September 24, 2004

Expanded Course Offerings Announced For The American College of Addiction Treatment Administrators

Lancaster, PA, September 24, 2004: - The American College of Addiction Treatment Administrators (ACATA) announced a new partnership with OPEN MINDS to expand the course offerings for ACATA certification. The ACATA certification program is designed to promote high standards of management practice and professional growth in addiction to treatment administration. With the new partnership, ACATA members can now apply the contact hours from OPEN MINDS education events toward their certification. And, ACATA has secured significant discounts to all OPEN MINDS training events for its members.

The expanded course offerings have been designed to provide a cross-functional approach to financial and strategic planning, leadership, marketing, and information technology systems. Upon successful completion of requirements, members will achieve certification as an Advanced Member. Those achieving Advanced Member certification can continue on and become certified as a Fellow.

Founded in 1984, ACATA is a professional society of administrators whose specialty is the management of programs devoted to the care of persons with substance use disorders, alcoholism, and other drug dependency and related disorders and diseases. ACATA is under the umbrella of services provided by the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP). The membership consists of individuals from diverse facilities and programs – independent, freestanding facilities, programs operated within larger healthcare institutions, outpatient programs, long-term programs, and programs designed to care for special populations such as adolescents, the elderly, gay and lesbian, and gender-specific programs for either women or men. Members are from all levels in the field including CEOs, COOs, program managers, fiscal managers, and support service managers as well as educators, persons involved in addiction research, and prevention specialists. The mission of ACATA is to enhance the management capability and effectiveness of senior and mid-level addiction treatment administrators and educators, and those persons who are interested in entering into administrative positions within the field.

The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers is a trade association representing over 270 of the best-known providers of addiction treatment both in this country and internationally. The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers’ office and executive Dr. Ronald J. Hunsicker are located in Lancaster, PA and a Board of Directors from across the country governs the NAATP. Additional information on ACATA or on the work of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers may be obtained by contacting the NAATP office at 717-392-8480.

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