Kelowna, BC develops culturally appropriate recovery services with Indigenous Harm Reduction pilot
Kelowna, BC Indigenous Harm Reduction Culturally Appropriate
The knknxtəwix̌ - We Walk Hand in Hand - program received CAD 662,433 from the national Substance Use and Addictions Program. This two-year pilot recruits Indigenous community members with substance use experiences as peer navigators. These trained mentors work with social work clients of similar backgrounds on harm reduction techniques. Kelowna will also develop a mobile Indigenous Harm Reduction Team and a decolonizing substance use day program.
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Indigenous harm reduction program coming to Kelowna | City of Kelowna
News ReleaseThe City of Kelowna has received $662,433 in funding from the Government of Canada through Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP). This funding will support a new program that seeks to grow cultural safety within harm reduction services, and reduce the stigma and racism faced by Indigenous peoples and other communities that are marginalized in
Federal funding supports Indigenous harm reduction program in Kelowna - Kelowna Capital News
The city has received $662,433 through Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program
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