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OARA is actively involved in the following high-priority ADP initiatives:

• OARA supports Proposition 36, Offender Treatment Program, Drug Courts, Adolescent and Perinatal treatment services, CalOMS, Licensing and Certification, Performance Management, and Prevention programs, among others, within ADP. Staff also provides research and analytical support outside ADP to stakeholder and other government groups.
• Provide science-based recommendations, research and analytical services to the internal ADP staff and external team members on issues related to alcohol and other drug treatment and prevention policy development;
• Collaborate with Data Management to ensure quality and integrity of CalOMS and the Drug Abuse Treatment Access Report (DATAR);
• Analyze a variety of program and administrative data using geographic information software (GIS) and production of geographic maps using GIS and other software that show alcohol and other drug treatment and outcomes;
• Review, approve, and oversee contracted research and program evaluations (e.g., Long-term Evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act [SACPA] of 2000, Annual Evaluation Report to Legislature on SACPA, Substance Abuse Research Consortium [SARC] contract;
• Produce the California Indicators of Alcohol and Drug Abuse analysis of predictors of alcohol and other drug abuse;
• Maintain data to meet the requirements SB 1695, Chapter 678 (Escutia), Statutes of 2002 – a cumulative 5-year annualized report of overdose deaths caused by alcohol and other drugs;
• Partner with the California Attorney’s General Office to conduct the mandated biennial California Student Survey (CSS) and Healthy Kids Survey (HKS);
• Provide leadership, policy advice, training assistance, and general technical support regarding data requirements to IMSD technical staff and program divisions within ADP.