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If you need help with substance use disorder treatment, call 211 or (608) 757-5025 (Rock County 24-Hour Crisis & Connections Line) or visit the Shatterproof Treatment Atlas.
Overdose prevention is any effort to reduce the occurrence of substance-involved deaths and overdoses in our community through prevention, harm reduction, and treatment.
Hope Kits
Hope Kits are pre-packaged resources that help increase access to life-saving supplies for individuals struggling with substance use. Each kit contains nasal NARCAN®, which can reverse an opioid overdose; fentanyl test strips, which detect the presence of fentanyl; a CPR face shield, substance disposal packets, and a resource card. Hope Kits are available to people who are at risk for overdose and are distributed by first responders and emergency departments.
Safer Use Supplies
Safer use is a harm reduction strategy that provides supplies to those who use substances to help reduce the health risks associated with substance use. Common safer use supplies include NARCAN®, fentanyl test strip kits, and clean syringes.
Safer use supply vending machine locations:
- Beloit Public Library, 605 Eclipse Blvd., Beloit
- NARCAN®, fentanyl test strip kits
- Rock County Sheriff's Office, 200 US HWY 14, Janesville
- NARCAN®
- HealthNet, 113 S. Franklin St., Janesville
- NARCAN®, fentanyl test strip kits, condoms
- Lakeside Fire-Rescue Headquarters, 617 N Main St., Edgerton
- NARCAN®, fentanyl test strip kits
- Daniel Hale Williams Resource Center (DWRC), 1717 Center Ave., Janesville
- NARCAN®
Need more NARCAN® or other safer use supplies?
- Call Vivent Health, Beloit at (608) 774-6202 or AMS of Wisconsin, Janesville at (608) 758-1944.
- Visit NEXT Distro or the Wisconsin Dose of Reality website for additional resources.
Wisconsin Harm Reduction Response Team
The Wisconsin Harm Reduction Response Team visits local sites with a variety of free safe use, hygiene, and wound care supplies. Call (608) 264-8108 or email DHSDPHharmreduction@wisconsin.gov to see when they will be in your area. The Harm Reduction Response Team will be in the parking lot of Roman’s Gas Station in a red Dodge Caravan every 1st and 3rd Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Peer Support
Looking for someone to talk to? There are many local resources available:
- Peer support is available through Project WisHope
- 24/7 hotline: 1-844-WISHOPE (917-4673)
- Project WisHope Rock County Recovery Community Center: 424 College Street, Beloit (Open M, T, Th, & F 2-8 p.m., Wed. 3:30-8 p.m., Sat. 2-5 p.m., & Sun. 5-7 p.m.)
- Rock County hotline: 1-844-955-1118
- Email hello@wishope.org
- Find AA meetings (area 30 for Janesville, area 8 for Beloit)
- Find NA meetings
Family Support
- Find an Al-Anon Family meeting
- Living Kindness -Recovery Community for Families