The Colorado Association of Alcohol and Drug Service Providers (The Providers Association) is a professional trade association and statewide coalition of alcohol and drug prevention, intervention and treatment service provider executives established in 1994.
Our vision is to optimize the health of the people of Colorado by ensuring access to a full continuum of substance abuse prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services. The Providers Association focuses on reducing barriers, coordinating and improving exisiting services, and developing new programs to improve the availability, quality, and comprehensiveness of services for the people of Colorado now and into the future.
Our Key Objectives |
- Develop integrated systems of care with primary and behavioral health using grant programs like SBIRT and Access to Recovery, that can be sustained over time
- Advocate for alcohol and drug prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery support providers
- Cultivate leadership
- Promote the effective use, integration, and coordination of alcohol and drug prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services
- Partner, collaborate, and support networks, systems, and communities
- Foster system and policy formulation and changes to improve access, quality, and program services
- Seek new funding streams
- Promote cross-system collaboration
- Promote effective best practices for prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery services
- Educate community and collaborative partners about substance abuse prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery effectiveness
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