The Prevention, Training and Quality Assurance program's mission is to provide leadership concerning best practices and program administration and to assure minimum standards of service. The unit provides technical support to community alcohol and drug prevention and treatment programs and county planners and oversees the monitoring process. Additionally, this area conducts licensure inspections, investigates complaints about treatment made by clients, develops contracts for local services, and enforces administrative rules. ADES workers determine if an offender is sent to education or treatment for the duration of their sentence based on the conviction blood alcohol level. Once an ADES application is approved and a six-month trial period and evaluation are completed, an ADES license is issued.
Licenses are renewable and are granted for two years.
Licensed ADES are required to regularly report back to the section with specific offender information. Additionally, this section reports on provider compliance with the minimum standards set for their type of program. The minimum standards are reviewed and revised periodically through a consultative process. Records documenting the types of treatment programs offered by the treatment and prevention providers are the Treatment and Prevention Program Records. Records chronicling treatment client complaints about the program or provider they worked with are the Treatment Client Complaint Records.