Advocacy & Collaborations

Coulee Recovery Center works tirelessly to serve as a resource for those looking for assistance. We identify critical issues involving individuals and families in recovery and collaborate on making policy recommendations to various governing boards represented.  

Below you will find a number of links that will connect you with other groups providing high quality information related to substance abuse and other addictions.

 

Alliance to HEAL (Halting the Effects of Addiction Locally)

Alliance to HEAL is a coordinated community response to the opioid crisis. Over 100 members of our community are working together to fill gaps in our local continuum of care for people with substance use disorders.   

Mission:

  • Together as an alliance, we will halt the devastating effects caused by substance use; we will work locally with conviction, with unity, and with a commitment to support our
    youth and adults in reducing the effects of substance use in our community.

Vision:

  • To stop the Opiate Crisis in La Crosse County and the deaths/devastation it causes.

Goals:

  • Limit the supply of opioids in our community

  • Raise awareness of the risk of opioid addiction

  • Reduce opioid-related addiction, deaths, and crime in our communities

  • Create a readily accessible, coordinated, systemic response that increases treatment capacity and enhances the prevention, treatment, and recovery continuum

https://www.alliancetoheal.com/

Great Rivers United Way Agency

Partner agency working together to make a difference for the people living within our community. Helping develop community initiatives and improving lives.

greatriversunitedway.org

Workforce Connections

To connect people, work, and training while advancing self-sufficiency; Workforce Connections, Inc. administers employment and training programs funded through a variety of sources, including the United States Department of Labor, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the Western Wisconsin Workforce Development Board. Inc., local employers, and community organizations.

workforceconnections.org

Independent Living Resources

Independent Living Resources is committed to community diversity through advocacy, choice, and education resulting in empowerment for individuals with disabilities.

ilresources.org

Gundersen Health Behavioral Health 

gundersenhealth.org/behavioral-health

Driftless Recovery Services

driftlessrecovery.com

La Crosse County Human Services Department

co.la-crosse.wi.us/humanservices/justice.asp

Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

samhsa.gov