NACoA AFFILIATE BENEFITS AND STANDARDS

Benefits

  1. Discounts on NACoA publications, audio-visual and promotional materials and reduced registration fees at conferences. From time to time NACoA will offer bulk discounts on designated items which the affiliate may purchase for distribution or for re-sale.
  2. Affiliates will periodically be entitled to receive camera ready copy/artwork of selected NACoA produced materials for reproduction and distribution in their own communities (ex. COA Kits).
  3. Fifty (50) copies of each issue of the NACoA NETWORK.
  4. Consulting on program services.
  5. Periodic fax alerts on related events and issues.
  6. Meritorious Service Awards.
  7. A membership certificate certifying membership in good standing.
  8. Recommend recipients for the Margaret Cork Award.
  9. The words "an affiliate of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics" may appear on letterhead and brochures and any other written materials where the name of the affiliate appears.

Standards

  1. Participate in activities in one or more of the following areas: public and professional information, public and professional education or training and advocacy.
  2. A minimum five member Board of Directors.
  3. Job descriptions for board members defining roles for officers.
  4. Regular meetings supported by the work of a strong committee structure.
  5. Broad cultural/ethnic representation on the board, except where organization is composed of particular cultural or ethnic population.
  6. If an organization has a paid staff, it must have personnel policies developed in line with sound professional standards, including job descriptions, hiring practices, and affirmative action policy. An annual financial statement for the organization detailing income and expenses (formal audit or financial reports, in accordance with accepted standards of accounting.)
  7. Detailed annual operating budget developed and approved by the board.