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CONNECTIONS AND SOLUTIONS Workforce Development & Training

ADDICTION TRAINING & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT (ATWD)

“I love my virtual courses and appreciate NJPN for pivoting to make this available. I look forward to continuing learning online.” – NJPN Student

NJPN’s Addiction Training and Workforce Development (ATWD) initiative drives awareness and interest in addiction training as a career path and educates those seeking certifications in alcohol and drug counseling. Over the past year, NJPN invested in new IT infrastructure that enables us to continue our very important work through the COVID-19 health crisis. NJPN took the necessary steps to ensure the safety of employees, trainers, scholarship participants and partnering agencies by shifting to an online/virtual learning environment. In response to the CDC and WHO guidelines, NJPN: • Established an online learning environment and completed instructor training to host virtual trainings starting in April 2020. • Shifted completely to a virtual learning environment for all training courses. Transferred all course testing and evaluations to online data collection system. Provided student tutorials and individual guidance to assist students with challenges caused by lapse in employment and access to technology.

ATWD Student progress toward Certification 7/1/19-6/30/2020 ATWD Stude progress toward Certificatio /1/19-6/3 /2020

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# of Students who have completed coursework through ATWD

# of Students who have completed all 270 Hours through ATWD

# of Students Certified or Licensed after taking ATWD Courses

ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS: • Hosted 266 Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor (CADC) courses (in-per- son and virtual) • Hosted 15 Renewal L/CADC courses (in-person and virtual) • Issued 127 CPS scholarships for in-person courses prior to March 23, 2020 Since the program inception: • 2,003 CADC Interns satisfied the required coursework to earn CADC certification. • 966 Graduates have become LCADC or CADC • 279 Renewal courses to 5,475 licensed/certified professionals.

82 L/CADC Students 10 CDA Students Graduated 2019-2020

ATWD is funded by the NJ Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

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NJPN - ANNUAL REPORT | 2019-2020