Syringe Service Programs (SSPs) are effective community-based interventions that can prevent infectious diseases, link clients to treatment for substance use disorders, and can reduce overdose deaths among people who inject drugs. They do not increase illegal drug use or crime. Read more about SSPs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
SSPs offer free and anonymous services including syringes, supplies, overdose prevention resources, and other services in several communities around Vermont. Clients of SSPs are protected from our state’s paraphernalia law.
Sterile syringes are also available at pharmacies throughout Vermont without a prescription. However, individual pharmacists may choose not to sell them.
Find a Syringe Service Program
Please call before you go. Because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some services and sites normally offered by SSPs may not be available. We also recommend that you wear a cloth face mask and keep a social distance of six feet from others when you pick up your supplies. Find more information on preventing COVID-19.
See a list of services that are offered at each program
AIDS Project of Southern Vermont
Bennington, VT 05201
Phone: 802-440-6776 (if no answer, call 802-246-7147)
Howard Center Safe Recovery
HIV/HCV Resource Center
Springfield SSP- Springfield Health Center
Vermont CARES
Mobile Services (by county as available)
Not sure which program is in your area? Call 802-565.LINK and ask for a syringe service program near you or search for a program here.
Services offered by each program
All programs currently offer these services
Sterile syringes and supplies
Sharps containers
Overdose prevention training
Narcan/Naloxone overdose reversal kits
Fentanyl test strips
Harm reduction education and information
Case management
Condoms and safer sex supplies
Safer sex information
HIV and Hepatitis C prevention education
Treatment options counseling
Referrals to treatment programs
Referrals to community resources for (e.g. housing, health insurance, legal problems)
Referrals to medical care
These are the services that are available now, during the COVID-19 pandemic. More services may be offered later when it can be done safely.
Some programs are offering the Additional Services listed below
AIDS Project of Southern Vermont (Brattleboro & Bennington)
Abscess and wound care
Howard Center Safe Recovery
HIV and Hepatitis C testing
Hepatitis A and B vaccines
Abscess and wound care
Legal clinic
Treatment options counseling
Low barrier, medication-assisted treatment (buprenorphine)
HIV/HCV Resource (White River Junction & Springfield)
Safer smoking supplies
Vermont Cares (Barre, Rutland, St. Johnsbury, and mobile services covering Franklin, Grand Isle, Addison, Orleans, Lamoille, Essex, Rutland, Caledonia, Orange & Washington counties.
Safer smoking supplies
Abscess and wound care
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More Information
Vermont Operating Guidelines for Organized Community-based Safer Injection Support Programs
Vermont Statutes Related to Syringe Exchange Programs: