MASSACHUSETTS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
Our services build capacity, increase awareness, and enhance knowledge and skills for professionals and organizations.
Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS)
Through our contractual partnership with the Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS), ADEPT Educational Institute provides comprehensive logistical and educational support designed to strengthen awareness, knowledge, and skills for those serving individuals with substance use disorder (SUD).
This funding supports a wide range of initiatives across Prevention, Intervention and Treatment, Peer Recovery Support Services, Youth and Young Adults, Harm Reduction, Community Engagement, Housing and Homelessness, Transgender Affirming Programming, Women and Family Programming, Disability Focused Programming, Scholarships, Conferences, Regional Provider Meetings, and general BSAS support.
Services We Provide
ADEPT delivers comprehensive training, event coordination, and logistical support to strengthen the statewide substance use workforce. Our services include:
Training & Education
- High quality trainings led by vetted experts on:
- Regulatory requirements (Boundaries & Ethics, PAC NET/HIV, TAPE/Tobacco Education, etc.)
- Population specific topics (youth, LGBTQ+, parenting, etc.)
- Issue specific areas (trauma informed care, de escalation, anti racism, and more)
- Culturally responsive and gender specific training opportunities
- Scholarships to expand access to regional and national conferences
- Support for ongoing professional credentialing
- Capacity building to help BSAS funded providers better serve people with disabilities
Events & Conferences
- Coordination of statewide public information events and conferences, including Prevention, Harm Reduction, Older Adult, and Recovery focused gatherings
- Delivery of in person, virtual (Zoom), and hybrid meetings and trainings across the Commonwealth
Staff Support & Logistics
Our team manages the full scope of planning, production, and administrative support needed to deliver high quality trainings and events, including:
- Planning and troubleshooting for virtual, in person, and hybrid conferences
- Site research, contracting, and on site arrangements
- Training development in collaboration with BSAS and training/TA partners
- Writing, editing, designing, and distributing online brochures
- Coordination with graphic designers and printers
- Budget development and cost estimates
- Trainer recruitment, contracting, travel coordination, and real time support
- Registration management and billing
- Assembly and distribution of conference materials
- Training evaluation, analysis, and summary reporting
- Participation in planning and facilitation meetings with BSAS and partners
- Continuing Education (CE) applications, record keeping, provider renewals
- Certificate creation and distribution
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Addiction Counselor Education (ACE) Program
The ACE Program is and one year certificate program designed for individuals exploring a career in substance use disorder treatment, as well as those already working in related fields who want a strong foundation in addiction services. Each course provides essential knowledge and practical skills needed to work effectively in the addictions field. The program is offered live in Central Massachusetts.
Substance use treatment agencies play a vital role in the nation’s healthcare system. The ACE Program supports the professional development of those entering this growing field, with all courses taught or supervised by experienced professionals in substance use disorder treatment.
The program is offered as:
- A one year certificate program, or
- Individual courses (space permitting)
Classes are held in the evenings for maximum flexibility. Participants who complete the full core curriculum—six courses, pre practicum, and practicum—receive a Certificate of Completion from Westfield State University. Courses begin each September through ADEPT Educational Institute.
Courses Offered (September–August, Worcester Program)
- Addiction and Recovery: Core Concepts and Approaches
- Counseling the Alcoholic and Other Chemically Dependent Persons
- Family Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Treatment
- Pre Practicum
- Substance Abuse and Criminal Justice
- Co Occurring Disorders (Dual Diagnosis)
- Psychopharmacology
- Practicum & Practicum Supervision/Ethics
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Massachusetts Suicide Prevention Program
ADEPT Educational partners with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to support the statewide Suicide Prevention Program. The program’s core mission is to increase awareness of suicide as a critical public health issue and to strengthen the capacity of communities, professionals, and caregivers to prevent suicide across the lifespan.
We support efforts that:
- Provide education and training for professionals, caregivers, and community agencies
- Fund and strengthen programs serving youth, veterans, older adults, and other priority populations
- Use data to identify communities and populations most in need of support
- Encourage cross‑disciplinary collaboration to prevent suicide and suicide attempts statewide
As part of this partnership, ADEPT coordinates the Annual Massachusetts Suicide Prevention Conference and manages a wide range of ongoing continuing education activities and logistics support.
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Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) Bureau Contracts
Through contractual partnerships with multiple bureaus of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, ADEPT Educational Institute provides logistical and programmatic support across the Commonwealth’s family health, community prevention, infectious disease, and health equity initiatives. Our work spans the Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition, the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention, the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, and the Office of Health Equity and Community Engagement — supporting programs ranging from maternal and child health, WIC Nutrition, and home visiting, to asthma, diabetes, and tobacco control, to HIV/AIDS services and statewide immunization efforts, to the advancement of equity frameworks across state resource allocation.