWide Harm Reduction’s new 3rd floor drop-in center programs & services. Contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. When you arrive you will receive play money. Additional play money is available for a donation. Before the end of the night you can exchange the play money you have won for raffle tickets. We will then raffle off fun prizes and bootleg goods if we don’t get raided!
TICKETS
Tickets start at $100 per person. Table sponsorships start at $500 and event sponsorships start at $1,000. SELECT Sponsorship Level and then click on BUY NOW to purchase event tickets and sponsorships online through Google Checkout or call (718) 292-7718 ex. 221 Download the PDF Sponsor Form
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HELP/PSI Health and Wellness Center at CitiWide Harm Reduction
 Congressman José Serrano Cuts The Ribbon At The Health Center Grand Opening
This edition of "Sex Drugs and Harm Reduction" puts the spotlight on the launching of our brand new HELP/PSI Health and Wellness Center at CitiWide Harm Reduction. Presenter Angela McKenzie sits down with CitiWide's Executive Director, Robert Cordero and Paul Vitale, HELP/PSI's President and CEO to discuss how this formidable partnership will improve the quality of life for CitiWide Participants and the South Bronx community. She also chats with CitiWide Participant Juan who resolves to remain clean and sober and believes that the services of the Health and Wellness Center will help him to achieve the physical and mental health he needs to achieve his goals. Today's podcast is hosted by Julie Pena, Director of Human Services at CitiWide.
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Annual Report 2011
 THIS PAST YEAR was a time of transformation at CitiWide Harm Reduction. Starting with our 15th anniversary celebration and the renaming of our syringe exchange to the Brian Weil Syringe Access Program- in honor of CitiWide’s founder who passed away in 1996- we embarked upon a strategic planning process to create a roadmap for our efforts to improve the lives of active drug users. The result of vigorous input from stakeholders is an ambitious 3-year plan to become a leading and sustainable harm reduction program that meets the complex needs of the program participants we serve who are impacted by homelessness, addiction, illness, and, oftentimes, isolation.
Please enjoy the beautiful stories of CitiWide’s participants and our community partners in this 2011 annual report as we work together to improve the health, social and economic status of active drug users in New York City. Your continued support is vital to making this happen each and every day at CitiWide…
CitiWide Harm Reduction Strategic Plan 2011-2013
 We are pleased to present the CitiWide Harm Reduction Strategic Plan 2011-2013 as a guide for our development over the next three years. We look forward to working together to achieve the vision of this strategic plan to become a leading and sustainable harm reduction model that meets the needs of marginalized active drug users.
This is CitiWide
You’re about to get a look at our world. It’s a world for drug users. They’re poor and sometimes homeless; black and Latino; many living with HIV and/or hepatitis C; gay, straight and transgender; trying to quit drugs or just trying to stay alive and healthy while they use. It’s a world that accepts people on their own terms and understands that change comes not from punishing people and shutting them out but loving them as they are. And it’s a world where clean syringes for injection-drug users, which are proven to prevent further HIV and hepatitis C infections, are just the start of how we take care of one another.
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Did you know?
- Syringe exchange is cost effective: HIV treatment costs roughly $40,000 a year, while a clean syringe costs ten cents.
- 75% of CitiWide participants are initially homeless or unstabily housed at the time of enrollment.
- CitiWide HOME program saves the city money: Average rent on an apartment for participants is $1,100 monthly, while an average SRO unit costs $1,500.
- The Bronx leads New York City in new cases of HIV infection from needle-sharing among drug users.
- HIV and Hepatitis C related deaths are highest among African-Americans and Latinos, among injection drug users, and for Bronx residents.
- An estimated 135,000 injection drug users and over 100,000 people living with HIV/AIDS live in New York City.
- Together we have the power to ACT.
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