Membership Benefits

CADCA membership provides individuals and organizations with the opportunity:

• to expand beneficial community networks and influence the decision making which will affect the present and future of their community
• to contribute towards finding local solutions to substance abuse and violence
• to support Public Policy initiatives at both the local and national level
• to create collaborative partnerships for continued research, training and education in the substance abuse and treatment field
• to be part of the largest nonprofit association working to build safe,healthy, and drug-free communities

Who can be a member?

Anyone can become a member who has interest in supporting local coalitions in the development of partnerships to make their communities safe, healthy and drug-free. Members include: parents, teachers, young people, law enforcement, health providers, the faith community, business and civic leaders, elected officials and concerned citizens. If you are not already a member of a coalition, CADCA can help you get involved.
If your community does not have a coalition focused on alcohol and drug, CADCA can help you start one.

Individual and Organizational (Coalition/Community-based organization, Special Interest Group, Sustaining Member) memberships are available through CADCA. The benefits of membership are listed below.

Individual and Organizational members receive:

• Legislative updates to keep members involved in time sensitive legislative issues related to substance abuse prevention, treatment, and research
• Complementary new issues of the Strategizer Series, training publications that offer concise proven solutions to issues facing prevention professionals
• Complementary new issues of Practical Theorist Series, publications summarizing scientific research finding in easy-to-understand terms
• Coalitions®, CADCA?s print newsletter providing information, funding opportunities and other critical information important to the prevention of substance abuse
• Free PDF downloads of all CADCA publications
• Discounts on conference fees and print publications
• Access to the members-only section of CADCA website

Coalition/Community-Based Membership also includes the following:

• Access to annual cash-back rewards program offered through an affinity program with Office Depot
• Comprehensive liability insurance for your organization
• All individuals within your organization may attend conferences at a discounted fee
• Access to reports from the National Coalition Registry, the leading source of coalition information for the field

Special Interest Group Membership also includes the following:

• Access to annual cash-back rewards program offered through an affinity program with Office Depot
• All individuals within your organization may attend conferences at a discounted fee

Sustaining Membership also includes the following:

• All individuals within your organization may attend conferences at a discounted fee
• Access to state-specific information through CADCA
• State updates through a partnership with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). As a sustaining member, the NCSL Substance Abuse Snapshot is sent directly to your email address bi-monthly.

All members have the opportunity to:

• Extend professional contacts with peers from all over the country at our annual conferences, The National Leadership Forum and The Mid-Year Training Institute. The conferences includes multidisciplinary workshops, panels, poster sessions and discussions with colleagues.
• Receive training and technical assistance through CADCA?s National Coalition Institute. Created through the Drug-Free Communities Support Act, the Institute serves as both a vehicle for coalition-specific substance abuse prevention policy development and a center for coalition training, technical assistance, evaluation, research and capacity building. Technical assistance, as well as print publications, are available free of charge to all coalitions, regardless of membership.
• Subscribe to Coalitions Online, CADCA?s weekly e-newsletter providing critical updates and information

For information about membership rates, click here.

To join CADCA, click here to join online, or download our membership application, complete it with your information, and mail or fax it to CADCA.