Overdose Prevention Trainings and Events

Free Statewide Overdose Prevention Trainings

Anyone can be trained in overdose prevention. By the end of a training, participants are able to:

  • List the benefits of the New York State 911 Good Samaritan Law including the importance of calling emergency medical services;
  • State the signs and symptoms of an opioid overdose;
  • Review the steps on how to respond to an overdose and administer naloxone; and
  • State where to get naloxone, and how to access naloxone using the cost-saving program Naloxone Co-payment Assistance Program (N-CAP).

Previous Statewide Overdose Awareness Press Releases:

Training and Overdose Awareness Events by Regions

Statewide

Registration and event details are the sole responsibility of the program

Central NY/Syracuse Region

Finger Lakes/Rochester Region

  • Clinton Family Health Center - first Friday each month (English and Spanish), 1:00 - 2:00 PM at 293 Upper Falls Blvd., Rochester, NY 14605 - Rosa Camacho (585) 922-0251
  • Monroe County Dept. of Public Health - first Wednesday each month, 9:00 - 10:00 AM and 4:00 - 5:00 PM at 111 Westfall Rd., Rm. 142, Rochester, NY 14620
  • Monroe County Office of Mental Health, 1099 Jay Street, Bldg. J, 3rd Fl., Rochester, NY 14611 - mdoherty@ccsi.org (585) 753-2614
  • Catholic Family Center/Restart - second Thursday each month, 2:00 - 3:00 PM at 79 N. Clinton St., Rochester, NY 14604 - Sametrius Brigham (585) 546-7220, x5054
  • Huther Doyle - third Friday each month at 360 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604; Mayra Rodriguez (585) 325-5100
  • Trillium Health Virtual Community Narcan Training - third Saturday each month

Lower/Mid- Hudson Region

Westchester County

8th Annual REACH at the BEACH: Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 3:99 - 7:00 PM, Rye Town Park/Oakland Beach, Rye, NY. To purchase tickets or donate, visit www.jamesprojectreach.org

  • Ardsley Ambulance - two times each month at 19 American Legion Drive
    Ardsley, NY 10502, Tony Sari (914) 494-1402
  • HRHCare Community Health - third Monday each month at 75 Washington Street
    Lower Level Large Conference Room, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, Margie Stickles (845) 790-7990 ext. 66011
  • New Paltz Opioid Overdose Prevention & Response Team - www.opioidpreventionnp.org, Phoenix at (845) 256-5014

Dutchess County

  • Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health - fourth Wednesday each month, virtual at 4:30 - 5:30 PM, Lori Levine (845) 486-2844 or text to (845) 243-4428
  • National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence Westchester, Inc. - (914) 949-8500

Nassau/Suffolk Region

  • Family and Children's Association on-demand, (516) 935-6858 x5213; Nicholle Vasselman
  • Nassau County Department of Human Services Office of Mental Health, Chemical Dependency and Developmental Disabilities Services call to schedule, (516) 227-7057
  • Community Action for Social Justice on-demand, (866) 599-7260; Nichole Chimento

New York City

  • NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene - Find naloxone and community opioid overdose trainings
  • Alliance's Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center - English and Spanish at 25 Allen Street New York, NY 10002, Reilly Glasgow (212) 226-6333 ext. 146
  • South Beach Addiction Treatment Center - last Wednesday each month, 10:00 AM; Binu Thomas at (718) 667-2772
  • Washington Heights CORNER Project - Tuesday & Thursday each month, 1:00 PM; 212-923-7600 ext. 121
  • Community Health Action of Staten Island request by email Jamie.Longo@chasiny.org
  • Gay Men's Health Crisis Opioid Overdose Prevention Program every Thursday at 3:00 - 4:00 PM, 446 West 33rd Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10001
  • Harlem United, first Monday each month at 2:00 - 3:00 PM, 290 Lenox Ave., Lower Level, New York, NY 10027 ; Anthony Cousins (212) 289-2378 x1277
  • Housing Works - every Friday at 2:00 - 4:00 PM, Cylar House Harm Reduction, 743-749 E 9th Street , (212) 677-7999 x4507 or x4506
  • Brooklyn Public Library - Greenpoint Branch - Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00 - 7:30 PM, 107 Norman Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222 , : 718-389-4394, https://discover.bklynlibrary.org/?event=true&search=narcan

Northeastern NY/Albany Region

  • Saratoga County Department of Health, 6012 County Farm Road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020, https://www.saratogacountyny.gov/Narcan/
  • Saratoga County Jail - third Thursday each month, 6010 County Farm Rd, Ballston Spa, NY 12020 ; (518) 281-8389 or Lieutenant Sean Connolly (518) 885-2478
  • Rensselaer County - Naloxone Now - text the word "Narcan" to 21000 to arrange for curbside delivery
  • St. Lawrence County residents email narcan@stlawco.org

Western NY/Buffalo Region