Room 202

Room 202 is open every Tuesday & Thursday 9am-3pm offering lifesaving resources to those who use drugs including clean syringes, injection supplies, smoking and snorting supplies, wound care supplies, and hygiene kits along with NARCAN and fentanyl test strips.

Room 202 is a judgment-free space where people can connect with friendly faces, ask questions, and pick up free supplies to reduce their risk for disease transmission, illness, or accidental overdose, says Rebekah Willard, RN, BSN, public health nurse at the Saginaw County Health Department. Coaches from Peer 360 will be on hand as well.

As part of the health department’s harm reduction strategy, Room 202 has been in the works for months, according to Willard. It was made possible by a community-wide effort to change ordinances allowing users to exchange syringes without penalty for carrying drug paraphernalia. 

"Harm reduction" is an evidence-based approach to reducing the negative personal and public health impacts of substance use. It allows community "helpers" like the health department, police and first responders to engage very high risk and hard-to-reach individuals in comprehensive, free programs and services to prevent the spread of diseases like hepatitis and HIV, prevent overdoses, and prevent deaths.

Room 202 can be reached by phone at 989-758-3802.

Syringe Services Program
What will it do?

• Educate on harm reduction strategies when using drugs
• Provide access to items needed to use drugs more safely
• Provide Narcan and Narcan Education
• Provide Fentanyl Test strips
• Referrals to needed resources like housing, food, medical or treatment
• Referrals to our STI services and testing
• Provide wound care and hygiene supplies
• Provide access to a recovery coach

What supplies are available?     

Any item that comes in-contact with bodily fluids should only be used one time!
This can include:
Safer Injection Supplies: syringes, cookers, cotton filters, sterile water, ascorbic acid, and tourniquets (ties)

Safer snorting or smoking supplies
Straws, pipes, filters, push sticks, plastic razor, sterile surface
Any item that reduces harm for a drug user will help improve their health

Naloxone Vending Machine

A Naloxone vending machine was installed September 19th at the Saginaw County Health Department (SCHD). It is the first of its kind within the Great Lakes Bay Region and a vital tool to address the opioid crisis and the stigma of substance use.

At no charge, the vending machine dispenses: 1) fentanyl test strips to detect the presence of fentanyl in street drugs, and 2) Naloxone (also known as Narcan), a life-saving opioid overdose-reversal tool that bystanders can use to revive an individual long enough to get paramedics on the scene. These products are free to anyone — no questions asked and no identification required — Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. -5 p.m., in the SCHD lobby, 1600 N. Michigan Avenue in Saginaw.

Click here for Narcan Training Video

Naloxone Site Locations

Site	Address	Type	Location	Availability	Filled by
Big Rock Coffee & Events	226 W Broad St, Chesaning, Michigan, 48616	White Cabinet	Women's restroom & Men's Restroom	M-SAT-7:30AM-6:30PM	Face Addiction Now (FAN)
Butman-Fish Branch Library	1716 Hancock St, Saginaw, Michigan, 48602	White Cabinet		M-TH: 11AM-7PM, F-SAT: 9-5PM	Face Addiction Now (FAN)
Houghton-Jones Neighborhood Association	1708 Johnson St, Saginaw, Michigan, 49601	White Cabinet	Lobby or Office	M-THU 9AM-4PM	Face Addiction Now (FAN)
Hoyt Public Library	505 Janes Ave., Saginaw, Michigan, 48607	White Cabinet		M-TH: 9AM-8PM F-SAT: 9AM-5PM	Face Addiction Now (FAN)
MDOC-Saginaw County Parole	1835 Treanor Street, Saginaw, Michigan, 48601	Small Wall Mount	Inside the Front Doors	M-FRI-8AM-5PM	Face Addiction Now (FAN)
Michigan Department of Corrections-Probation	1931 Bagley Street, Saginaw, Michigan, 48601	Small Wall Mount	Inside the Front Doors/Vestibule	M-FRI-8AM-5PM	Face Addiction Now (FAN)
R C Zauel Memorial Library	3100 N Center Rd, Saginaw, Michigan, 48603	White Cabinet	Men's restroom & Women’s Restroom	M, T, TH: 9AM-9PM W: 12-9PM F,SAT: 9-5PM	Face Addiction Now (FAN)
Ruth Brady Wickes Library	1713 Hess Ave, Saginaw, Michigan, 48601	Small Wall Mount	By desk near AED	M-TH: 12-6PM	Face Addiction Now (FAN)
Saginaw County Health Department	1600 N Michigan Ave Saginaw MI 48602	Vending Machine	Near Elevators	M-F 8:00am- 5:00PM	SCHD
Saginaw County Courthouse	111 S Michigan Ave. Saginaw MI 48602	White Wall Cabinet	Vestibule	M-F 8:00am- 5:00PM	SCHD

This list may not be all-inclusive and is subject to change. If you have questions, are aware of additional Naloxone distribution locations, or notice any updates or inaccuracies, please contact us at 989-758-3802 or visit Room 202.