Southwestern Wisconsin Recovery Pathways

At a Glance

The Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program (SWCAP),an anti-poverty agency that works with the five-county region of Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette and Richland counties, is using its award to fight Wisconsin’s rural opioid crisis.

The Challenge

Opioid addiction is a complex problem that is affecting every community in Wisconsin –touching people across all backgrounds and communities. Rural communities often face unique challenges and pressures but do not always have the resources or services needed to fully support people struggling with addiction.

Project Goals

The project will create the Southwestern Wisconsin Recovery Pathways program to pilot a model of coordinated access to medical, physical, emotional, social and economic wraparound services for people in recovery from opioid addiction, ultimately to improve their chances of sustained recovery. At the center of the program, sober-living housing will support recovery by providing an environment removed from negative influences and triggers, and that provides consistent monitoring, peer support and professional counseling, as well as medication. Additional services will support reintegration into the community. The program will pilot this model in Richland and Iowa counties, with the goal of establishing a sustainable and replicable model of rural community-based opioid use treatment and recovery.