Jay Cochran

• Designed and strategized to build Damien Center of Indianapolis’s harm reduction program and street outreach team as well as trained staff members throughout agency on safer use techniques and overdose
prevention 2021.
• Grant Reviewer on Aids United 2022 harm reduction advocacy and services grant.
• Providing TA as well as mutual aid assistance to non-profit and community led organizations
throughout the US from starting in 2021.
• Providing ASOs, start ups, community led orgs, large non-profits etc. with competencies and program design strategies to build successful and sustainable programs.

• Answer high call volume of drug users and assist with overdose prevention.
• Understanding and extensive knowledge of substance use.
• Extensive knowledge of signs of overdose from single to poly substances.
• Ability to assist with basic medical advice and care.
• Deescalation skills for mental health crisis.
• Knowledge of references for safer drug use supplies nationally and linking people to care in there area as needed.

• Developed, managed and maintained a large successful citywide secondary distribution network through street outreach within drug user networks.
• Developed Free store and street medic clinic model.
• Organized weekly volunteer street medic and mutual aid program that spawned
several other successful and sustainable groups in Indianapolis.
• Built and managed supply warehouse.
• Developed, managed houseless outreach program.
• Ordering and estimating amount of supplies to provide according to need of
secondary distributors.
• Providing face to face interactions to refer and link participants to care.
• Designed and provided discreet participant data collection as per grant
requirements as well as advocated successfully against providing personal
information on participants.

• Provide Technical assistance to grantees.
• Monthly grant reporting.
• Design of monthly trainings for grantees.
• Providing face to face interactions to navigate chaotic drug use with participants in
Indianapolis to create a drug life balances well as Linkage to care and resources.