Students in the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine have launched Macomb County Street Medicine with the help of faculty adviser and osteopathic physician, Bret Bielawski.
The program has partnered with HARM:LESS, a substance abuse support service and education program operated by the nonprofit Families Against Narcotics, which has a strong rapport with locals in the area.
“We are lucky to have an organization that knows the area and community well,” Bielawski says. As a longtime board member of FAN, Bielawski was able to quickly streamline the working partnership of the two organizations.
Together, SpartanDO students and FAN members set up at the corner of a bus stop in southern Macomb County to provide medical guidance, care and substance use harm reduction services three days per week in four-hour shifts.
Learn more about the program on the College of Osteopathic Medicine’s website