NBAC Services & Programs
The National Black Alcoholism and Addictions Council, Inc. (NBAC) remains the only voluntary organization with the primary mission of advocating for African Americans in the arena of alcoholism and substance abuse prevention and treatment.
Black/Children Of Alcohol and Drug Addicted Parents (B/COADAP)
The primary goals of the group, Black Children of Alcoholic and Addicted Parents (B/COADAP) are to repair and enhance the self-esteem of children who doubt their self-worth; this doubt stems from living in chaotic, crisis filled troubled families headed by dysfunctional parents who are alcoholic, drug addicted, cross addicted, or suffering from other addictive behaviors. For adult B/COADAP's the group helps them to examine and change the continuing negative effect that parental alcoholism and drug addiction have on their ability to cope with normal stresses in life. B/COADAP's persist in believing they are permanently locked into a child-state of powerlessness and are, therefore unable to change behavior and circumstances that can lead to positive self-esteem and healthy interpersonal relationships. Anyone who desires more information about B/COADAP, the training and consultation fee, sites of training sessions, and cost of the B/COADAP kit should contact the NBAC National Office.
For more information contact:
Pamela Lightsy, CSW or John R. Robertson, Ph.D.
or Frances L. Brisbane, Ph.D.
1.877.NBACORG (1.877.622.2674)
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Black Alcoholism and Addictions Institute (BAI)
Established in 1982, the BAI is operated by NBAC. The institute is an environment created for people of all races and cultures to personally experience and professionally understand the most appropriate ways to work with people of African ancestry.
The curriculum is focused on substance abuse prevention and treatment issues, gambling and other addictive behaviors, HIV/AIDS and their consequences among African ancestral individuals, families and communities. BAI, now in its 26th year, is the only national education and advocacy forum with this mission. It actively markets to professionals who have little or no experience working with an African ancestral constituency, including adolescents; college/university students; seniors; the homeless; mandated clients/patients; mentally ill chemical abusers; in-prison populations; community returnees from prison; veterans; active duty service men and women, their children and families.
The prominence of spirituality, religions, faith and prayer among the majority of African ancestral people, and how these may help in both prevention and treatment are discussed and demonstrated.
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Blacks Against Drinking and Driving (BADD)
BADD is the only national campaign designed for African Americans to address the problems of drinking or using other drugs while driving. It also has a special emphasis on working with students on Black college campuses. NBAC believes that cultural strategies are needed to effectively reach and prevent African Americans from driving while under the influence of alcohol and other drugs. African Americans do not traditionally respond to media messages designed for the general public or to such concepts as the designated driver of parent/child contracts. As a result, NBAC has developed BADD as a culture-specific educational effort to keep drivers who are drinking or using other drugs off the streets and highways. Our outreach efforts are designed to engage traditional institutions and key community leaders to provide prevention leadership and to conduct ongoing educational workshops at Historically Black Colleges and Universities to help students implement their own BADD campaign.
For more information, contact the BADD Project Director:
John Robertson, 1.877.NBACORG (1.877.622.2674)
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HIV/AIDS Programs
Founded in 1978 to address the issues of alcoholism and substance abuse, NBAC recognized the link between substance abuse and HIV and expanded its concerns to HIV programs in the 1990's. In 1999, with funding from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), two programs were established: the HIV/AIDS Community Capacity Building Assistance Program (CCBA) and the HIV/AIDS Faith-Based Program. Both programs were successfully concluded in April 2004.
Currently we are continuing our Capacity Building activities through a regional program: The HIV Prevention Intervention Project. The goals of the project are:
- To collaborate with CDC-funded programs serving African Americans and Health Departments to strengthen effective HIV prevention interventions.
- To develop an effective needs assessment along with local partners to determine the extent of needed services and programs.
- To develop a database of resources for culturally-based information for CBO's and Health Departments.
- To provide technical assistance to CBO's and Health Departments in carrying the intensified prevention activities of the CDC's Advancing HIV Prevention initiative.
- To collaborate in the adapting, adopting and tailoring of interventions using the DEBI (Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions).
- To conduct technical assistance workshops in capacity building for HIV/AIDS prevention skills building.
- To evaluate the short-term and long-term impacts of the HIV/AIDS interventions utilized by CBO's and Health Departments.
The service area of the Prevention Intervention Project covers the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland and Delaware. Referrals for service outside of the project region are made to partner organizations covering the remaining United States and its territories.
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Perinatal HIV Prevention Project
This project is designed to use the network, expertise and experience of this national organization to provide education and technical assistance to substance abuse care and services providers in sharing and applying knowledge and expertise regarding the prevention of perinatal HIV transmission in the United States, in Working to Eliminate Perinatal HIV Transmission and to Implement CDC’s Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents and Pregnant Women in U.S. Health Care Settings. This project has two components:
Component 1 ― Perinatal HIV Prevention
- In collaboration with CDC and other partner organizations, develop and disseminate technical guidance protocols to assist substance abuse treatment providers in:
- HIV and pregnancy screening of female clients of childbearing age
- assuring comprehensive prenatal care for pregnant clients
- assuring comprehensive family planning or interconception care services for women of childbearing age with HIV
- Increase awareness of the importance of HIV screening for women of reproductive age and pregnant women by collaborating with partner organizations and national healthcare organizations.
Component 2 ― Implementation of HIV Screening in Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
- In collaboration with other partner organizations and CDC, develop and disseminate technical guidance documents for HIV screening of adolescents, adults and pregnant women in substance abuse treatment services.
- Collaborate with other CDC-funded organizations to improve rates of HIV screening among adults, adolescents and pregnant women who seek care for substance abuse.
- Increase awareness of the importance of HIV screening for adults and adolescents by collaborating with partner organizations and national healthcare organizations.
For more information, contact the
Project Coordinator:
Ana Rua Dobles, RN, MSN, 407.532.2774, adobles@nbacinc.org
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National Black HIV/AIDS Information and Awareness Day (NBHAAD)
NBAC is proud to have been the originator of the concept of the National Black HIV/AIDS Information and Awareness Day (NBHAAD) along with four other National African American HIV-Capacity Building Organizations who were funded by CDC. Created by this coalition in 2001 to highlight the HIV epidemic devastating the African American Community, NBHAAD has grown from 7 targeted cities in 2001 to a campaign that has resulted in over 980 organizations across the country registering events, 35,000 people participating and over 5,000 people voluntarily being tested for HIV (based on an online evaluation instrument). As part of this effort, NBAC developed a central web site where activities are registered and tracked, www.blackaidsday.org. As part of this effort to evaluate participation, NBAC, along with a group consisting of CBO's, state and local health department representatives, other capacity building organizations, and CDC representatives developed an online evaluation instrument to capture responses to this unique national campaign. The emphasis of this effort is to have the campaign be community driven, so that small and large organizations, grass-roots and professional, can interact, learn from each other and participate in the campaign to “get educated, get tested and get involved” to effectively reduce the spread of HIV in African American communities across the country.
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Additional NBAC Services
- Holding public education forums.
- Collecting and disseminating educational materials about alcohol abuse, alcoholism, other drugs of abuse and the linkage with HIV/AIDS for Blacks.
- Providing technical assistance to individual, agencies and organizations seeking help in developing alcoholism and addictions programs and recovery resources.
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