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PACE Coalition...<br />
What is it? And, what’s it doing here?<br />
After tackling underage drinking, PACE’s scope of work expanded to include tobacco and other<br />
drugs like marijuana, meth, steroids and more. We became a community anti-drug coalition and<br />
joined Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).<br />
CADCA members across the country seek to ward<br />
off substance use before it starts. Preventing drug<br />
problems from developing is much less costly than<br />
treating problems and saves everyone, including<br />
taxpayers, money. CADCA membership gives<br />
PACE access to the latest research into drug trends<br />
and prevention science in addition to two training<br />
conferences each year.<br />
As PACE and other coalitions continued efforts to<br />
prevent or reverse drug use trends, they’ve learned<br />
how other factors like low attachment to one’s<br />
community or lack of positive activities for youth put<br />
people at greater risk of substance use. Identifying<br />
risk factors in communities is a big part of what PACE<br />
does, as is identifying and increasing protective<br />
factors in communities.<br />
PACE Coalition’s prevention roll has expanded<br />
to support as many agencies, organizations and<br />
programs as possible that are designed to improve<br />
the overall wellness of communities in Elko County<br />
and, more recently Eureka and White Pine counties,<br />
now part of PACE’s coverage area. It has become<br />
more of a community wellness coalition than simply<br />
a substance use prevention coalition.<br />
In this broader capacity, PACE continues its<br />
educational activities, its youth programs, Mental<br />
Health First Aid training and Diabetes Selfmanagement<br />
classes to name just a few. PACE<br />
Coalition supports communities in the three<br />
counties with sub-grants for youth-oriented<br />
programs. It subsidizes training opportunities for<br />
law enforcement, social service and other agencies.<br />
It brings experts to speak to professionals and the<br />
public about trends and best practices for healthy<br />
communities.<br />
One might think of PACE as a resource and partner<br />
for those seeking to keep people of all ages and the<br />
communities in which they live healthy and safe.<br />
At Elko PACE, we<br />
CARE<br />
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PACE COALITION PROGRAMS,<br />
CALL (775) 777-3451 OR VISIT WWW.PACECOALITION.ORG.<br />
The public is welcome to attend monthly meetings of coalition partners held the first<br />
Tuesday of each month at the Elko County Library, 720 Court Street in Elko.<br />
www.EverythingElko.com \ February 2018<br />
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