Description
June 3, 2025 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Expanding Harm Reduction Services: The Rover Program
Location: In Person at the Augusta Civic Center 76 Community Dr, Augusta, ME 04330
Description:
Harm Reduction principles are operationalized through providing materials, information, and support to people to make any positive change in their lives. The impact of these efforts is fundamentally reliant on penetration in community settings and creating opportunities to engage and build trust with the folks we serve. What strategies are working?
In this full day training we introduce our Rover Program. The Rover is a well-established, turnkey, and scalable model that can be deployed in any setting with no disruption to established services. It is a self-contained, multi-compartmental unit on wheels that is outfitted with a full range of harm reduction supplies organized into accessible compartments for efficient inventory control. Easy to navigate in and out of private and public spaces, the Rover and it’s contents can be adapted to needs/demand in any setting.
At present there are over 100 Rovers in use serving Communities in over a dozen states and Puerto Rico in a full range of clinical and non-clinical settings, including Drop-In Centers, Outpatient Treatment Programs, FQHCs, Mental Health Centers, Infectious Disease programs, Re-entry programs, VA Clinics, and more.
Introducing the Rover always serves as a catalyst for critical conversations among and between providers of services. Throughout our day together we will elicit and engage with many issues, providing technical assistance and support.
Learning Objectives:
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- Review and Share the Principles of Harm Reduction
- Introduction to the Rover & Supplies
- Review Rover implementation logistics
- Review Data Collection and Inventory Management
- Share a range of Best Practices drawn from partners who have implemented the Rover
Presenters: Mark Jenkins
The originator of the Rover, Mark has been advancing harm reduction in Connecticut and beyond for three decades. He founded the Greater Hartford Harm Reduction Coalition to deliver services and supports for people who were not being served by traditional program structures and funds. GHHRC evolved to become the Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance (CT-HRA), with services now covering roughly 50% of Connecticut. Reduce Harm, Inc. (RHI) is the natural third phase of this work, expanding efforts to support harm reduction programming across the country, with special emphasis on Black-led and rural programs. In recognition of Mark’s exceptional service leadership, he was recently honored with the Dan Bigg Memorial Award by the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
Continuing Medical Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
Contact Hours 5.5 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
5.5 Category 1 Contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
5.5 contact hours for Alcohol and Drug Counselors pending approval by the Maine Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors
5.5 contract hours CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
