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Phoenix Center outlines countywide prevention, enforcement and harm‑reduction programs
Summary
Representatives from the Phoenix Center told the Greenville County Council Communications Governmental Affairs Committee about prevention programs, a mobile education unit, youth curricula, enforcement checks and naloxone distribution, and provided local performance figures and outreach totals.
Representatives from the Phoenix Center told the Greenville County Council Communications Governmental Affairs Committee about the nonprofit’s prevention, enforcement and harm‑reduction programs during a committee meeting. Phoenix Center leaders described a mobile education unit, youth curricula, merchant education for alcohol and tobacco sellers, monthly compliance checks and community naloxone distribution.
The Phoenix Center’s programs aim to prevent or delay substance use, reduce harms for people who use substances, and provide community education and enforcement. “One thing we'd like people to know is about 95 percent of folks who come through our services have a history of trauma and we are trying not to re‑traumatize people,” said Jessica Owens, chief operating…
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