Helping You Live Your Healthiest life
Call 815-720-4050
Or Ask A WCHD Staff Member At Your Next Visit
Confidential Services
Sexual Health Services
Get Information, Education, STD/STI Testing, and STD/STI Treatment.
Tips For Staying Safe
Talk with WCHD staff to learn important facts, information, and tips to help keep yourself safer. There are steps you can take to stay safer if you are using drugs.
Support & Connection To Resources
Get support and connections to available resources to help you live your healthiest life.
Access
Naloxone
Naloxone is a drug that can help stop an opioid overdose. Naloxone is available for FREE at WCHD.
Training on Naloxone is also available for free.
Testing Stips
If you use drugs, test for Fentanyl and Xylazine. Free testing strips are available by calling WCHD at 815-720-4050.
Vaccines
Vaccines are available including Hepatitis, HPV, and Mpox vaccines.
Condoms
Condoms help prevent Sexually transmitted infections/diseases (STI/STD). Free condoms are available at WCHD.
Gun Locks
Gun locks help to reduce suicides and accidents caused by firearms. Free gun locks are available at WCHD.
PrEP
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can reduce your chances of getting HIV from sex or injection drug use when taken as prescribed. PrEP is available through WCHD.
Help and Resources
Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances
- Click here to watch a video about the helpline
- Call 1-833-2FINDHELP for help
Additional Resources
Substance Use Disorder
Is A Chronic, Treatable Disease
Help Build The Path
To Recovery
About The Harm Reduction Approach
WCHD’s harm reduction initiative is a public health approach that includes prevention, risk reduction, and health promotion to mitigate harmful consequences and empower people with the choice to live healthy, self-directed, and purpose-filled lives. Offering harm reduction services has been proven to be an effective approach to preventing the spread of infectious diseases, preventing overdoses, and improving the physical, mental, and social well-being of those served. WCHD is committed to reducing overdose deaths, infectious diseases, and other harms associated with Substance Use Disorder. WCHD does no condone the use of illicit substances.
