Building Trust and Wellness: Our Unique Approach to Mental Health Care
Samantha Corso, Associate Director of Mental Health, shares insight on OnPoint NYC's unique approach to mental health care, and how it helps create tr...
Samantha Corso, Associate Director of Mental Health, shares insight on OnPoint NYC's unique approach to mental health care, and how it helps create tr...
OnPoint NYC’s garden, which is located in the backyard of our East Harlem center, provides staff and participants with an open space to rest, rechar...
Case management isn’t about checking boxes or pushing people through systems. It’s about loving people until they can love themselves, and helping...
Our low-threshold services—which we provide through our two Drop-In Centers in Harlem and Washington Heights—serve as the foundation for everythin...
Juan Cortez, Holistic Services Manager, shares the methodology behind our holistic services, his personal motivation for the work, and why it’s so i...
Learn how OnPoint NYC’s holistic services are not only medicine for the mind, body, and spirit, but fosters outreach, activism, and personal change....
At OnPoint NYC, one of our major public health priorities is keeping our community safe. Learn how our teams clean up and reduce discarded syringes an...
OnPoint NYC’s two drop-in centers are a major facet of our services— learn more, view photos and see them in action....
In honor of Sexual Health Awareness Month, we spoke with three of our staff members who provide sexual health services about their work and its impac...
Meet Paige Guyott, a dedicated Volunteer and Training Coordinator at OnPoint NYC, whose passion for harm reduction and community care radiates through...
“Punishing people for using drugs. First of all, it hasn’t worked.” That’s how Sam Rivera, Executive Director of OnPoint NYC, opens The Proble...
The New York Times outlines the current state of St. Mary's Park, which is often frequented by people who use drugs, and two organizations - including...
Latin American Post reports on South America's first overdose prevention center in Colombia, which signals a groundbreaking effort to curb overdoses a...
AP News reports on South America's only overdose prevention center, located in Bogata, which was visited by OnPoint NYC Exec. Director Sam Rivera. ...
New York Daily News's editorial team advocates for a wider array of investments in harm reduction services - policymakers must invest in what works. ...
Gothamist reports on the city's disbursement of opioid settlement funds, which will soon be going to a broader array of community programs....
“You don’t get [...] talked to like a person because we’re addicts,” said Shawn, an OnPoint participant. He added: “They tell you you’re w...
The Hunts Point Express reports on Bronx harm reduction organizations, noting how they are underfunded despite high overdose rates in the borough....
Filter reports on the newest Overdose Prevention Center in the country, which opened earlier this month in Providence, Rhode Island, and meets a miles...
IBrown University epidemiologist Brandon Marshall discusses his research on OPCs, which evaluates the impact of OnPoint NYC's overdose prevention cent...
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