MISSION STATEMENT
It is the Mission of CODAC Behavioral Health Services of Pima County, Inc. to work collaboratively with individuals, families and organizations to eliminate the harmful effects of substance use disorders, mental illness and abuse on their lives and their communities.

PRINCIPLES
In all we do, we will be guided by the following Principles:

• We will provide high quality, cost effective, outcome focused, and linguistically and culturally relevant services.
• Our services will be easily accessible, engaging, recovery oriented, family friendly, and respectful of the strengths and assets of the individuals with whom we work and the communities in which we live.
• We will work in collaboration with funders and other community-based organizations and form mutually rewarding partnerships that build upon organizational capacities and strengths.
• We will treat our employees and volunteers in a respectful manner that acknowledges them as our most important resource and support them in being the best at their roles in their communities.
• Our financial, human resources, facilities, information management and quality management services will function in a manner that most effectively supports the delivery of services to consumers and participants, and will lead to ongoing organizational success.
• We will effectively communicate to the public the health and human service needs that exist in our community and our efforts to address those needs in a manner that attracts donors and other supporters.
• We will work to end the stigma of substance use disorders and mental illness, and advocate for just public policies that provide appropriate levels of public support to ensure that affordable treatment, health promotion and prevention services are available in a timely manner to all who need them. 

HISTORY
Founded in 1970, CODAC Behavioral Health Services, Inc. began as a coalition of individuals and organizations concerned with combating the growing problem of drug abuse in Pima County. The Junior League of Tucson provided the initial funding to hire the first staff person.

In 1972, CODAC secured an eight-year grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) to establish a coordinated network of drug abuse prevention and treatment programs in Pima County. When the NIDA grant expired in 1980, funding was secured from the Arizona Department of Health Services and local sources for the network to continue operations.

In 1983, the State decided to select a single organization to manage Pima County’s substance abuse treatment network. In response, CODAC began to provide substance abuse treatment. The Stratford Center, CODAC’s Methadone treatment program was the first such program. Outpatient counseling soon followed. In July 1884, CODAC’s direct contract with the State ended and it became a provider agency. In its new role, CODAC began to develop innovative substance abuse disorder prevention and treatment programs, which included:

• Project Pride- a primary prevention program – 1983
• Project CAMI - an intensive outpatient treatment program for pregnant work – 1989
• Wildflowers – the Southwest’s first residential treatment program for pregnant and post-partum women -1990
• Project HACER – an outreach and treatment program for bi-cultural individuals living with HIV/AIDS - 1992
• Las Amigas – CODAC’s second residential treatment program for pregnant and post-partum women - 1993
• Building Me Prevention curriculum and the Connie Chambers Early Childhood Education Center –1994
• Family Health Promotion Program - located in the Santa Rosa Neighborhood – 1995
• The Healthy Families Program – a nationally recognized child abuse prevention program – 1991

• General Mental Health/Substance Abuse Program
• The STARS Program for adults with Serious Mental Illness
• Southern Arizona Children’s Consortium (SACC), an LLC owned in collaboration with Arizona Children’s Association (AzCA).

In 2001, CODAC was awarded one of the three adult comprehensive service network contracts from CPSA. Under this contract CODAC service adults with both General Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders and Adults with Serious Mental Illness. In addition to serving adults in Metropolitan Pima County, CODAC has sole responsibility to care for adults in Northeastern Pima County. Also, in 2001, CODAC was awarded a seven-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) to develop a treatment system for adolescents with substance use disorders.

In 2004, CODAC served more than 10,000 individuals and families who were at risk of or suffering from mental illness and/or substance use disorders. With a multidisciplinary staff of 255 individuals, 13 different locations in Tucson and Northeast Pima County, and an annual budget of nearly $30 million, CODAC is one of Arizona’s oldest and most well respected health and human service community organizations.