Naloxone, health supplies, and care for people in LA

For more than 30 years, we’ve worked to keep our community alive, safe, and connected. We provide survival supplies, naloxone, education, and linkage to treatment and services for whoever needs it. No judgement, just care.

About our work

Programs that meet you where you're at

Care looks different for everyone. Our programs cover overdose response, training, treatment, case management, and safer-use supplies. Use as many or as few services as you need.
  • Get Naloxone & Training

    Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND)

    Free naloxone and the training to use it, so you can reverse an overdose and keep the people around you alive.

  • Find Treatment

    Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) / Health Navigation

    We'll help you navigate your options for reducing or quitting opioids, stimulants, alcohol, tobacco, or cannabis and work with you to coordinate treatment on your own timeline.

  • Intensive Case Management

    Let Everyone Advance With Dignity (LEAD)

    Referral based one-on-one support to navigate housing, health care, and the services you're entitled to. For people navigating the criminal/legal system.

  • Get Supplies

    Syringe Service Program (SSP)

    The heart of CHPLA. Safer-use and health supplies with no ID and no exchange required, plus a door to everything else we offer.

Explore our programs

CHPLA responds to the ever-changing health needs of our community, filling gaps within the system.

See the work we do

How we show up for our community

For more than three decades, we've cared for our neighbors across LA County. Here's how that work takes shape.

Explore our work

Find us near you

We're out across LA County most days of the week. Find a Syringe Services Program (SSP) or Naloxone Access Point (NAP) site that work for you, and come as you are.

See the full schedule

Resources to help you stay safe, alive, and healthy

Practical guides and harm reduction information you can use, whether or not you ever walk through our doors.

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  • Healthcare for People Who Use Drugs #2 – How to Talk to the Doc

    Peer tips on having honest, judgment-free conversations with doctors and nurses about your drug use.

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  • Healthcare for People Who Use Drugs #5 – The Waiting Room

    What to expect, and how to cope, while waiting to be seen in a clinic waiting room.

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  • Next Distro Fentanyl Testing Strips

    Checking drugs for fentanyl: myths vs. facts about fentanyl and test strips, when and how to use them, and where to get them. Not all testing strips are the same, so always review the instructions

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  • Drug War History

    An interactive timeline tracing U.S. drug policy from the racially targeted anti-drug laws of the 1870s through Nixon's War on Drugs to today's decriminalization and overdose-prevention efforts.

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  • SPA 4: Resources for Metropolitan Los Angeles

    This includes the communities of Boyle Heights, Central City, Downtown LA, Echo Park, El Sereno, Hollywood, Mid-City Wilshire, Monterey Hills, Mount Washington, Silverlake, West Hollywood, and Westlake.

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  • CHPLA menú de servicios sin cita

    Spanish-language version of CHPLA's drop-in menu listing the free supplies and services available without an appointment.

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Are you a program in need of supplies?

If you run a program that distributes naloxone or safer-use supplies, our Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) team can help you stock up and train your staff.

Go to OEND