Syringe Service Program
Walk In Locations & Hours
Saint Johnsbury, VT
1091 Hospital Drive, St. J
Every Thursday 11am to 2pm
802-748-6802
Rutland, VT
The Howe Center, 1 Scale Ave
Building 18, Suite 103, 1st Floor
Every Wednesday 9am to 3pm
802-775-5884
Barre, VT
Hosted by the People’s Health and Wellness Center
553 North Main Street
Every Monday 1pm to 3pm
802-371-6222
Mobile by Appt. Only
We serve as many towns as we are able in Washington, Franklin, Grand Isle, Addison, Orleans, Lamoille, Essex, Rutland & Caledonia counties.
802-345-4601
How It Works
- Become a member. It’s free and completely anonymous.
- Complete a short intake with an outreach worker.
- Bring your used syringes with you, if you’ve been storing them.
- Receive a start-up kit of up to 100 new syringes & works bags with cottons, cookers, preps, sterile water and ties.
- After initial visit, you will receive a clean syringe for every used one you return, if feasible. We strive to get back 100% of what we give out.
- Give us a call when you are ready to schedule a time to meet for your next exchange. When you call have your member ID handy and let the worker know how many you’ll be exchanging.
- Return used syringes in the hard container that we will provide. Please remove all trash from containers!!
Available Services
- Clean needles & safe injection supplies
- Pre-arranged mobile exchanges in select areas of Vermont
- On-site walk in hours in Rutland, St. Johnsbury and Barre
- Free disposal
- Overdose prevention education
- Overdose reversal kits (Narcan)
- Treatment option counseling
- Referrals to treatment
- Free immunization clinics (currently in Rutland only)
- Free & anonymous HIV & HCV Testing
- Assistance with HCV treatment questions and referrals
- Free condoms and other safer sex supplies
- PrEP counseling and referrals (PrEP is medication that can greatly reduce HIV risk)
- Personal care items
