Partnership Carson City (PCC) started as a campaign to fight the spread of m**hamphetamine more than a decade ago. Since then, it has taken on the role of a coalition to support and organize all kinds of services throughout the capital city.
Partnership’s mission is to foster a healthy community by building strong families and successful youth, through education, collaboration and engagement of our citizens.
Our Partnership team connects multiple sectors of the community, including families, businesses, media, law enforcement, schools, faith organizations, health providers, social service agencies and our local government, to make this mission a reality.
Partnership still focuses on preventing drug abuse — not just m**h. Through prescription drug round-ups and educational sessions on the latest synthetic drugs, this coalition hopes to make a lasting impact on the community. At the same time, PCC promotes a variety of programs that help kids and families be more healthy and safe. Its roots can be traced to the former Community Council on Youth, a longtime advocate for young people in Carson City.
Partnership achieves its mission mostly by helping other organizations obtain state and federal grant money, as well as making sure their work is coordinated and effective. In fact, many government grants require that an organization like PCC exist to help reduce redundancy and waste in services. There is a similar coalition for every county in Nevada.
Since the days of fighting m**h, PCC has evolved to a more proactive approach, because it’s almost always more efficient to prevent problems than to deal with the aftermath. For example, PCC is now working in areas such as mental health by offering related first-aid training, so people can get help before they hurt themselves or somebody else. It was a lot easier to describe PCC when it was all about “Stop Meth” and had volunteers tacking up posters of addicts. But it still can be summed up in three words: Education, prevention and results.
