Breakwater: A Community Together formerly Winnebago County Drug and Alcohol Coalition

• Program Representative Interviewed: Stephanie Gyldenvand, Coalition Coordinator
• Location: Winnebago County, Wisconsin
• Program Overview: Breakwater: A Community Together formerly Winnebago County Drug and Alcohol Coalition came together in 2013 as the Winnebago County Heroin Task Force as a community response to the growing number of opioid and heroin overdoses and deaths. The Coalition was able to bring many diverse perspectives together by using the four pillar approach of incorporating harm reduction, prevention, treatment, and enforcement. The Coalition is supported by re:TH!NK as a recipient of a Drug Free Communities grant and the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation.

Models represented by this program:

• Syringe Services Programs
• Proper Drug Disposal Programs