COA Awareness Week honors the struggle of children dealing with the disease of addiction in their families and empowers caring adults who want to help them. These children are so often isolated and afraid, convinced everything is their fault. We can help kids and teens understand it doesn’t have to be that way. Help us help them to stop the hurt and embrace recovery!

COA Awareness Week 2024 Advocacy Kit

With this Advocacy Kit, everyone has the necessary tools to help raise awareness about children impacted by the disease of addiction and how caring adults can help. By helping to raise awareness we can let kids and families know that safe people are available to help.  Here you will find social media images and sample postings, a sample email, a sample newsletter article, information about creating proclamations, and additional resources to help educate the community. Create your own postings and tag us so we can share with our network!

COA Awareness Week Speaker Series

Renowned experts in the field discuss the issues facing children impacted by the disease of addiction and inspire caring adults to help. All webinars will be held at 11 am ET.

Register for the entire series here>>

Monday 2/12

A Conversation with Patrick J. Kennedy about Mental Health in America
Patrick J. Kennedy, Mental Health Advocate and Former US Congressman (D-RI)
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Tuesday 2/13

Reverberations of Trauma in the Family Affected by Addiction
Claudia Black PhD, NACoA Co-Founder and Senior Fellow at The Meadows

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Wednesday 2/14

Unleashing The Power Within: The Science of Manifesting Your Life
James S. Flowers, PhD, LPC-S, CSAT, J. Flowers Health Institute Founder
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Thursday 2/15

H is for Hope and Healing: Parental Addiction Resources for Children & Families
Antonio Freitas, Sesame Street Senior Director of Educational Experiences
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Friday 2/16

What About the Children? Help, Hope, and Healing
Jerry Moe, MA, MAC , NACoA Senior Clinical Director

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NACoA is a NAADAC Education Provider and will provide certificates verifying NAADAC service hours for each presentation attended during COA Awareness Week 2024.

Sampling of COA Week Activities Around the Country and the Globe

NACoA Clinical Advisor Jerry Moe, MA has a busy week during COA Awareness Week 2024 presenting in IL as well as NACoA’s own COA Awareness Week Speaker Series.
Contact Illinois Family Resource Center Coordinator Nancy Phillips, MS-Psyc, CAADC, CFPP, to learn more about her schedule for the week or this presentation.

The Council on Addiction Prevention and Education of Dutchess County is featuring the imperative need for prevention for children impacted by familial addiction in this year’s forum entitled Breaking the Silence for COAs in Poughkeepsie, NY, part of their ongoing forum series entitled Protecting Our Youth.
Contact Community Prevention Educator Dora Celestino for more information.

COA Week isn’t just a week but an attitude in India, led by Virupaksha Devaramane. Akhila Karnataka Jana Jagruthi Vedike and Alvas Punarjanma Deaddiction Center are two centers doing great work in the addiction community and are very active this year helping to raise awareness about COAs. On January 21st, they hosted a family reunion of 300+ individuals in recovery and their families. It included many fun and supportive activities, such dance, songs, face painting for the children; family discussions; and a skit,
featured above, depicting the impact of addiction on children. Virupaksha Devaramane always plans a robust schedule this time of year ranging from a children’s camp, family support sessions, educational events, and celebration events for the children to help raise awareness and provide additional support for families.
Contact to learn more. 

NACoA UK has arranged its annual Stafford Ward Memorial Lecture, a COA Week lecture at the House of Commons, London. Learn more about this incredible advocacy opportunity by
contacting NACoA-UK. 

Stay in touch with NACoA throughout COA Week for additional information about how to help children impacted by addiction and celebrate their recovery.