The mission of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention (ADAP) is to help Arkansas citizens’ live productive lives, free from the abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. ADAP is the single state agency responsible for the distribution of federal funds from the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant. It is also responsible for licensing institutions that operate Substance Abuse Treatment Programs and monitors programs for compliance with state regulations.
ADAP performs many functions including:
· Funding treatment and prevention programs statewide
· Funding the Regional Alcohol and Drug Detoxification (RADD) Program
· Funding Alcohol Safety Education Programs statewide
· Prevention services through a network of Prevention Resource Centers that are designed to respond to needs of particular geographic region
· Providing statistical data on state, regional and national issues
· Workplace prevention activities to help businesses deal with substance abuse issues
· Technical assistance in program development and modification.
ADAP acts as a strong advocate for both treatment and prevention services. Prevention, intervention and education are provided through community programs throughout the state. Through annual conferences and ongoing workshops, ADAP trains alcohol and drug abuse professionals. ADAP funds community treatment centers that serve all 75 counties. ADAP also serves as a referral service for treatment and prevention services.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention (ADAP) was created by Act 644 of 1977 and designated as the Agency to administer the Arkansas Comprehensive Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Plan and is
located within the Department of Human Services.
The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council serves as a board of review of programs, which propose to receive funding from
ADAP. The Arkansas Drug Director serves as the chairperson of the Coordinating Council.
The position of the Arkansas Drug Director is placed within the Office of the Governor and the Drug Director serves at the pleasure of the Governor. The Drug Director serves as the coordinator for development of an organizational framework to ensure that alcohol and drug programs and policies are well planned and coordinated. The Coordinating Council has the responsibility for overseeing all planning, budgeting, and implementation of expenditure of state and federal funds allocated for alcohol and drug education, prevention, treatment, and law enforcement.
The Coordinating Council has the following functions, powers and duties- (a) All federal money received by the State of Arkansas for drug law enforcement, treatment, education or prevention shall be reviewed by the Coordinating Council for disbursement, accountability and evaluation. (b) The Coordinating Council reviews and coordinates all school based drug education, prevention and awareness programs and efforts funded by the State.
The Coordinating Council has the authority to develop its rules of procedure to include the establishment of a committee structure for the approval of funding and other purposes. Committees include, but are not limited to (a) prevention; education and treatment committee chaired by the Team Leader of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, and (b) a law enforcement committee.
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Council Members
ADAP is responsible for the establishment of a comprehensive and coordinated program for the prevention and treatment for alcohol and drug abuse in Arkansas. It has been the policy and philosophy of ADAP that the most effective services are community-based and community-supported. To support this, ADAP contracts with local programs to establish an effective network of services. The responsibilities of ADAP remain in funding, licensing, coordination, monitoring, technical assistance and programming in prevention, education, intervention, treatment, training and public information.
The total ADAP Budget for administration, treatment, and prevention services is approximately $20,000,000.00. ADAP administers programmatic funding sources that include General and Special State Revenues, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Performance Partnership
(SAPTPP) Block Grant, the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986, Social Services Block Grant funds and City of Little Rock funding for adult residential treatment services.
At the present time ADAP is comprised of the following sections: Administration; Office of Treatment Services which includes Program Compliance and Outcome Monitoring, Medical Services, and the Drug and Alcohol Safety Educational Program; Office of Prevention Services and the Office of Financial and Data Management.
Funded treatment programs are required to provide priority admission in the following order: (1) Pregnant women and injection drug users
(IDU), (2) Clients with the greatest clinical need, (3) Clients from their Catchment Area, (4) Clients from the State of Arkansas, and (5) Clients from other states.
PROGRAM LICENSURE
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention (ADAP) is vested by ACA 20-64-901 et seq. with the authority and duty to establish and promulgate rules for licensure of alcohol and/or other drug abuse treatment programs in Arkansas. All persons, partnerships, associations, or corporations establishing, conducting, managing or operating and holding themselves out to the public as an alcohol and/or other drug abuse treatment program must be licensed by Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, unless expressly exempted from these requirements. Programs administered by the Department of Defense and/or the Veterans Administration are not required to be licensed by
ADAP, but may voluntarily seek licensure.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention is designated as the State Authority governing
Methadone/Levo-Alpha-Acetyl-Methadol (LAAM) treatment in Arkansas. Treatment programs providing
Methadone/LAAM services comply with the Licensure Standards for Alcohol and/or Other Drug Abuse Treatment Programs, as well as applicable federal, state and local laws, including specific standards for Methadone and LAMM developed by
ADAP.
Programs meeting the alcohol and/or drug abuse treatment standards of the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
(CARF), Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) or Council on Accreditation
(COA) automatically receive a concurrent license, if the CARF, JCAHO or COA award specifically notes that the alcohol and/or other drug treatment component has been accredited.
First time applicants seeking licensure submit a completed Application for Licensure and a non-refundable $75.00 application fee. Currently licensed programs are billed annually by ADAP for a $75.00 renewal fee. An ADAP Standards Review Team performs a formal on-site licensure review. First time applicants must submit a $1,500 non-refundable licensure review fee.
The members of the Standards Review Team (SRT) for each program consist of members who participate in the formal on-site review. The SRT is normally composed of representatives from ADAP and at least one team member from another treatment facility, as selected by
ADAP.
The minimum requirements for a SRT Member from another treatment program are:
(a) A minimum of three (3) years experience in program administration and/or substance abuse treatment;
(b) Not be a former employee or client of the program to be reviewed; and
(c) Currently hold a license or certification that would allow the signing of comprehensive treatment plans as specified in the licensure standards.
If a new program under review meets the required level of compliance as determined by ADAP staff at the time of initial review, then ADAP may issue a six (6) month operational permit. No later than six (6) months after the according of the permit, a follow-up review with a SRT is performed to determine the program’s level of compliance with all applicable standards.
A one-year license will be accorded to a program that previously held a six-month operational permit or a license, if all applicable standards are in compliance after a follow-up review.
A three-year license will be accorded when a program has been operating under a one-year or three-year license, and at the time of the licensure review, is in compliance with all applicable standards.
At ADAP’s discretion, a six-month probationary license may be accorded to currently licensed programs that are not in compliance with applicable standards after a follow-up licensure review, or during the licensed period. The probationary license is provided to allow the program time to bring those failed standards into compliance, so that they can be accorded a one-year license, or to continue to be licensed. A review will be performed at the end of the probationary license period, and if the program fails to meet the level of compliance that would allow a one-year license, then the program will become non-licensed.
The probationary license shall not exceed six months from the date of its issue. Any program issued a probationary license shall submit a corrective action plan within thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of the probationary license. Any program receiving a probationary license must bring all applicable failed standards into compliance prior to the end of the six-month period.
Programs failing to comply with all applicable licensure standards after the expiration of a six-month operational permit, a follow-up review, or a probationary license, receive a non-licensed status. Programs receiving a non-licensed status will not be allowed to operate as an alcohol and/or other drug abuse treatment program in the State of Arkansas. Programs receiving a non-licensed status must wait a minimum of six (6) months before they can apply for a six-month operational permit.
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ADAP currently licenses 47 alcohol and/or drug treatment programs, 28 of which are funded.
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TRAINING AND CREDENTIALING
ADAP supports the Mid-South Addiction Training Network (MSATN) program administered by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Graduate School of Social Work to provide tuition free training opportunities, course work, and internships to those seeking addiction counselor certification for job placement in licensed treatment facilities.
ADAP contracts with the Arkansas Substance Abuse Certification Board
(ASACB) who, in turn, contracts with the University of Arkansas at
Little Rock, College of Professional Studies, School of Social Work,
MidSOUTH to provide permanent administrative support for the
operations of the Board. The
Arkansas Substance Abuse Certification Board (ASACB) was
incorporated in September 1986 to adopt standards for qualifying,
evaluating, and certifying individuals as Alcohol and Other Drug
Abuse (AODA) Counselors. In
early 1992, the ASACB affiliated with the International
Certification and Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC), an
organization which standardized minimum competency requirements for
international testing and certification.
The ASACB monitors counselors’ continuing education and
professional development to ensure that Arkansas clients receive
quality care from competent addiction professionals.
All
non-certified or non-licensed staff, including volunteers, providing
counseling and treatment related services, are required by ADAP
licensure standards to be registered with the Arkansas Substance
Abuse Certification Board (ASACB) as Counselors In Training (CIT).
Another credentialing authority for substance abuse counselors is the State Board of Examiners of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. The Board was created by Act 1588 of 1999 and 1708 of 2001 to provide regulatory authority over persons who hold themselves out to the public as Licensed Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors. The Board is responsible for establishing licensure and certification requirements, defining and promoting the practice of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, setting the standards of qualifications, training, and experience for those who engage in the practice, and to maintain an office.
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