Operation In My Back Yard

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Operation In My Back Yard

Operation In My Back Yard (OPIMBY) provides street-based harm reduction outreach, hot meals, basic wound care, and overdose prevention supplies—such as Naloxone and test strips—to individuals struggling with homelessness and substance use disorders

Grants Awarded

Harm Reduction Outreach

Year Awarded:
2023
Grant Program:
Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund
Grant Amount:
$100,000

Operation In My Back Yard was funded to provide harm reduction outreach, naloxone and safer-use supplies, meals, wound care, benefits navigation, referrals to health care, housing and treatment, drug-trend education, and community cleanups in Kensington.