CAADPE

06/02/2026

We changed our logo this Pride Month because it matters. The LGBTQ+ community has always been part of the SUD treatment community, and they face significantly higher rates of substance use disorder and higher barriers to affirming care.

That is not acceptable.

Substance use disorder does not discriminate, and neither does our commitment to care. Every Californian deserves access to affirming, evidence-based treatment. For many of the people we serve, Pride is not just a celebration. It is a statement of survival.

CAADPE stands with our LGBTQ+ members, providers, and the communities we serve. This month and every month.

05/28/2026

At CAADPE, we talk a lot about policy, advocacy, and systems change. But at the heart of all of it? People.

Our Project Manager Veronica puts it simply: this work is for members, providers, and the community members they serve every day.

Watch her share what that means to her, and to us.

05/27/2026

We require CPR training for teachers, nurses, and first responders. But overdose response? Still an afterthought.

CAADPE Executive Director Robb Layne makes the case in Capitol Weekly: stigma is the only thing separating CPR from naloxone training. AB 2150(ASM. Matt Haney) closes that gap.

Read the op-ed: https://capitolweekly.net/stigma-is-killing-people-in-overdoses-training-can-save-them/

OPINION — Public awareness around CPR certification is grounded in emergency preparedness and a shared responsibility to help others. Yet this isn’t carried over when discussing overdoses and substance use disorder. Professionals either don’t know how to help or have an internal stigma toward ...

05/26/2026

🗓️ Resource Tuesday

Patient dropout costs SUD treatment programs more than just revenue. It costs outcomes.

Our partners at CHESS Health are hosting a free webinar on May 28 (12 PM ET) -- From Revolving Door to Retention -- covering how recovery engagement tools drive census stability, reduce churn, and improve clinical results.

Hear from CHESS Health CEO Hans Morefield and Senior Director of Recovery Services Bridget Crumley on practical strategies including digital and peer support, SMS touchpoints, contingency management, and family engagement.

Free to attend. Worth your time.

🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4sjm7h7j

05/19/2026

9,000 people died from drug overdoses last year. Many of those deaths happened in public -- in front of people who knew CPR but didn't have the tools to recognize or respond to an overdose.

That's exactly why CAADPE stood with Assemblymember Matt Haney yesterday to support a bill requiring Narcan training as part of CPR certification.

Thank you, KCRA 3 for covering it.

See their coverage here:

A proposed bill in California seeks to include Narcan training in CPR certification programs to combat opioid overdoses and reduce stigma around substance use disorders.

05/18/2026

Today, CAADPE's Executive Director, Robb Layne, stood alongside Assemblymember Matt Haney and Krystle, a courageous advocate with lived experience, to call for passage of AB 2150.

Naloxone saves lives. Training makes it possible.

Every Californian deserves someone in the room who knows what to do.

05/14/2026

School resource officers are on K-12 campuses every day. AB 1586 would make sure they know how to recognize an overdose.

Authored by Assemblymember James C. Ramos and sponsored by CAADPE, the bill passed the Assembly today and now moves to the Senate.

It's a commonsense step -- and we're proud to help carry it forward.

05/14/2026

AB 2150 cleared the Assembly Appropriations Committee today, and we could not be more proud to sponsor this bill.
When naloxone is nearby but no one knows how to use it, lives are lost. AB 2150 changes that by requiring naloxone training wherever CPR training is already required. Simple. Practical. Life-saving.
Thank you to Assemblymember Matt Haney for your continued leadership on this issue.