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Southern Colorado Harm Reduction (SCARA) outlines services, neighborhood concerns at council hearing
Summary
SCARA leaders and clients briefed the council on Aug. 18 about services including syringe exchange, showers, clothing bank, AccuDetox, reentry wages housing and jail programming. Presenters acknowledged neighborhood needle litter concerns and said staff will start community cleanup patrols and outreach to schools.
Laurie Stalser, interim executive director of Southern Colorado Harm Reduction (SCARA), and program staff described the nonprofit’s wellness center and harm-reduction services to the Pueblo City Council on Aug. 18, 2025, and answered questions from council members and neighbors.
Stalser introduced programs that operate at SCARA’s Northern–Abriendo wellness center, including syringe access, showers, a clothing bank, a digital lab for job search support, an LGBTQ youth resource day, AccuDetox ear-needle therapy for withdrawal and anxiety, and WAGES (Work, Gain, Education, Employment, Skills), a reentry and transitional housing program. Program director Erica Beverly described outreach to landlords and employers,…
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