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​Harm ​Reduction Training and Technical Assistance​

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​​​​​​​Maryland Harm Reduction Training​​​​​​​​​

The Office of Overdose Prevention and Education’s Drug User Health Training and Technical Assistance provider is POINT Center MD. The POINT Center MD, a partnership between MDH and HealthHIV, is Maryland’s centralized resource hub for drug user health education and support. It provides outreach workers, community-based organizations, and service providers with accessible tools, training opportunities, and practical guidance to strengthen services for people at risk for overdose.​

  • OADPOP Academy
  • Leadership Academy
  • Naloxone Training of Trainers
  • Drug User Health Live Webinars
  • To the POINT Podcast

To learn more, visit POINT Center MD.​ If you have any questions or would like to speak with MDH staff about training, please contact Ingrid McDowell, DrPHc, MPH at ​​[email protected].

​Regroundi​​ng Our Response (ROR)​​​​​​

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​The Regrounding Our Response (ROR) Training Series advances w​orkforce development, reduces stigma,  increases understanding of trauma and trauma-informed approaches, and supports increased linkages to behavioral health and quality care for people who use drugs. The ROR workforce development program supports the training of Master Presenters to sustainably disseminate inf​​ormation to the broader community and federally qualified health centers. ROR also measures community, workforce, and Master Presenter stigma levels using the Shatterproof Addiction Stigma Index (SASI). 

Visit the Regrounding Our Response website for free, on-demand training:

For technical assistance or more information, please email [email protected]​​ov​​​.​​​​​

Bold Initiative

The Bold Initiative supports overdose prevention and leadership development for people who use drugs. This initiative also seeks to address overdose variances in communities throughout Maryland. The initiative focuses on the creation of a trauma-informed training series tailored for outreach workers and providers who serve communities of people who use drugs. The initiative creates innovative interventions like the Peer Leadership Development Training, Youth Peer Prevention Curriculum, Maternal Health Curriculum, and Overdose Prevention for Seniors Curriculum to specifically address the structural issues that hinder communities from accessing and retaining the lifesaving services provided by the state of Maryland. For more information, please email​ [email protected]​.​​​​​​

Wound Care and Comprehensive Care​​ for PWUD​​​

Free in-person or virtual ​wound care training is available for clinical staff, and basic first aid and medical training is available for non-clinical staff. ​For more information or inquiries, please email [email protected]​​.​​​​

Wound Care Reso​​​​urces​​​​

​Opioid ​​Response Netw​​ork

​Boston Me​​​dical Center's Grayken Center for Addiction Training & Technical Assistance

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​​Scottish Wound Care Gu​​ide PWID

​Dept of Public Health: City of Phila​delphia

​​The Center for Forensic Scie​nce Research and Information

Substance Us​​e Philly

National Heal​​thcare for the Homeless Council​

​Portland Stre​​et Medicine

Thomas Jefferson University

​Wound Ca​​re Videos

This video content was co-created by MDH and the Maryland Harm Reduction Training Institute (MaHRTI), which is part of Behavioral Health System Baltimore, Inc. (BHSB). Click the stacked bars icon at the top-right of the embedded content to see all six videos in each playlist. The collection of wound care videos include and are suggested to watch in the following order:

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Wound Care Videos (English)

Cuidado de Heridas (Español)

​Page content last u​pdated July 20, 2026. Page contact: [email protected]​​​​