The Society of Addiction Counselors of Colorado is an association of professionals seeking to improve the quality of addiction counseling and other addiction treatment services through education, training, and advocacy. |
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SACC is an affiliate of NAADAC: The National Association of Addiction Professionals. Membership enables access to SACC's quarterly Newsletter and Membership Directory. |
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NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals, is the largest national organization for addiction-focused health care professionals with 10,000 members. Click here for more information on membership dues and Membership Application. |
SACC Membership Directory - Coming Soon!
Access to SACC Membership Directory is restricted to SACC members only. If you are a SACC member and haven't received access information, please email info@sacc.cc to receive your creditials. |
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Colorado Department of Behavioral Health has created the following list of training facilities that offer CAC required training courses as well as relevant elective classes.
SACC manages the process of testing in Colorado for LAC and MAC certification. Find additional information about the upcoming testing periods, along with what you need to do to apply for NCAC and MAC testing.
The Colorado Department of Behavioral Health has a process whereby a person can substitute a videotape demonstration for the Addiction Counseling Skills training. This link will explain the procedures to follow.
College equivalency requirements exist for several CAC required classes, including Diversity in Treatment Populations, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Group Counseling Skills and Clinical Supervision. It is the applicant’s responsibility to demonstrate how their college courses meet these requirements. It is recommended that anyone wishing to use equivalent college courses follow this link to find out more about what must be submitted to DORA, in order to have equivalent college courses accepted in place of CAC required classes.
This link directs you to quality websites that keep us up-to-date as addiction treatment professionals. |
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Founded in 1984 as Colorado Addictions Counselors, SACC formally affiliated with the National Association of Addiction Counselors (NAADAC) in 1993. SACC membership is open to professionals and students who care about the addiction treatment field and its future. |
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The SACC Board of Directors is a body of elected and appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of SACC, NAADAC and addiction professionals in Colorado. |
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Includes information of dates, location and agenda for monthly SACC Board Meetings. |
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SACC Committees oversee plans and details for SACC's Annual Meeting, Legislative Activity, Membership, Newsletter, Recovery Month, Website and Workforce Development. SACC Committee members are committed to representation and involvement in areas vital to SACC’s presence in Colorado’s treatment community - locally and nationally. |
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Save the Date: June 18, 2010
Dinner and Award Presentation
SACC is pleased to take this opportunity each year to recognize and honor the accomplishments of outstanding workers in the field of addiction recovery. There are 3 awards presented each year to individuals selected by their peers. SACC is currently seeking nominations for 2010 Counselor of the Year, Administrator of the Year and President’s Award. |
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The Society of Addiction Counselors of Colorado 2009 Annual Awards Dinner was held at the Denver Indian Center. Our training workshop focused on "A Cultural Approach to Healing and Sobriety." Entertainment was provided by Rez Crew, an energetic team of Native youth performers. The 2009 President’s Award was presented to Jean Armour. The 2009 Counselor of the Year Award was presented to Kim Nuzzo. The 2009 Administrator of the Year Award was presented to Lance Musselman. |
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Includes the latest news on SACC events, Legislative Updates and SACC articles. |
Archived Newsletters - Coming Soon!
Includes archived SACC newsletters from 2004 through 2009 with information on past SACC events, legislative initiatives and SACC articles. |
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SACC Legislative Committee members continue to work hard for addiction professionals in Colorado following the successful efforts to acquire greater parity with other MH licenses and being included under Title 12 (along with other Mental Health clinicians) achieved by actively supporting last year's House Bill 1040. |
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Mr. Richard Morales (Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Registrations, Health Services Section) has created a plan for the development and implementation of Colorado’s new Mental Health Professional Continuing Competency standards. SACC representation and input has been requested in the appropriate phases. |
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According to the state of Colorado, a sunset law is a law that automatically terminates a state regulatory agency, board or function of government on a certain date. The State Legislature must act to continue the entity or function by passing a bill. Sunset laws cause legislatures to periodically review the need for state regulation or for advisory committees and to update the law creating the entity or function. These reviews seek to balance the need for regulation to protect the public interest with the need to ensure that industry and professions are not over-regulated. |
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