FADAA is dedicated to offering an assorted selection of benefits chosen to enable members to uphold exceptional quality and professional client services while competitively positioning their agencies for the future. We encourage you to take an active role in your membership by utilizing the resources that are available to you through FADAA.
Communications
The Insider electronic newsletter keeps agency executives and decision-makers well-informed with bi-weekly announcements about policies, events, critical meetings, and people affecting the substance abuse field so that you can make informed decisions in the management of your programs. In addition, the Insider shares information about funding opportunities, research findings and other "best practice" initiatives.
The inTouch quarterly newsletter for individual members delivers electronic updates designed to increase awareness about significant issues, trends and opportunities that affect professionals in the addiction field. Members also receive FADAA news, professional development opportunities and networking information.
FADAA’s website, www.fadaa.org, disseminates a wealth of information for professionals and consumers affiliated with substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery services including online directories for treatment providers, professional development opportunities and job postings.
Members receive periodic legislative Action Alert emails providing updates on state and federal public policy activities that impact the substance abuse field. Each Action Alert will direct you to FADAA’s advocacy webpage and ask you to take action to express your concerns and requests to the administrative and/or legislative branches.
In addition, special emails announcing upcoming webinars, workshops, conferences and other training events and activities are broadcasted to all members to facilitate widespread knowledge of FADAA ongoing efforts to provide our substance abuse professionals with the tools and information they need.
Full individual members receive a subscription to Counselor, The Magazine for Addiction Professionals. Counselor Magazine, the official magazine of FADAA, is a national, peer-reviewed bi-monthly publication that features in-depth articles written by the top experts in the addiction treatment field. In addition, each issue of Counselor Magazine features several columns – On the Web, Research to Practice, Professional Development and Alternative Therapies – that deliver practical and useful advice to addiction professionals. Readers can also earn continuing education units by completing the quizzes included in each issue.
Professional Development
FADAA recognizes knowledge and professionalism is the key to providing quality service. A wide variety of web-based and on-site training events and conferences designed and delivered to enhance the skills of substance abuse, mental health and criminal justice professionals.
Events
FADAA partners with organizations such as the Florida Department of Children and Families, Florida Juvenile Justice Association, Florida Council for Community Mental Health and Florida Partners in Crisis to offer statewide conferences, workshops and other on-site meetings as well as webinars. Recent topics include electronic health records, Medicaid, high visibility enforcement strategies to reduce underage drinking, healthcare reform, detox issues, evidence-based practice fidelity, process improvement, trauma informed care and empowering youth along with bullying and suicide prevention.
The Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Florida Council for Community Mental Health Annual Conference is widely recognized as Florida’s premier training event for the substance abuse and mental health field bringing together over 1,000 professionals and nationally recognized presenters.
Event Materials
Many conference and workshop speakers provide presentations and handouts to FADAA to post online. Members can view these materials in the Conference Archive as well as download it to share with their peers.
OnDemand
OnDemand grants instant access to webinars and supplementary documents addressing evidence-based practices, continuous quality improvements and a variety of treatment and prevention topics. Continuing education units/contact hours will be available in the future for select topics.
Resources
FADAA Job Board
The FADAA Job Board is an online listing of Florida employment opportunities in the behavioral health field specifically in substance abuse and mental health.
FADAA Resource Center
The FADAA Resource Center was established to disseminate information on alcohol, tobacco, other drugs and related topics such as violence prevention, special populations and management. Our primary focus is to meet the alcohol, tobacco and other drug information needs of Florida citizens.
The Resource Center is part of the Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Network. This network is a national and international system designed by the federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention to promote wide distribution of ATOD prevention information.
Benchmarking Initiative
Benchmarking provides the metrics to measure an individual agency’s performance against the benchmark set by Florida providers. Affordable and readily accessible benchmark data specifically targeted to the needs of community-based addiction treatment programs currently does not exist. The Benchmarking for Organizational Excellence in Addiction Treatment Initiative will make a broad range of relevant and timely benchmark data available.
Document Storage and Retrieval
ChronoSolutions Technology Consulting, Inc. is registering and training agencies ready to participate in the monitoring efficiency imaging software, DocVault. This electronic document storage and retrieval system was endorsed by FADAA. The software allows providers to post core documents (annual audit, board of directors, by-laws, policies and procedures, etc.) to a document vault. DocVault is currently used by many child welfare lead agencies and providers and the Florida Department of Children and Families for administrative contract management, oversight and monitoring.
Drug Testing
In 2010, FADAA announced a partnership with STERLING Reference Laboratories to offer agency members an excellent source of competitively priced low-cost quality drug testing on both instant devices and laboratory based analyses. SRL, licensed in Florida and many other jurisdictions, is a full-service, industry leading, nationally renowned, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration certified toxicology laboratory testing for drugs of abuse. Over ninety percent of SRL’s customers are treatment providers, criminal justice programs and healthcare institutions.
Special Rates
In order to help lower business expenses, FADAA offers member only benefits on a variety of services such as:
- Registration, exhibits and advertisements for the annual conference and select training events (up to 10% off)
- Webinars and other continuing education opportunities
- DocVault software
- Drug testing
- HCI Books (10% off)
- US Journal Training Distance Learning and conference registrations (10% off)
- All A Board, Inc. wholesale furniture
- Complimentary Experience Modifier Analysis via Brown & Brown Insurance to help reduce workers’ compensation insurance premiums
Promotional and Networking Opportunities
Increase your exposure by sponsoring a conference, workshop, board of directors’ luncheon or other networking programs presented by FADAA. Throughout the year members are notified about opportunities to sponsor, exhibit and advertise at special venues enabling them to promote products and services of interest to the substance abuse and mental health field.
An online agency directory provides members with a way to network with their colleagues and allows consumers to obtain referrals. In addition, vendors can offer special incentive programs for fellow FADAA members and their employees giving participants the chance to save money on operational expenses.
FADAA members and partners are encouraged to submit timely press releases, announcements and other informative articles or frequently asked questions to be printed in the Insider and/or inTouch e-newsletters.
Saluting the Best in the Industry
FADAA Awards of Excellence
The Awards of Excellence was designed to reward individuals for their dedication and professionalism in the field of substance abuse treatment and prevention. Each year FADAA requests nominations of your peers deserving special recognition. Anyone in the industry may nominate a candidate for an award, however the nominee must be a FADAA member.
Invest in the Future
Become an active member of FADAA and invest in the future of quality substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery services. Position yourself as a leader in your community by uniting with peers and informing others about the critical need for proper funding and understanding of the addiction field. Use this opportunity to get involved and invest in the future.
