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To Strengthen the Capacity of Community Coalitions to Create and Maintain Safe,
Healthy and Drug-Free Communities.
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, or CADCA, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization that works to strengthen the capacity of community coalitions in
their effort to create and maintain safe, healthy and drug-free communities.
CADCA supports its members with training and technical assistance, public
policy advocacy, media strategies and marketing programs, conferences and
special events.
VISION
An Organization of Excellence Building Drug-Free Communities.
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) works on behalf of over 5,000
community coalitions from across the country to realize its vision. More than
any other entity, community coalitions are poised to connect multiple sectors
of the community, including businesses, parents, media, law enforcement,
schools, faith organizations, health providers, social service agencies, and
government. By acting in concert through the coalition, all of the partners
gain a more complete understanding of the community's problems. Together, the
partners organize and develop plans and programs to coordinate their anti-drug
efforts. The result is a comprehensive, community-wide approach to substance
abuse and its related problems.
HISTORY
In 1992 the President's Drug Advisory Council (PDAC), under the leadership of
Jim Burke, the former Chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson and Chairman
Emeritus of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, encouraged the formation
of CADCA to respond to the dramatic growth in the number of substance abuse
coalitions and their need to share ideas, problems, and solutions. The
organization was officially launched in October 1992 under the leadership of
Alvah Chapman, the Director and retired Chairman and CEO of Knight Ridder,
Inc., who became CADCA's first chairman. With their guidance, the organization
has evolved to become the principal national substance abuse prevention
organization working with community-based coalitions and representing their
interests at the national level.
FUNDING
CADCA receives its funding from a diverse mix of resources, including
foundation grants, government grants and contracts, corporate partnerships,
individual philanthropy, membership dues, and fee-for-service activities such
as training and technical assistance, meetings and events management, and other
consulting to government and non-governmental organizations.
PARTNERS
CADCA works daily with over 30 public, private and non-profit organizations.
CADCA engages partners and seeks their expertise to increase our effectiveness,
whether it be by jointly producing a publication, delivering training,
co-chairing a committee or task force, or advocating a policy position. CADCA
is currently sharing its coalition expertise with the following partners: the
Office of National Drug Control Policy, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA and its centers, Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and the Center for Mental
Health Services), the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute
on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, the Department of Justice Community Capacity
Development Office and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the National Guard Bureau, the
National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, the Department of
Education, and the Department of State.
Foundation partners currently include the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, the
Sue Ann and John L. Weinberg Foundation, and the The Alvah H. & Wyline P.
Chapman Foundation.
Corporate partnerships have been forged to focus on issues such as student drug
testing and prescription drug abuse. CADCA has produced a prescription drug
abuse prevention tool kit and sponsored multiple forums in communities
reporting prescription drug abuse problems. Corporate partners recognize and
appreciate CADCA's commitment as an advocate for substance abuse education,
prevention, treatment and research.
CADCA also has significant partnerships within the field with the following
organizations: the Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia
University, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Join Together, National
Association of Drug Court Professionals, White Bison, National Association of
Children of Alcoholics, National Association for Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Counselors, National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, the
Johnson Institute, National Families in Action, Mothers Against Drunk Driving,
Legal Action Center, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Child Welfare
League of America, PRIDE Youth Programs, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Teen
Challenge, National Family Partnership and the Elks Drug Awareness Program. All
these national organizations attend CADCA's National Leadership Forum and other
events and partner with CADCA each year on a number of initiatives.
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