CCAPP
Inspiring Excellence,
Promoting Change
For Over 50 Years!
Our core purpose is to make the World a better place by lessening the devastation caused by addiction.
CCAPP is the largest and longest-standing organization dedicated to supporting addiction programs and professionals in California. We believe your profession is your passion, and we’re here to support and empower you every step of the way.
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California’s Detox Blind Spot: Why Failing to Recognize ASAM 3.7 Is Costing Lives
In California, people are being denied medically necessary detox care not because it isn’t needed, but because the state refuses to clearly name the level of care being provided. ASAM Level 3.7—Medically Monitored Intensive Inpatient Services—is not ambiguous. It…
California Can Fix Recovery Housing—If It Stops Treating It Like Treatment
California keeps circling the same debate about recovery housing without ever landing on a solution. For more than a decade, lawmakers have introduced bills aimed at sober living homes, recovery residences, and supportive recovery housing. Each effort starts from a…
RECOVERY IS HOUSING, NOT A ZONING PROBLEM
Every community in California is grappling with substance use disorder. Families feel it. Employers feel it. Local governments feel it. And everywhere you look, officials are searching for solutions that actually work. One of those solutions already exists: sober…
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CCAPP Academy is licensed to operate by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education (BPPE). “Licensed to operate” means compliance with state standards as set forth in the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 (California Education Code §94897(l)). This licensure does not imply endorsement or recommendation by the State of California or the BPPE, nor does it indicate that CCAPP Academy or its programs exceed minimum state standards.