Organizations Filed Purposes:
MISSION: TO DEVELOP, OPERATE, AND PROMOTE HARM REDUCTION AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY.
ORGANIZATION HISTORY: TACOMA NEEDLE EXCHANGE IS THE FIRST LEGALLY SANCTIONED SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM (SEP) IN THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS FOUNDED BY DAVE PURCHASE, A DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELOR, IN AUGUST 1988 IN RESPONSE TO THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC. TACOMA NEEDLE EXCHANGE WAS INCORPORATED AS THE POINT DEFIANCE AIDS PROJECTS (PDAP), A NOT-FOR-PROFIT 501 (C)(3) ON DECEMBER 5, 1988. IN 1993, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A NASCENT US HARM REDUCTION MOVEMENT, PDAP EXPANDED NATIONALLY AND FORMED THE NORTH AMERICAN SYRINGE EXCHANGE NETWORK (NASEN) TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY, LOW COST, HARM REDUCTION SUPPLIES TO SEPS THROUGHOUT THE US. IN AUGUST 2018, ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING, POINT DEFIANCE AIDS PROJECTS FORMALLY CHANGED ITS NAME TO DAVE PURCHASE PROJECT (DPP) IN HONOR OF ITS FOUNDER. TACOMA NEEDLE EXCHANGE (TNE) AND THE NORTH AMERICAN SYRINGE EXCHANGE NETWORK (NASEN) ARE BOTH INITIATIVES OF DAVE PURCHASE PROJECT.
DPP/TACOMA NEEDLE EXCHANGE: DRUG USER HEALTH INITIATIVE THE PURPOSE OF DPP/TNE IS TO PROVIDE HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO STERILE INJECTION EQUIPMENT, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND INFORMATION, SAFER-SEX SUPPLIES, MEDICAL SERVICES, AND ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) AND OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) TREATMENT SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS (PWUD) PARTICULARLY, PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS (PWID), THROUGHOUT TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY TO PREVENT AND CONTROL THE SPREAD OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SUCH AS HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) AND HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV).
DPP/NASEN: BUYERS CLUB INITIATIVE THE PURPOSE OF DPP/NASEN IS TO SUPPORT THE PROMOTION AND EXPANSION OF SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS IN THE US AS A MECHANISM TO FACILITATE FRONT-LINE PUBLIC HEALTH PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS AMONG PWUD/PWID AND OTHER MARGINALIZED AND HARD TO REACH POPULATIONS.
OTHER PROGRAM COORDINATING BULK BUYING FOR 176 NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Paul Lakosky | EXECUTIVE DI | 40 | $89,975 |
| Dr Jay Patel Md | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 |
| Doug Tufts | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 |
| Karen Travis Phd | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 |
| Cathy Mortell | VICE PRESIDE | 0 | $0 |
| Lori Linenberger | TREASURER | 0 | $0 |
| Kara Koehn | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 |
| Kelly Goodnight | SECRETARY | 0 | $0 |
| Federico Cruz-Uribe | PRESIDENT | 0 | $0 |
| Dale Christensen | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 |
| Michael Carroll | BOARD MEMBER | 0 | $0 |
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