SCS Models
What kinds of models are there for SCS?
Every community will have its own recommendation based on a variety of factors including existing infrastructure and programs, transportation, funding, where people buy and use drugs, privacy, access to physical space, and more.
Stand-alone fixed-site – similar to syringe access programs, stand-alone fixed sites are physical buildings typically set up with booths for drug use and/or rooms for inhalation and smoking with space for other services.
![Uniting Photo of the main desk, hand washing stations, and dividers inside a safe injection site](https://harmreduction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Australia-Photo-Credit-MSIC-5.jpg)
Integrated service – like a fixed site, injection or smoking services may be set up within an existing syringe access program but is a service integrated into an already existing organization.
![Canada - Surrey SafePoint Interior - credit GPDCR photo of a safe injection facility. A long metal table is separated by metal dividers, each with a sharps container attached to it. Chairs are put at each station.](https://harmreduction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Canada-Surrey-SafePoint-Interior-credit-GPDCR.jpg)
Mobile unit – offered in a mobile van setting with limited space for injection and other services, designed to be able to move and be in different communities where the services are needed.
![Canada - Montreal Mobile L'Unite interior A - credit GPDCR Photo of the inside of a large vehicle used for mobile safe injection services in Montreal, Canada](https://harmreduction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Canada-Montreal-Mobile-LUnite-interior-A-credit-GPDCR.jpg)
Tent/pop-up – offered as a temporary or semi-permanent outdoor space that may be a tent, portable, or other covered space that can be flexible in particular to meet the needs of unhoused people.
![Canada - Vancouver DTES informal pop up interior - credit GPDCR A group of people inside of a pop-up safe consumption site in Vancouver. There are tables and chairs lining the walls and string lights hanging from the ceiling.](https://harmreduction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Canada-Vancouver-DTES-informal-pop-up-interior-credit-GPDCR.jpg)
![Canada - Vancouver DTES informal pop up exterior- credit GPDCR photo of the side of a building and a graffitied fence. The fence is open and inside is an easy-up tent, some chairs, and a person walking down the stairs of a modular unit that is used as a pop-up for harm reduction services.](https://harmreduction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Canada-Vancouver-DTES-informal-pop-up-exterior-credit-GPDCR.jpg)
Original Unsanctioned – people who use drugs have been creating unsanctioned safe spaces for decades to keep the community alive and continue to operate in houses, apartments, or other spaces with coordinated support.