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Winter Warming Center To Be Located At Former Fargo Police Headquarters on 25th Street South

Commissioners Also Voted 3-2 Against Ending The Needle Exchange Program

November 25, 2024

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo is taking a proactive rather than reactive approach to prevent cold weather related injuries or deaths this winter. The Winter Warming Initiative was started in 2023 as a temporary plan to help the homeless during the winter months since most local shelters are at or over capacity. Last year, they helped nearly 700 people with…

Bill would include spoons, stericups in needle exchange program

February 1, 2021

Jim Monk,

(DEA photo)BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – The North Dakota House has passed a bill which would add spoons, stericups and cotton syringe filters to the needle exchange program. The vote in the Human Services Committee was 7 to 6 for a “do pass.” Fargo Democratic Representative Gretchen Dobervich supports the measure. She says it would provide sterilized supplies that prevent the…

First Needle Exchange in Fargo Might Open within Two Months

Fargo Cass Public Health Still Awaiting Approval from North Dakota Department of Health

March 9, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — The first needle exchange program in Fargo might be opening within the next few months. Administered through Fargo Cass Public Health, the program still needs the final approval of the North Dakota Department of Health. Once that approval is received, the program would be open to the public within one to two months. Robyn Litke Sall of Fargo…

Fargo Could Get First Needle Exchange Program Within Next Few Months

The program could be in place by mid-March

January 31, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — A needle exchange program may be the first of its kind in downtown Fargo, but it’ll be modeled after Moorhead’s Good Neighbor Project. “I think there has been a lot of success from the Moorhead Good Neighbor Project. We want to expand and we know people from Fargo have been using that location in Moorhead,” said Dr. John…