Becca Rose has been a volunteer for NCHRC since 2014, before syringe exchange became legalized, sorting files, holding Naloxone kit parties and occasionally managing the underground office.
In 2018 Becca came back in full force to become NCHRC’s best and brightest Outreach Worker for New Hanover and surrounding counties. Becca manages the fixed site Syringe Exchange in Wilmington, runs our Mobile Delivery program, leads our Overdose Prevention class in the New Hanover County Jail for women, conducts several Naloxone trainings for various organizations around town, and provides resources to participants who need housing, food, clothing, medical, MAT, and employment referrals. She is now currently the Eastern Regional Coordinator for. NCHRC and oversees Wilmington & Fayetteville.
Becca has been a guest speaker on several local podcasts to speak about Harm Reduction in an effort to build Community Partnerships and continues to grow the attendance in our Naloxone kit making parties more and more each month through the use of these partnerships as well as social media. She is a trained field phlebotomist and provides HepC & HIV confirmatory testing, wound care, and linkage to care, always meeting people where they’re at. Becca is also passionate about perinatal participants. Having been directly impacted, she knows exactly how to navigate the various healthcare systems for women who use drugs before, during, and after their pregnancies, and offers a great deal of support throughout that time. She has also spoken on panels relating to breastfeeding and childcare for women who use drugs and how healthcare systems can better empower women despite drug use.