SIMPLE. PERSONAL. POWERFUL. Sauk County was one of 11 programs across 11 states to be awarded the Medication Assisted Treatment- Prescription Drug and Opioid Prescription Program Grant in 2015. Three million dollars was to be used to target four groups affected by the opioid crisis: inmates, pregnant women, under-insured individuals and persons without access to resources. Stepping up to the plate After an alarming number of drug-related deaths in Sauk County, Wisconsin, a group of high-level county stakeholders came together to try put an end to the epidemic. One of the stakeholders was a nurse who reported that her granddaughter’s successful life fell apart because of opioid use. The nurse knew that if her granddaughter could be affected, anyone could be affected. The

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