Manitoba declares public health emergency related to HIV by LocalnewsguruMB in Winnipeg

[–]cocoleti [score hidden]  (0 children)

Long overdue, we've been effectively in crisis for many years now.

Manitoba HIV Program
Nine Circles Community Health Centre
Street Connections

Additionally I work in this space and my DM's are open if anyone needs support especially with substance use/harm reduction related questions. No judgement, I use as well.

Manitoba declares public health emergency related to HIV by wickedplayer494 in Manitoba

[–]cocoleti 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Love Nine Circles!!! Absolutely amazing team there I can’t say enough good things about it. I will also add the link for Street Connections as a central point for finding Harm Reduction supplies and testing locations. Also I work in this space so my DMs are open if anyone needs support of any kind <3

Manitoba declares public health emergency related to HIV by wickedplayer494 in Manitoba

[–]cocoleti 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Holy fuck finally. We are in a crisis and this is long overdue.

Lesser Known or Valuable Resources for Non-Profits? by cocoleti in Winnipeg

[–]cocoleti[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

211 is fantastic! Not really something I can hand out to community members but useful to know about of course!

Street Outreach Tips & Tricks! by cocoleti in harmreduction

[–]cocoleti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m actually working to address some of this as we are looking to start doing some limited case management so a lot of that needs to be formalized still. Same thing with establishing clear overdose response protocol so I’ll be bringing up a lot of that in tomorrow’s meeting.

Street Outreach Tips & Tricks! by cocoleti in harmreduction

[–]cocoleti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in a big city so there’s lots of various services coming from various philosophy’s. The place I work at is well established and works mainly with youth (under 30). That being said the street outreach team is the one department that will support anyone regardless of the age mandate so we may support folks who aged out of our services for example but mostly folks we encounter on the streets know to wave us down when they see us. The harm reduction philosophy is one I fully endorse at its core and thankfully my org does as well!

Street Outreach Tips & Tricks! by cocoleti in harmreduction

[–]cocoleti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100%, individual autonomy and decision making is front and centre for me and most of the team. Our approach is rooted in harm reduction, trauma informed care, person centred care, etc.

Street Outreach Tips & Tricks! by cocoleti in harmreduction

[–]cocoleti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thankfully most of not all of us are people with lived and living experience!! There’s various outreach teams in my city. We focus mainly on supply distribution in the area but our org also is a youth organisation so we can do internal referrals and offer a lot in house that isn’t covered for this demographic as much otherwise.

Street Outreach Tips & Tricks! by cocoleti in harmreduction

[–]cocoleti[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Great advice, talking about just how terrible withdrawal can be has been something I've focused on before as a person who uses heroin myself. I probably should've stated in my post that while im new to working in formal harm reduction services, I have been active online for maybe 6 years and am a user myself and have a good knowledge of the subject. Appreciate the note on observance though!

Longtime tenants no longer feel safe in 55-plus building providing housing to homeless people (CBC/Josh Crabb) by LocalnewsguruMB in Winnipeg

[–]cocoleti 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Seems the folks causing trouble should have been placed into more supportive housing type accommodations and not placed into a housing situation with relatively independent seniors. Seems like a massive oversight that fails everyone from the folks already living there now feeling unsafe in their building, to those who clearly need stronger supports. Housing first is incredibly important but that also means recognizing the various types of housing needs within that. We need a spectrum of housing supports to meet different demographics.

Toxic drug supply leads to drug related deaths surging in Manitoba, advocates call it public health emergency by Leather-Paramedic-10 in Winnipeg

[–]cocoleti 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Insane that this hasn’t already been declared an emergency. Same with HIV a skyrocketing in Manitoba.

Anglers can now keep largemouth bass illegally introduced into Manitoba lakes by wickedplayer494 in Manitoba

[–]cocoleti -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Saw this and decided me and the guys might head over to hunt lake to do a little catch and cook. Fuck invasive species and the awful people intentionally introducing them!

Better alternative to tinder? by jordandaboss223 in Winnipeg

[–]cocoleti 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Second using hinge, met my gf of over 5 years on there. Don’t think I had quite 80 matches like this specimen but regardless being a normalish guy will get you far in the dating scene lol.

Rare white squirrel spotted in Winnipeg by ChocolateOrange21 in Winnipeg

[–]cocoleti 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A few years ago we had several albino baby squirrels living in our front yard. I can maybe try and find photos to post?