Decrease binge drinking and drug abuse/misuse among youth and adults.

Our strategies:

• Work with communities to fully implement best practices as described in the Community Events Tool Kit.
• Conduct compliance checks of licensed alcohol outlets and social host ordinances.
• Utilize a social media/marketing campaign to raise awareness, and actively discourage binge drinking and over-consumption.

Increase the number of Fond du Lac County residents living at a healthy weight for their height.

Our strategies:

• Implement a three-pillar approach from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, which promotes systems and policy changes that increase fruit and vegetable consumption, increase physical activity and increase exclusive breastfeeding in infants to one year.
• Support community wellness initiatives.
• Utilize a social media/marketing campaign to raise awareness of the 5-2-1-0 message.
• Work with schools to implement the Y5210 program throughout third grade classrooms.

Decrease binge drinking and drug abuse/misuse among youth and adults.

Our strategies:

• Work with communities to fully implement best practices as described in the Community Events Tool Kit.
• Work with emergency departments, urgent care facilities and dentists to develop a standardized prescribing pathway for pain protocol.
• Implement four-pillar approach to addressing heroin/opioid abuse.

Increase mental health access to enhance the quality of life of Fond du Lac County residents.

Our strategies:

• No Wrong Door: All gatekeepers are able to assess, provide or connect consumers to services.
• Prevention and Wellness: Promote a stigma-free approach to mental/behavioral health wellness within Fond du Lac County.
• Evidence-Based Services and Training.
• Trauma Informed Care and Treatment: All gatekeepers are able to respond, assess, intervene or refer individuals who have been traumatized.
• Population Specific Needs: Unique behavioral health needs of specific populations are met.

Increase mental health access to enhance the quality of life of Fond du Lac County residents.

Our strategies:

• No Wrong Door: All gatekeepers are able to assess, provide or connect consumers to services.
• Prevention and Wellness: Promote a stigma-free approach to mental/behavioral health wellness within Fond du Lac County.
• Evidence-Based Services and Training.
• Trauma Informed Care and Treatment: All gatekeepers are able to respond, assess, intervene or refer individuals who have been traumatized.
• Population Specific Needs: Unique behavioral health needs of specific populations are met.

Improve the oral health status of Fond du Lac county residents.

Our strategies:

• Secure additional funding sources to increase the capacity of the Save a Smile Children’s Dental Program.
• Continue to work with community healthcare partners, assisting adults needing urgent dental care.
• Develop and implement a community education campaign, demonstrating the impact poor oral health has on an individual, as well as the community.