Syringe Services Programs (SSPs) provide comprehensive harm reduction services including providing free sterile needles, syringes, and other injection equipment; safe disposal containers; HIV and viral hepatitis testing and linkage to treatment; overdose prevention and education; referrals to substance use disorder treatment, medical providers, and social services; and HIV, STIs, and viral hepatitis prevention education.
The map below shows the counties and agencies where SSPs are located in Tennessee.
The table below provides contact and location information for each agency approved to operate an SSP in Tennessee. Operating days and times are subject to change.
For more information, email ssp.health@tn.gov.
| County |
Agency Name |
Address |
Phone number |
Operating Hours |
Mon–Fri: 9AM–11PM Dyer 237 Hermitage Avenue
Nashville, TN 37210 3628 Summer Ave
Memphis, TN 38122 766 W. Andrew Johnson Hwy
Greeneville, TN 37745 4001 Rossville Blvd
Chattanooga, TN 37403 Tues & Thurs
Call for operating hours Thurs: 2–8PM Cocke 95 Wallace Road
Nashville, TN 37211 (901) 614-9906 633 Thompson Lane
Nashville, TN 37204 Mon: 6:30–8:30PM Union Hancock County Health Department
178 Willow Street, Sneedville, TN 37869 3317 N Broadway
Knoxville, TN 37917 1319 Monroe Ave
Memphis TN 38104 Last Fri of each month: 5–11AM 220 Northcrest Drive
Springfield, TN 37172 Hawkins 1326B Rosa L. Parks Blvd
Nashville, TN 37208 99 Carroll St
Nashville, TN 37210 (615) 259-7676 615 N State of Franklin Rd
Johnson City, TN 37604 Meharry Medical College – HOPE Tues: 6–8PM 1st and 3rd Mon of each month: 3:30–5:30PM Mon–Fri: 8:30AM–4:30PM Robertson Tennessee Recovery Alliance 2554 East Magnolia Ave
Knoxville, TN 37914 <a href="https://cempa.org/steptn/" target="_blank">STEPTN – Cempa Community Care</a> 5829 Summer Ave
Memphis, TN 38134 Fri: 6–10PM Washington For established patients 4017 TN-66
Rogersville, TN 37857 Next Step Initiative Wed: 2–3PM STIX Exchange – Children and Family Services Mon: 10AM–2PM
Please call for services 4159 Willow Lake Blvd
Memphis, TN 38118 (865) 437-8358 611 Citico Street
Knoxville, TN 37921 By appointment only A Betor Way (865) 208-7356 403 Gallatin Pike S
Madison, TN 37115 Live Free Claiborne Wed: 10AM–12PM
Please call for services (615) 761-4474 2nd Wed of each month: 5–7PM SafePoint – Memphis Area Prevention Coalition 1st and 3rd Tues of each month: 1–3PM 1216 Cedar Fork Road
Tazewell, TN 37879 3540 Summer Ave, Suite 311
Memphis, TN 38122 825 Cosby Highway
Newport, TN 37821 (423) 439-7532 Greene Claiborne Mon–Fri: 9AM–5PM (901) 249-2828 (901) 476-2364 (901) 686-4336 or (901) 614-9906 (901) 281-6468 204 N Second St
Memphis, TN 38105 Partnership to End AIDS Status (PEAS) Knox Mon-Fri: 11am – 3pm
Open after
hours on
appointment basis,
please call for
nontraditional hours Mon, Wed, Thurs: 10AM–2PM
Please call for services Nashville CARES – DART Program SisterReach Street Works Hancock Tues: 4–5:30 PM Please call for service times (865) 281-5161 Mon–Fri: 12–2PM Campbell (865) 266-6389 (615) 327-6773 Mon–Thurs: 8AM–5PM
Fri: 8AM–2PM 701 Gallatin Pike N
Madison, TN 37115 Northeast Tennessee Change Works Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic Shelby Union County Health Department
4335 Maynardville Highway, Maynardville, TN 37807 469 Roses Creek Road
Clairfield, TN 37715 2811 Clarke Road
Memphis, TN 38115 (423) 259-4110 442 Metroplex Drive
Nashville, TN 37211 217 Largo Drive
Nashville, TN 37211 719 Thompson Lane, Ste 37189
Nashville, TN 37204 2nd Tues of each month: 1–3PM (423) 834-7374 4th Wed of each month: 5–7PM Hamilton Davidson 95 Wallace Rd
Nashville, TN 37211 WeCareTN 3rd Wed of each month: 5–7PM 5455 Crestview Rd
Memphis, TN 38134 640 TN-3 E
Dyersburg, TN 38024 Wed: 6:30–8:30PM Choice Health Network 4th Tues of each month: 12–3PM (901) 748-5297 Hellbender Harm Reduction
