Organized in 2016, the Southern Nevada Opioid Advisory Council (SNOAC) aims to develop systems-level response to the southern Nevada substance use crisis through evidence-based strategies and unique community collaborations. The SNOAC is based on a foundation of health equity, community, data, evaluation, social determinants of health, and accountability. Participating agencies in this community coalition come from across the 4 pillars of substance use response: Prevention, Rescue, Treatment, and Recovery. The SNOAC is coordinated through the efforts of Southern Nevada Health District and PACT Coalition with the guidance of the SNOAC executive committee. This large community coalition has buy-in from the state legislature and is a source for information about opioids at the county, state, and national level.  The key informants who were interviewed for this report indicated that the establishment of SNOAC was one of the most important recent accomplishments in the substance abuse prevention community.

Visit www.snoac.org or reach out to Katarina Pulver (pulver@snhd.org) for more information.