2008 6th Annual CADA Conference
Tuesday, May 20 & Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sacramento, CA

 
 
  CHHS Secretary Kim Belshé

 Agenda

Policy Paper
& Informational
Documents

CHHS Chief Kim Belshé Will Open CADA's Two-day Session
 California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Kim Belshé will launch a busy agenda for CADA’s two-day public policy conference with an update of budget and policy issues from the administration’s point of view.   

A full complement of speakers will address Proposition 36, including funding, and reforms, California’s prison crisis and the role of treatment providers in easing the problem, and further developments in workforce issues.   

Special events include visits to the Capitol so that conference attendees may deliver the message to their respective assemblypersons and senators that treatment works, and a networking reception featuring special guests. 

Key Issues in 2008
1. State Budget FY 2008/09
--AOD Funding
--Correction and Rehabilitation
2. NORA Initiative
 --Nonviolent Offenders
--Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation
--Statute (Status)
3. Facility Licensing
4. Counselor Certification

CADA Members
Alcohol and Drug Policy Institute (ADPI)
 California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives, Inc. (CAADPE)
 California Association for Alcohol Drug Educators (CAADE)
 California Association of Addiction Recovery Resources (CAARR)
 California Association of Drinking Driver Treatment Programs (CADDTP)
California Opiod Maintenance Providers (COMP)
 California Perinatal Treatment Network (CAPTN)
 California Society of Addiction Medicine (CSAM)
 California Therapeutic Communities (CTC)
 County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators Association of California, Inc. (CADPAAC)
California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC)
Drug Policy Alliance Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PSATTC)