Projects

The Supporting Harm Reduction Programs (SHaRP) Team at University of Washington works with harm reduction programs and their partners around the United States to improve services through monitoring and evaluation, research, and more.

Technical Assistance

The SHaRP team offers free data, monitoring, and evaluation technical assistance to harm reduction organizations and their partners. The SHaRP team has expertise in a variety of areas, including academic research and statistical analysis, and program management-related experience like grant writing, direct services documentation, and program evaluation. We work with everyone, from new programs building out systems for the first time to established organizations seeking support for re-vamping their existing systems.

The SHaRP team also publishes guidance for good practices in harm reduction monitoring and evaluation. You can find these resources here.

Project NEXUS

Between 2019 and 2023, the SHaRP team was responsible for coordinating and administering the first two stages of the CDC-funded Needle Exchange Utilization Survey (Project NEXUS). Learn more about Project NEXUS here.

Dave Purchase Memorial Survey

In 2022, the SHaRP team conducted and analyzed data from the Dave Purchase Memorial Survey, a nationwide survey of syringe services programs in the United States. Learn more here.

COVID-19 Research

The SHaRP Team conducted research about the impact of COVID-19 on syringe services programs (SSPs) and published the first paper documenting the immediate challenges faced by SSPs early in the pandemic. Learn more here.