What is the Syringe Access Fund?
• The Syringe Access Fund is a multi-million dollar collaboration of the Levi Strauss Foundation, Tides Foundation, the National AIDS Fund and other private funders to support the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases through funding syringe access programs. • The maximum grant amount is $50,000 per year, for a total of up to $100,000 over two years. These limits apply equally to letters or proposals submitted by consortia or a single group. Groups working collaboratively should submit a single letter of inquiry. • Funding syringe access is a form of harm reduction, a term which refers to various strategies and approaches for reducing the physical and social harms associated with risk-taking behavior. Rather than attempting to ignore this type of behavior (i.e., drug use) altogether, harm reduction strategies acknowledge that risk-taking behavior will persist and address such behavior in order to save lives and prevent disease.
