About Us
Our Story
Founded in 2021, the PA Harm Reduction Network is a statewide, grassroots nonprofit working to prevent overdose deaths and advance compassionate, evidence-based drug policies across Pennsylvania. Our work is guided by people with lived and living experience of substance use, recovery, overdose loss, and the systems our communities are working to change.
Through legislative advocacy, public education, training, community organizing, and coalition building, PAHRN brings together impacted individuals, families, healthcare professionals, service providers, and advocates to create lasting change. We believe every person deserves dignity, access to lifesaving resources, and a meaningful voice in the policies and funding decisions that affect their lives.
Our Mission
The PA Harm Reduction Network serves to organize and build power across Pennsylvania to end overdose deaths, drug-use related incarceration, the spread of HIV and HCV, and the many other harms inflicted upon people who use drugs in PA and those who love them. PAHRN works for change through collaboration, advocacy, public education, information sharing, and supporting access to harm reduction resources & supplies.
Our Vision
The PA Harm Reduction Network envisions a future where Pennsylvanians who use drugs are treated with dignity and compassion, and our drug policies are built on principles of equity, self-determination, bodily autonomy, and public health.
Thank You to Our Partners
PA Harm Reduction Network’s growth and statewide impact have been made possible through the support of public-health leaders, foundations, government agencies, and civil-rights organizations that believe in community-driven change.
We are grateful to our past funding partners for investing in overdose prevention, education, advocacy, organizational capacity, and the health and dignity of people who use drugs.
Transparency
PA Harm Reduction Network is committed to transparency and accountability in all that we do. As a nonprofit organization recognized by the IRS as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3), we make our financial information publicly available.
If you have any questions about our financials, please contact us. We’re happy to provide additional information.