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​Harm ​Reduction Training and Technical Assistance​

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

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​The Maryland Department of Health Behavioral Health Administration Office of Harm Reduction partners wi​th the Maryland Harm Reduction Training Institute (MaHRTI) to build the capacity of Maryland's harm reduction workforce to provide optimal services to pe​ople who use drugs. For more information visit mahrti.org​​ or contact mahrti@bhsbaltimore.org. ​​

The MaHRTI website includes live and on-demand courses, a technical assistance request form, and a harm reduction resource library. ​There are a wide variety of online trainings available with information about providing compassionate, effective services to people who use drugs.​ 

Free trainings​ include:

  • Harm Reduction 101
  • Stigma, Trauma and People Who Use Drugs
  • Outreach and Engagement of People Who Use Drugs
  • De-escalation and Conflict Management
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Overdose Response Programs
  • ​​Fentanyl Test Strips
  • And More!​​

​Regrounding 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 ingrid.mcdowell@maryland.g​​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​ leslie.janeen@maryland.gov​.​​​​

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. On-demand wound care training and harm reduction courses are on MaHRTI’s website. For more information or inquiries, please email elizabeth.spradley@maryland.gov​​.​​​​

Wound Care Reso​​​​urces​​​​

Mar​​yland Harm Re​​duction Training Institute (MaHRTI)

​Opioid ​​Response Netw​​ork

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

​​​​NEXT Distro

​​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

​Page content last checked May 16, 2025. Page contact: mdh.access@maryland.gov​