Illinois Association of Addiction Professionals

📢 and Join Us at the IAAP Annual Membership Meeting & Awards Celebration! 🎉

The Illinois Association of Addiction Professionals (IAAP) invites you to our Annual Membership Meeting & Awards Celebration on Thursday, September 19, from 1:00-3:00 pm at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Chicago.

This event is FREE and open to all—IAAP membership is not required! Enjoy a light lunch and beverages while connecting with fellow professionals in the field.

We are honored to have Dr. Caitlin Hegwood from NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals as our Keynote Speaker. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, celebrate, and network!

📍 Location: Ukrainian Cultural Center, 2247 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL
📅 Date: Thursday, September 19
🕐 Time: 1:00-3:00 pm

Registration is required:

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We look forward to seeing you there!

Renee Lee Peter Bradley James Randall Webber Mark Sanders Pamela Frazier

Countdown! Final 2 days to purchase tickets!

This is a great opportunity to support our expansion of services for individuals with mental health disorders. I’m depending on you!

The night will include a VIP reception, dinner,,silent auction, testimonials and awards ceremony honoring acknowledging legislative leaders and professional experts committed to mental health equity.

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Join us for an opportunity to increase your network of resources and learn more about our services!

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Phone: (773) 280-5675
Renee Lee, LCSW, CADC, SAP
Founder, CEO

Happy New Year from the board of directors of Illinois Association of Addiction Professionals. We wish you a healthy, peaceful and prosperous year!

It's time to celebrate! Join us at our annual awards celebration as we honor the pioneers, advocates, trainers, front-line workers, and programs that make a difference in the lives of individuals impacted by substance use disorders!

FREE EVENT! - REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

REGISTRATION LINK
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Greetings!

Do you know someone who deserves the recognition of their peers in the field of addiction? Do you know someone who has influenced you and made significant contributions through research, advocacy, and programming for our consumers?

The Board of Directors of the Illinois Association of Addiction Professionals extends an invitation to you to nominate a professional expert who has done exemplary work in the field of addictions. Each year through our Recovery Month Awards Celebration, we honor individuals whose contributions to research, training, advocacy, recovery management, and program development have influenced our profession.

The nominees are selected through the decision of the IAAP awards committee and board of directors. If you know someone who has influenced you and deserves peer recognition? Just click the link below and submit their name along with why you believe your nominee should be recognized!

This year's theme is "Recovery is For Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community!" Awards will be presented on September 20, 2022, at our annual Recovery Month Awards Celebration!

Deadline to submit nominations: September 4, 2022, 11:59 p.m.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TekIHqBcwDSnPSwwN0MZgFrfps9evIT-Klf7PlNJkLQ/edit

Here's a brief snapshot of the categories, you'll find a more detailed description in the nomination form.

There are seven (7) award categories:

The William L. White Lifetime Achievement
The Mark Sanders Commitment to Advocacy
The IAAP Program of the Year
The Pamela Frazier Counselor of the Year
The IAAP Recovery Service Award
The Rising Star Award
IAAP Legacy Award

Click this link to make your nomination:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TekIHqBcwDSnPSwwN0MZgFrfps9evIT-Klf7PlNJkLQ/edit

For questions email us at [email protected]

2022 - IAAP RECOVERY AWARDS NOMINATIONS The mission of the Illinois Association of Addiction Professionals (IAAP) is to empower addiction-focused professionals to achieve excellence through education, advocacy, knowledge, standards of practice, ethics, professional development, and research. We believe it is important that the services an...

Free Conference! Registration Required!

Feeling Disconnected? Join the Illinois Association of Addiction Professional Network Mixer. Learn about membership, volunteer, and board opportunities! Registration is required. ~
Renee Lee, LCSW, CADC, SAP, Board President

Registration Link
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Addiction: Network System Maintenance Illinois Association of Addiction Professionals (IAAP)

From the Board of Directors of Illinois Association of Addiction Professionals we’d like to wish you and your family Happy Holidays! Be safe! See you in 2022! Renee Lee, President

Celebrating National Recovery Month and National Counselors Day! Join us!

Keynote Speaker, Dr. Bakahia Reed Madison

2021 IAAP awardees include: Rex Alexander, Representative La Shawn K Ford, Timothy O’Boyle, Nicasa Behavioral Health Services, Mark Beall, Giselle Hernandez, Drexel Counseling Services, Inc. / Hardin House, and Joseph Greeb (Posthumous)

Pre-registration required!

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2021 IAAP NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH AWARDS CELEBRATION Illinois Association of Addiction Professional Present the 2021 National Recovery Month Virtual Awards Celebration

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2021 IAAP NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH AWARDS CELEBRATION Illinois Association of Addiction Professional Present the 2021 National Recovery Month Virtual Awards Celebration

ACCEPTING 2021 RECOVERY AWARD NOMINATIONS

IAAP SPOTLIGHT

“We believe that SUD is a symptom of deeper underlying problems. Our mission is to help our patients displace this dysfunctional solution by uncovering their purpose and meaning while bathing them in empathetic guidance, love, and applicable knowledge" Dan Hostetler, Executive Director

Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center, IAAP Program of the Year awardee for 2019 is committed to serving clients, their philosophy… "We believe you can be well.” With these simple words, the founders of Above and Beyond have brought together a seasoned team of staff members from the healthcare community with decades of personal and professional experience in the ever-changing field of substance use. When we say, “we believe you can be well” we’re stating our belief in everyone’s ability to experience healing, hope, and health when properly stimulated, educated and supported. It’s this expectation of communal success that drives us to provide our solid foundation of excellence in prevention/intervention to the most fragile and vulnerable people of Chicagoland. Need help? www.anb.today

Know someone you would like to nominate?

Click below to make nominations for IAAP 2021 awardees:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18wQPRdR30v4f_XIhQC5Famz2rNKIKSmnGszp2iyHfyk/viewform?ts=5f0bcbcb&edit_requested=true

Nominations close August 15, 2021

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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Fiscal Year 2021 Substance Abuse Disorder and (STAR) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Full-Time Service Opportunities

The Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) will pay up to $250,000 to awardees in exchange for six years of full-time employment that involves direct treatment or recovery support of patients with or in recovery from a substance use disorder. Awardees will receive a lump sum payment totaling the principal of and interest on each eligible loan outstanding on the date the individual began service, up to $250,000.

Full details are available in the Application and Program Guidance document at https://bhw.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/bureau-health-workforce/funding/star-lrp-application-guidance.pdf.

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Thank you for your service and sacrifice. We salute you🙏

Are you a current student in the addictions field? We want you to apply for the 2021 William White Scholarship for Student Research Papers. The NAADAC student member with the best research paper on one of six available topics will win a scholarship applied directly to their tuition! Learn more at https://bit.ly/2EHVpOc and submit your paper by July 31, 2021!

William L. White Scholarship The William White Scholarship was created to promote student addiction studies research and develop the importance of student research projects in NASAC accredited programs, NAADAC approved programs in higher education, or an accredited addiction studies higher education program acknowledged by th...

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!!

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CONNECTING RECOVERY COACHING & COUNSELING IN THE ERA OF TRAUMA AND COVID-19

Date: Fri, April 9, 2021
Time: 9:00am CST - 12:30pm CST
Featured Presenters: Jocelyn Vega and David O'Donnell
CEUs: 3.25
Cost: $25

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The Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program (IMFP) is a newly awarded, grant funded program from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The purpose of the fellowship is to identify, select, and support the training of ethnic minority graduate students who commit to significantly improving the quality of care provided to ethnic and racial minorities who have a mental or cooccurring mental and substance use disorder. The fellowship is directly related to efforts to reduce health disparities among ethnic minorities in the U.S. by filling a crucial need for mental health professionals in psychology, nursing, social work, marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, and substance use and addictions counseling.

https://www.apa.org/pi/mfp/psychology/imfp

Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program The Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program (IMFP) is a newly awarded, grant funded program from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to identify, select, and support the training of ethnic minority graduate students who work on co-occurring mental and substance use di...

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