Ohio Depart. of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services

ODADAS: Providing leadership for Ohio's public substance abuse treatment system

The mission of the Ohio Deparment of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services is to provide statewide leadership in establishing a high quality addiction prevention, treatment and recovery services system of care that is effective, accessible and valued by all Ohioans. THe agency's vision is an addiction-free Ohio that promotes health, safety, and economic opportunity.

ODADAS is responsible for the development of a comprehensive statewide plan, emphasizing abstinence as its primary goal, to distribute federal and state funds for the prevention and treatment of alcohol and other drug addictions. The ODADAS Outcome Management Framework was used to determine priorities and plan for establishing, monitoring and reporting interim successes and end result of efforts. The planning process utilized need and resource data from a variety of national, state and local sources including: community need assessments through Community Plans, community forums, client service data, survey data and administrative data.

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