Description of Organization

1. (a) The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission is the designated Single State Agency for alcohol and drug abuse problems in Connecticut. The Commission operates under the authority of Connecticut General Statutes sec. 17a-634 and is a part of the Department of Mental Health for administrative purposes only.
2. (b) The Executive Director is responsible for organizing and directing the Commission staff in carrying out the duties assigned to and by the Commission. He is assisted by a Deputy Director.

3. (c) At the direction of the Commission, the Executive Director and staff fulfill the following major functions:

   1. (1) planning and developing a comprehensive State Plan for dealing with alcohol and drug abuse;
   2. (2) awarding state and federal funds to programs which provide prevention and treatment services and monitoring the use of those funds;
   3. (3) overseeing the performance of programs funded by the agency and providing technical assistance to such programs to improve service delivery;
   4. (4) identifying new service needs and developing programs to meet them;
   5. (5) coordinating service delivery with other state and federal agencies;
   6. (6) coordinating state-wide drug and alcohol abuse prevention activities and assisting in developing and implementing prevention programs;
   7. (7) planning, developing, implementing and coordinating a comprehensive statewide training system for personnel in alcohol and drug programs and related services;
   8. (8) developing employee assistance and alcoholism programs and working with state agencies and business and industry to provide counseling services to employees;
   9. (9) collecting, tabulating, analyzing and distributing data related to alcohol and drug abuse;
   10. (10) establishing standards for, contracting with, and monitoring programs providing services to participants in the Pretrial Alcohol Education System.

(Effective June 1, 1992)