Faye J. Calhoun, D.P.S., M.S., New Board Chair
NACoA announces the election of Faye J. Calhoun, D.P.S., as Chairman of NACoA’s Board of Directors. Dr. Calhoun is a past Deputy Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) in the National Institutes of Health, and has been a member of the NACoA Board of Directors since retiring from NIAAA in 2006. She is currently Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education and Research at North Carolina Central University in Durham NC. More…

BUY A TICKET – WIN A HOUSE – HELP NACoA
Have you ever dreamed about a get-away home in the Colorado mountains, close to skiing in the winter and the brilliant nature of the summer and fall months? This could be your chance….

Webinar Slides from the June 29th presentation of Addiction, Families and Recovery: Strategies and Tools for Faith Leaders and Other Pastoral Ministers, presented by The Clergy Education and Training Project® will be posted soon.

New York OASAS Commissioner Tells Children of Alcoholics, "Your Story Matters"
NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Commissioner Karen M. Carpenter-Palumbo…Read full statement.

New article by Dr. Tian Dayton
Our readers are welcome to reprint this article in its entirety for educational purposes only, and provided NACoA and Dr. Dayton receive full credit.” Portrait of an Alcoholic Family: Forgotten Children; Right Next Door?

Claudia Black has written a blog on Psychology Today about children of alcoholics. We invite you to read this article titled Children of Addiction.

Listen to a mother share the impact of Celebrating Families!™ - a unique and successful evidence-based family recovery program curriculum that addresses the needs of children and parents in families that have serious problems with alcohol and other drugs. It is listed on the National Registry of Effective Programs and Practices. The curriculum – and related consulting and training – is available through NACoA. For more information, visit the website - Celebrating Families!™

Honoring ACOA Recovery
Introducing NACoA leaders who have also been leaders in the family recovery field for years – and their personal stories of recovery and giving back. MORE…

Lost Childhood: Growing Up In An Alcoholic Family
A half-hour award-winning documentary showing young children of alcoholics who speak about their experiences with an honesty and wisdom beyond their years. DVD and viewers’ guide now available through NACoA. For more information on this award-winning documentary, visit www.lostchildhood.org

Webinar Presentation Slides Available
Topic: Alcohol and Drug Dependence: Its Impact on Congregations, Families and Community Understanding Addiction, Promoting Recovery
A webinar program of The Clergy Education and Training Project® June 25, 2009

Certificate Program for Clergy and Other Pastoral Ministers
NACoA, in partnership with NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals, has created a new milestone for congregational leaders, a Certificate in Spiritual Caregiving to Help Addicted Persons and Families. To learn more and access the application form…..

The 21st annual Recovery Month celebration will be held across the country throughout September. NACoA is a Planning Partner for Recovery Month. Visit www.recoverymonth.gov to see the TV programs recorded throughout the year, which will continue to be available for local education programs, and to download the many tools and strategies that are available to facilitate effective Recovery Month celebrations.

News from International Affiliates
NACOA-UK features You Tube clip of young women discussing growing up with an alcoholic mother.

NACOA Deutschland has expanded website; will host second national conference in Berlin (January, 2010)

Renascent Fellowship, Inc. is NACoA’s newest international affiliates. Renascent has the largest number of treatment beds in Canada and provides comprehensive services for addicted persons and their family members

Website for COA Teens www.shoutinginside.com Teens talk about the reality of living with alcoholic parents – visit this powerful new blog site, developed by NACoA's Cleveland Affilate Recovery Resources

The Information about Drugs and Alcohol (IDA) research compendium provides access to over 100,000, bibliographic abstracts, full text articles and reports which focus on drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, as well as children of alcoholics, mental health, social marketing, employee assistance programs, and health communication issues.

NACoA’s Online Education Center
On Demand education and training opportunities for clergy, other professionals, and any person interested in learning how to help the children in their midst who are being hurt by parental alcohol ordrug addiction. The most recent course added specifically addresses children of alcohol or drug addicted parents and ways to support them and help them build resilience. The courses can be accessed at any time 24/7 for a convenient way to increase your knowledge and skills. Just go to http://nacoa.macrovolt.com to learn more about the courses and to register.

Handbook for Clergy, developed by NACoA for SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, is now available both on-line and link to new copy and singly or in quantities for distribution to clergy in your community – For more information or to order.

Helping COAs through Student Assistance Help Is Down the Hall: A Handbook on Student Assistance, developed by NACoA with support from the federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, offers basic information on SAPs, their benefits to students and schools, and outlines the tools and strategies for their success. More...

Social Work Curriculum Materials Available
NACoA has developed a curriculum module and PowerPoint presentation based on the newly designated COA core competencies for social workers. In addition, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism offers online a full curriculum on alcohol abuse and alcoholism, including a strong section on alcohol and families. More…

ACE Study
Robert Anda, MD, MS, Co-founder and Co-Principal Investigator of the 10-year Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente, prepared an overview of the study for NACoA, which we are pleased to make available here. The Health and Social Impact of Growing Up With Alcohol Abuse and Related Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Human and Economic Costs of the Status Quo.

The Children’s Program Kit, now being used in thousands of venues to provide educational support groups for children and youth -- in school-based student assistance programs, in faith organizations’ youth programs, in treatment programs for the children of clients in treatment, and in youth-serving agencies across the country. The Kit is available free through the SAMHSA Health Information Network clearinghouse or call 1-800-729-6686, and ask for CPKIT-D. For the Native American version, ask for NCPKIT-D