Manchester overdose prevention

Community training, harm-reduction awareness, and practical referral pathways.

Manchester Overdose Prevention Collaborative is being organized to support overdose-prevention education, community training, public-health outreach, and referral coordination in Manchester and nearby communities.

If someone is in immediate danger or may be overdosing, call 911 now. This site is informational and is not an emergency, medical, legal, or crisis-counseling service.

Preparedness and referral support

Prevention work that meets people before a crisis becomes fatal.

The collaborative is being built to strengthen practical community education, safer-use awareness, and pathways into recovery, treatment, housing, and basic-needs support.

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Overdose Response

Training coordination around overdose recognition, 911 response, naloxone awareness, and practical preparedness for families and community partners.

2

Public-Health Outreach

Education on fentanyl, xylazine, safer-use conversations, stigma reduction, and how to connect people to lawful resources.

3

Referral Pathways

Planned coordination with recovery groups, outreach teams, treatment access points, and community organizations already serving Manchester residents.

Phoenix Rising elements

Guidance, family support, harm-reduction education, and partner coordination.

This site carries forward Phoenix Rising Initiative's practical recovery design: resource navigation, family-facing support, harm-reduction education, volunteer pathways, and a clear emergency boundary.

  • Resource navigation for treatment, recovery, housing, food, and document-support needs.
  • Family support for people trying to respond with safety, boundaries, and dignity.
  • Printable education resources for overdose prevention and safer-use awareness.
  • Community partner pathways for trainings, outreach, and referrals.

Planned coordination

A Manchester-based partner for Phoenix Rising Initiative prevention work.

Manchester Overdose Prevention Collaborative intends to collaborate with Phoenix Rising Initiative through community education, outreach support, overdose-prevention training coordination, and referral pathway development.

Community Trainings

Future training topics can include naloxone awareness, overdose signs, fentanyl and xylazine risk, and how to make a practical safety plan.

Recovery Guide

Plain-language next-step prompts can help people choose one realistic action instead of facing the whole system at once.

Partner Coordination

The collaborative is intended to support warm handoffs among outreach teams, recovery supports, treatment providers, and basic-needs partners.

Phoenix Rising resource style

Clear print-ready education people can actually use.

The local sites carry the same direct, practical approach used by Phoenix Rising Initiative: simple overdose-prevention education, safer-use information, and resource navigation that can be reviewed before public distribution.

Harm-reduction overview resource preview

Harm-Reduction Basics

Plain-language education for outreach tables, family conversations, and first-step support.

NARCAN education resource preview

Naloxone Awareness

Emergency-response reminders and overdose-risk education framed for community use.

Fentanyl testing strip education resource preview

Fentanyl-Test-Strip Education

Practical information that can support safer decisions and stronger referral conversations.

Organizational Status

Manchester Overdose Prevention Collaborative has been submitted through New Hampshire QuickStart and is pending state review. QuickStart business ID: 1030975. This site does not make 501(c)(3), tax-deductible donation, or established-service-history claims.

Contact

Training and partnership inquiries

Use the current GoDaddy contact form for this domain, or coordinate through Phoenix Rising Initiative while the organization is being formed.

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