Grand Erie Public Health delivers substance use health promotion and harm reduction programs across Brantford, Brant County, Haldimand, and Norfolk counties. These programs focus on reducing substance-related harms, reducing stigma, promoting lower-risk use guidelines, and connecting individuals with supports. By addressing both individual and community needs, these efforts aim to improve population health and well-being across the region.
Services also include naloxone training and kit distribution, provision of harm reduction supplies, and support for safe sharps disposal and pickup.
Grand Erie Public Health is also a core member for the Brantford-Brant Community Drug Strategy, The Lighthouse Community Strategy, and Planet Youth Haldimand-Norfolk.
The Brantford-Brant Community Drugs Strategy (BBCDS) is a multi‑stakeholder initiative, including core members Grand Erie Public Health, SOAR Community Services, the Positive Health Network Network, Brantford Police Services, Grand River Community Health Centre, Brant Community Healthcare System, City of Brantford, County of Brant, Child and Family Services of Grand Erie, and Woodview Mental Health and Autism Services.
View the 2026 BBCDS Action Plan here.
The Lighthouse Community Strategy is a coalition of over 20 community partners across Mississauga of the Credit First Nation, Haldimand and Norfolk County with the goal of reducing the harms associated with mental health and substance use concerns across the region. View the Lighthouse Community Strategy here.
View the Lighthouse Community Strategy Report here.
Planet Youth is based on the Icelandic Prevention Model, a proven approach to reducing alcohol, tobacco and drug use among young people and improving their wellbeing. Planet Youth empowers communities to work together to address the root causes of early substance use. The model’s whole-population approach aims to reduce the risk factors that increase the likelihood of early substance use, and most importantly, to strengthen the protective factors that can prevent it.
Visit the Planet Youth Haldimand Norfolk website here.
