Effective October 1, 2026, the Healthy Sheboygan County Responsible Substance Use Action Team is now the Healthy Sheboygan County Substance Safety Action Team. The new name reflects the full range of our work: youth substance use prevention, overdose prevention and response, safe medication storage and disposal, stigma reduction, and treatment access.
OBJECTIVE 1: Decrease stigma related to accessing substance use resources and treatment options
- Promote and support stigma reduction events
- Launch an anti-stigma campaign highlighting those with lived experience
- Host an EMS and law enforcement appreciation event put on by those in recovery
OBJECTIVE 2: Enhance access to substance use resources and treatment options
- Encourage community partners to participate in Sheboygan County Access & Navigation Training
- Support and participate in the Recovery Resource Network in order to advance education and advocacy related to enhancing access to substance use resources and treatment options
OBJECTIVE 3: Decrease the number of fatal overdose cases
- Explore community support of a harm reduction vending machine
- Explore the feasibility of an EMS naloxone leave behind program
- Increase awareness in the community about rising overdose rates related to fentanyl use
- Support and promote efforts led by the Overdose Fatality Review Team
OBJECTIVE 4: Decrease the number of youth who engage in substance use
- Enhance partnership with public and private schools in order to identify strategies to engage youth in substance use prevention efforts
- Explore feasibility of alcohol age compliance checks
- Finalize the festival toolkit and begin promoting it around the county to event planners