NAATP leadership conference to be in person this week

Abstract

A three‐day in‐person meeting of addiction treatment program operators will convene this week in Denver, the first in‐person gathering of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Programs (NAATP) in two‐and‐a‐half years due to the COVID‐19 pandemic. Starting Dec. 7, the meeting will focus on quality of care, social determinants of health and the role of leadership. Faculty of 45 national experts will join former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy (D‐Rhode Island) and Resmaa Menakem, New York Times best‐selling author of My Grandmother's Hands and a senior fellow at The Meadows Institute, who will talk about racial inequity, racialized trauma and achieving systemic movement toward anti‐racism in health care. The theme of the conference is reflected in its title: “A Searching and Fearless Inventory: Accountability in Quality, Leadership, and Racial Equity.” “Historic moments compel us to take stock, to examine who we are, what we do and how well we do it. NAATP National 2021 will be such a moment,” said NAATP CEO Marvin Ventrell. “Our country's entire population, those who suffer from the disease of addiction and our addiction treatment professionals have been traumatized by an environment of illness and conflict. It is imperative that our addiction leadership come together to examine our work in this environment. Isolation and disunity feed addiction, and healthy community breeds recovery and wellness. Our objective with NAATP National 2021 is to create pathways to healthy community for both our professional workers and the patients they serve.”