280 Union Street Lynn, Mass. 01901 781-592-4477

Note: Women RISE Program (described below) can be contacted at
617-661-3991

CAB’s HIV Outreach Program is targeted toward injection drug users, homeless women and their families, and women working in the sex industry. The HIV program includes education and advocacy and provides targeted outreach, education, counseling and referrals. For most of our HIV outreach, we use a harm-reduction model.

Harm reduction means that we give drug users and sex-industry workers practical strategies to reduce the negative consequences of drug use. We teach and give the tools to move drug users toward safer use, to more managed drug-use and eventually toward treatment or abstinence.

CAB has five HIV programs:

Betsy Program – A harm-reduction approach of working with women in the sex industry, providing training on several techniques to keep them safe while practicing their trade.

Healthy Streets –Training, intervention and advice to injection drug users through street outreach and harm reduction workshops.

HIV Training – For other CAB staff and externally.

HIV Task Force – Addresses HIV issues across our agency and its programs.

Women RISE (Risk, Identification, Strategies and Empowerment) – A collaboration of CAB Health & Recovery Services, Inc. and the Institute for Health & Recovery. The Women RISE program provides HIV risk reduction counseling and prevention case management for at-risk woman on the North Shore area of Massachusetts. It is mainly targeted at woman and their families who are either homeless or living in family shelters or motels, or who are identified via CAB’s current outreach program.

How do I refer someone or inquire about HIV training?

Call us at 781-592-4477. For Women RISE referrals: 617-661-3991.

The Narcan Outreach Program:

A pilot outreach program for the public, families and active opioid drug users in the use of Narcan, a medication kit to reverse the effects of fatal drug overdoses. In this pilot program, families, friends and active users can get trained in how to use it to help someone who is overdosing to stabilize breathing. For those interested, we will also provide information on treatment and other facilities.