“The PACT Coalition seeks to empower Southern Nevada with the resources to prevent substance
misuse for all ages and promote recovery through culturally competent advocacy, education, stigma reduction, support, and outreach.”
A diverse cross-section of community leadership is represented by the PACT Coalition, working together to ensure a sustainable future and a healthier community for all.
PACT Coalition serves the Clark Regional Health Policy Board Region
Nevada since 2010
“A community in which every layer of society is involved in
the prevention of harm and the advocacy of education.”
Real numbers. Real lives. Real change — powered by a coalition working together across every sector of our community.
prevention takes community.
The PACT Coalition for Safe and Drug-Free Communities, a 501(c)3, was formed in 2010 when a group of Las Vegas community members identified the need for a coalition in Southern Nevada to address substance misuse. For more than 15 years, PACT has grown into a coordinating hub for prevention across Clark County, connecting agencies, schools, families, and local leaders around shared goals.
PACT works through the Strategic Prevention Framework, a community-based process that addresses policy, system, and environmental change. By acting as a neutral convening table, PACT brings together key stakeholders and decision-makers to address emerging issues and create lasting systemic change.
PACT also serves as a pass-through agency for state and federal grants,
administering sub-awards to local agencies to deliver direct, evidence-based prevention programming across the county.
Building skills and environments that stop substance misuse before it starts.
Lifting community voices to shape local policy and drive systems change.
Expanding access to information so every family can make healthy
decisions.
Connecting every sector of Clark County toward one shared goal.
PACT brings together every sector of Clark County to coordinate prevention
strategies and drive collective impact.
Community Partners 40+ organizations
Community Partners 40+ organizations National
Statewide
- CASAT
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
- Clark County Social Services
- Nevada Volunteers (AmeriCorps)
- Nevada Coalition of Suicide Prevention
- TUFF Services Ministries
- Roseman University
- Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Agency (SAPTA)
- Churchill Community Coalition
- Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon & Story County
- Nye Communities Coalition
- Partnership Carson City
- Nevada Statewide Partnership
- Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy
- Clark County School District (CCSD)
- UNR School of Medicine
- Nevada Council on Problem Gambling
- Office of Suicide Prevention
- City of Henderson Fire
- Southern Nevada Health District
- Prevention Coalition Partners (Nevada)
- Frontier Community Coalition
- Join Together Northern Nevada
- Partners Allied for Community Excellence
- Partnership Douglas County
Current Grantees
Past Grantees
Workgroups & Committees 4 active
Workgroups & Committees 4 active A community coalition coordinated through SNHD and PACT Coalition that develops systems-level responses to the Southern Nevada substance use crisis through evidence-based strategies across the four pillars of prevention, rescue, treatment, and recovery.
Created by the Nevada Attorney General’s Office through Assembly Bill 374 to develop recommendations for improving Nevada’s substance use prevention and response efforts at the state level.
A state advisory body that provides recommendations on preventing opioid misuse and opioid-related deaths in Nevada, guiding the statewide plan for allocating opioid settlement funds through the Fund for a Resilient Nevada.
A statewide committee coordinated through the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety focused on reducing impaired driving fatalities and injuries through enforcement, education, and community-based prevention strategies aligned with Nevada’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan.
Strategic Prevention Priorities 9 priorities
Strategic Prevention Priorities 9 priorities Every two years, the coalition identifies priorities for prevention efforts based on the comprehensive community prevention plan.
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A statewide committee coordinated through the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety focused on reducing impaired driving fatalities and injuries through enforcement, education, and community-based prevention strategies aligned with Nevada’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan.
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Increase youth prevention efforts focused on e-cigarette and vapor use and reduce perception of no harm and ease of access by 5%.
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Increase knowledge of harms associated with cannabis use and enhance youth prevention of legal marijuana consumption.
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Increase community education and awareness surrounding meth use, including for LGBTQ+ populations.
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Expand education and awareness related to hallucinogenic substances and prevention strategies for youth.
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Decrease the amount of youth who never or rarely got the kind of help they need when they felt sad, empty, hopeless, angry, or anxious by 1%.
Las Vegas