117th Congress: What You Need to Know
A new Congress and President take office in January with a full slate of health care issues on the agenda. While managing the coronavirus response will be a top...
117th Congress: What You Need to Know
A new Congress and President take office in January with a full slate of health care issues on the agenda. While managing the coronavirus response will be a top...
42 CFR Part 2: Understanding the New Final Rules and Where We Go From Here
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released two final rules on 42 CFR Part 2 in the past year. This webinar will help you understand the...
Advocacy and Policy Reform for the Black Community
The depth to which drug law policies have destroyed communities has been greatly under reported. Trainings should facilitate conversations that challenge us and...
Advocacy Series, Session III: Bolstering the Addiction Workforce - A Call to Action
Meeting the challenges of our nation’s addiction crisis can only be accomplished with a workforce that is trained, educated, and equipped to tackle the complex task at...
Advocacy Series, Session II: Updates on Federal SUD Funding
This webinar will provide an overview of the status of federal funding that supports substance use disorder treatment, prevention, and recovery. In particular, the...
Advocacy Series, Session I: Shaping Policy and Practice Through Advocacy
As codified in the NAADAC/NCC AP Code of Ethics, addiction professionals are called to advocate on behalf of clients at the individual, group, institutional, and...
Advocacy Series, Session IV: Confidentiality Rule Changes and 42 CFR
This webinar will review the latest legislation on 42 USC 290dd-2(b), which migrates a portion of the substance use disorder confidentiality regulations into HIPAA....
Advocacy Series, Session V: Bringing it Home - Grassroots Advocacy
As addiction professionals, it is in our best interest to influence emerging policy, both in Washington, DC, and in our states. While much attention is being paid to...
Advocating in Your State - Where Most of the Rubber Meets the Road!
More attention is being paid to addiction policy issues than ever before. As NAADAC members, it is our responsibility and in our best interest to have a role in...
Building Effective Relationships with Lawmakers: Understand Your Role as a NAADAC Constituent
This session seeks to provide insight into the role advocacy has in shaping policy and ultimately your practice. NAADAC members will also learn strategies for engaging...
Collision of SUD and COVID-19: A NIDA Update
The U.S. is now facing two intersecting health crises, the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, we now live in a world where...
Engagement in the Black Community 2023: Public Policy and Advocacy for the Black Community: Decriminalizing Cannabis is a Racial Justice Issue
Between 2001 and 2010, there were over 8 million marijuana-use-related arrests in the United States. That’s one arrest every 37 seconds. Nationally, African Americans...
Evidence-Based Advocacy for Policy Reform
Clinical best practices and evidence-based treatment approaches are evolving faster than many systems can support. It is critical that clinicians and leadership...
Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program: Reducing Substance Use Disorders
In July 2014, CMS launched the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP), a collaborative between the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) and the Center...
Motivating the Troops: Creating an Advocacy Mechanism
Our state and national legislators make the laws that impact the work we do in addiction treatment – yet, generally speaking, they know very little, if anything, about...