Van Nuys
Near Van Nuys Courthouse, Corner of Delano & Sylvan
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.
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.
CHPLA responds to the ever-changing health needs of our community, filling gaps within the system.
See the work we doHow 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.
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.
Hollywood
LGBT Center Parking Lot (in back)
1625 N Schrader Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
Pomona
Pomona Library
625 S Garey Ave, Pomona, CA 91766
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.
Did you know?
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- Sex Work and Harm Reduction
Healthcare for People Who Use Drugs #1 – Introduction
The opening episode of CHPLA's peer-made video series introducing how people who use drugs can navigate the healthcare system with dignity.
Learn moreNext 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
Learn moreMedications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)
Compares methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone for treating opioid use disorder and lists where to access MOUD across LA County.
Learn moreCHPLA Drop-In Menu
A menu of the free supplies and services CHPLA offers at drop-in, including health, injection, smoking/snorting, hygiene and wound-care kits, naloxone, and more
Learn moreSex Work and Harm Reduction
Explains what sex work encompasses, how the SESTA/FOSTA laws increased risk for sex workers, and the harm reduction interventions and resources that support people in the sex trade.
Learn moreDrug 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.
Learn more
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