NASADAD is pleased to share the 2025 NASADAD National Recovery Month Collage!

National Recovery Month is an annual observance held each September dedicated to celebrating people in recovery from substance use disorder (SUD) and raising awareness for critical recovery support services. This year’s National Recovery Month theme is: Recovery is REAL (Restoring Every Aspect of Life). Through this theme, National Recovery Month seeks to elevate recovery support services and the effectiveness of SUD services to educate the public, stakeholders, and communities that recovery from SUD is real and possible for everyone.

NASADAD members are the lead agency in each State or jurisdiction responsible for managing the publicly funded substance use system across prevention, treatment, and recovery. This month, our staff and Members wear purple to celebrate recovery and promote awareness of SUD issues. NASADAD is grateful for the work all our members do in their States and jurisdictions to support recovery every day of the year.

Thank you to all who participated.

NASADAD has developed four new thematic briefs that highlight common strategies and services states have implemented for opioid and stimulant misuse and use disorders using SOR grant funding. These briefs describe state opioid overdose response programs, services for veterans, initiatives for young adults, and innovations across the justice and re-entry continuum. The documents are linked below.

Initiatives for Young Adults

Innovations Across the Justice and Re-entry Continuum

Opioid Overdose Response Programs

Services for Veterans

These briefs build upon NASADAD’s interactive map that describes the impact of the SOR grant across the country. It includes state and territorial-specific briefs that describe highlights of each state substance use agency’s use of SOR funds across the continuum of care. The interactive map is also available on NASADAD’s website: https://nasadad.org/opioid-state-targeted-response-map/

Impact of State Targeted Response & State Opioid Response Grants

NASADAD has developed a comprehensive resource summarizing final Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 funding for key federal programs related to substance use disorders (SUD).

As you recall, Congress opted to pass a year-long continuing resolution (CR), as opposed to a traditional omnibus bill, that, in general, provided level funding for federal government agencies and programs for the remainder of FY 2025, which runs through September 30, 2025. President Donald Trump signed the CR, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (H.R.1968/P.L. 119-4), on March 15, 2025. This full-year CR included FY 2025 appropriations and a few provisions reauthorizing certain expiring SUD prevention, treatment, and recovery federal programs.

The document includes a chart that summarizes final FY 2025 funding for SUD programs housed within the following federal agencies:

• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
    • Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services (SUPTRS) Block Grant
    • Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
    • Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
    • Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)

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Today, NASADAD is releasing an updated fact sheet, originally produced in 2021, and most recently updated in 2023, that provides an overview of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’ s (SAMHSA) Pregnant and Postpartum Women’s (PPW) Residential Program and State Pilot Program. The fact sheet “tells the story” behind the PPW Residential Services Program and the evolution of the PPW State Pilot Program- an initiative that NASADAD helped develop with Congress through the Comprehensive Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act (P.L. 114-198). This round of updates to the fact sheet includes the latest available outcomes data, recent grantees, and recent Congressional action related to both programs.

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Words Matter. People Matter.

Today marks a significant milestone for us at NASADAD as we proudly unveil our new name, brand, and logo—reflecting our renewed dedication to the respect and dignity of individuals and communities affected by substance use, misuse, and use disorders (SUD).

We thank you for your patience as we update our public website.

Click on the short video below to learn more!

For years, our organization’s name has included the term “Abuse”—a word that, despite its clinical roots, can unintentionally harm the very individuals we strive to help. As we move forward, we’re proud to announce a new name that better aligns with our mission: The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Agency Directors (NASADAD).

We’re not just changing our name; we’re reaffirming our dedication to ensuring States have the resources and policies they need to empower communities, foster recovery, and uphold the dignity of every individual.

Our new logo symbolizes this transformation and embodies the core values of NASADAD.

• The blue in our logo symbolizes trust, reliability, and professionalism, essential traits as we continue to serve as a unifying voice for state agencies across the nation.
• The sharp points of the “A” letters in our logo are reminiscent of a star, symbolizing the States and our commitment to reaching the highest points of success, quality, excellence, and leadership.
• The green represents growth, while the arch symbolizes NASADAD’s role as a connector, partner, and collaborator. It also evokes the feeling of a “horizon,” signifying limitless possibilities for systems improvement and a broad vision for health and well-being.

NASADAD has developed an issue brief on an Overview of SAMHSA’s Women’s Addiction Services Leadership Institute (WASLI) & Considerations for Reinstituting WASLI 2.0. The brief documents the history of the program, the importance of WASLI, the benefits of the program, and offers considerations for an updated version of the institute should it be reinstated.

NASADAD has been promoting the reinstatement of WASLI, a leadership program that was funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) from 2008-2018 designed to strengthen the women’s services workforce. The program’s goals were to strengthen the capacity of emerging leaders to meet the prevention, treatment, and recovery needs of women with substance use and co-occurring mental disorders, develop participant’s leadership skills, and create a network of the next generation of leaders in women’s services.

We thank those who helped support and contribute to the development of this paper, which will be a vital resource as NASADAD continues to pursue efforts to support the reestablishment of WASLI.

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