The key to keeping people who use drugs meaningfully connected in their communities, with access to disease prevention and health services, and to reduce recidivism rates is to treat every person, regardless of their circumstance or condition, with dignity and respect.

The key to keeping people who use drugs meaningfully connected in their communities, with access to disease prevention and health services, and to reduce recidivism rates is to treat every person, regardless of their circumstance or condition, with dignity and respect.

IRA’s nonjudgmental approach allows our members to move through a process of self-discovery and self-empowerment at their own pace (this is based off the behavioral theory “stages of change”).

By developing relationships based on honesty, community, tolerance and cooperation, our staff and volunteers help clients live healthier and more fulfilling lives, while raising the health and safety index of the community.

One of our most important functions is to serve as an access point for the many other services we provide directly or to refer to our numerous community partners

What We’re Doing

Exchanging syringes is actually a very small part of what we are doing (though it is important in that it gives us access to a hard to reach, criminalized and stigmatized population). Our of our most important functions is to serve as an access point for the many other services we provide directly or to refer to our numerous community partners, such as Volunteers in Medicine, Amethyst House, Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, Centerstone, Stepping Stones, Monroe County Health Department, Keystone Interventions, Shalom, Positive Link, IU Health, Courage To Change Sober Living, Restorative Solutions, Indianapolis Treatment Center, and Fairbanks Hospital.

A Few of Our Partners and Affiliates:

The Indiana Recovery Alliance is proud to work with the following organizations:

  • CDC
  • NASTAD
  • AIDS United
  • Comer Foundation
  • Indiana University
  • Positive Link
  • Overdose Lifeline
  • Harm Reduction Coalition
  • Midwest Harm Reduction Institute
  • Project Cultivate (Indiana University)
  • Open Societies Foundation
  • CATO Institute
  • Indiana Minority Health Coalition
  • HIV Modernization Movement
  • Faith in Indiana
  • Foundations Family Medicine
  • Syringe Service Program (Scott County SSP)
  • The Harm Reduction Institute (Marion County SSP)
  • Never Alone Project (Indianapolis)
  • Marion County SSP
  • Gateway To Hope (Tippecanoe County SSP)
  • Point of Hope (Fayette County SSP)
  • Chicago Recovery Alliance (Chicagoland/Regional SSP)
  • Iowa Harm Reduction Coalition
  • Monroe County Opioid Commission