The Mission of PACDAA is to improve services to Commonwealth residents by providing for its members:

1. A vehicle by which the Drug and Alcohol Administrators of Single County Authorities (SCAs) in Pennsylvania may exchange information among themselves, and with public officials, health and social services personnel, and the public at large regarding substance abuse related problems, and the availability of public and private services for the prevention, intervention, and treatment of substance abuse problems.
2. An organized means by which those SCAs may communicate with the Commonwealth agencies, including the Department of Health, the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs, and the Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, around the issues of policy, planning, coordination, program development, and other relevant issues.
3. A forum for the free exchange of information among the various public and private drug and alcohol agencies in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the purpose of maintaining and improving the quality of services. The Association encourages collaboration with other organizations in the health and human services field to accomplish this purpose.

PACDAA recognizes the need for and importance of:

1. Insuring that care is managed adequately; that both cost and appropriateness of care are managed and based on client needs;
2. Insuring that taxpayer dollars are used effectively and efficiently;
3. Insuring client's continued recovery and return to a status of self-sufficiency;
4. Appropriate treatment,along with the use of environmental and social service supports, as the best way to enhance the client's continued recovery and to minimize repeat admissions;
5. Support of comprehensive community-based ATOD prevention programs that empower and mobilize citizens to assume active roles in reducing substance abuse throughout the Commonwealth;
6. Effective demand reduction programs through the provision of comprehensive prevention,intervention, and treatment programs.