Victa

The Providence center, located next to the campus of Rhode Island Hospital, will be run by the nonprofit Project Weber/RENEW and VICTA, a privately owned outpatient substance abuse and mental health treatment program.

It is expected to open later this year and be run by the harm reduction organization Project Weber/RENEW and VICTA.

Project Weber and Victa, a partner treatment clinic, still have to submit a more detailed application to the state before they can receive funding.

Representatives from Victa plan to offer initial doses of buprenorphine, a medication that eases withdrawal symptoms and cravings, to interested clients.

The supervised consumption site is set to be located on a bus line, close to a hospital and far from schools and Providence’s downtown, factors that Project Weber and Victa staff members believe will head off opposition.