promote healthy, drug-free lifestyles
reduce alcohol and other drug abuse
reduce abuse-associated illnesses and deaths
OBH’s annual budget is approximately $37 million dollars. Close to 70% of that funding comes from the Federal Substance Abuse Block Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services.
CAAP is an statewide association of professionals in Colorado seeking to improve the quality of addiction counseling and other addiction treatment services through education, training and advocacy.
Education Equivalency for Addiction Counselor Certification: When an applicant submits college courses on an application to the Center for Credentialing &
Education (CCE) in lieu of one of the required training classes, it is the applicant’s
responsibility to demonstrate how their college course is equivalent to the BHA’s approved
core competencies for that class. They are advised to compare the class syllabus to the core
competency for the CAC required class. Anyone wishing to use college equivalents must
submit the following to CCE (please be advised this process can take 4-6 weeks):
Website: https://www.cce-global.org/businesssupportservices/licensureeducationreviews
