Friday, April 25, 2025
4/25/2025
Burnett County Prevention Coalition - Burnett County is a rural area in Northwest Wisconsin that offers numerous recreational opportunities for vacationers and residents alike. During the summer months the county increases in population by over 400% with tourism being a significant revenue stream for area businesses. However, beyond the lure of being a great vacation destination for campers and such, Burnett County is a very poor region with shortages in professionals, including service providers. BCPC has a history of taking on issues in the community such as; access to alcohol by minors, working with area businesses to be more cognizant of advertising of alcohol and tobacco to youth, reducing sales of tobacco to minors, etc. However, not all the efforts to promote prevention in the county were working together and the efforts of each were going mostly unnoticed. Alcohol and tobacco use was growing in the youth of the community. Most of the key stake holders agreed that this was an issue but had questions on how it should be addressed. With this action plan we feel the map is in place to bring everyone together and steps have been identified that we can take as a bigger coalition. With this project the Burnett County Prevention Coalition (BCPC) aims at supporting current programming, increasing community involvement in strategies aimed at intervening and educating at a younger age and overall reducing use of alcohol and tobacco by minors.
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