This classification is viewed as the title for the addiction professional primarily involved in providing direct services to individuals in the criminal justice system. This is an international credential that is recognized throughout the world via reciprocity.  

There are certain knowledge areas and skills that are required to provide effective treatment and case management services to adult and juvenile drug involved offenders.  Criminal Justice Addictions Professionals must demonstrate the ability to provide effective services including assessment, case planning, case management, linking with other treatment, human services and criminal justice providers, monitoring, counseling and advocacy.  In addition, Certified Criminal Justice Addiction Professionals must be knowledgeable of the rehabilitative services provided by the treatment and criminal justice systems.  Knowledge is required in such diverse areas as pharmacology, treatment theories and modalities, involuntary commitment procedures, criminal case processing, court alternatives, and conditions of probation, to name a few.

MAPCB, realizes that the criminal justice treatment professionals are educated in a wide range of disciplines including criminal justice, addictions, social work, health, psychology, and other human service disciplines.  The Criminal Justice Addictions Professional Certification is designed to assess an individual’s ability to provide treatment and case management services to drug involved offenders.  It defines a criminal justice treatment professional’s role and function, thus distinguishing these individuals among other health and human service providers.

Eligibility for Certification: Certification will be awarded to individuals who demonstrate adequate skills, knowledge and competency in working in criminal justice settings when providing an array of services to drug involved offenders.  Certification does not depend upon any single education or experiential background, required knowledge and skills may be acquired through a combination of training, education and supervised work experience. The certification process offers a learning plan to the new treatment professional by providing guidance in the acquisition of the necessary knowledge and skills.  For the experienced professional, certification provides a document of experience and training in working in criminal justice settings.

The requirements of certification include: minimum hours of experience, training, and education in the six performance domains as defined by the International Certification Reciprocity Consortium/Alcohol and other Drug Abuse (IC&RC). The standards for the CCJP credential can be found in the following link:

Acronym for Certified Criminal Justice Addictions Professional:  MAPCB has adopted the IC&RC/AODA, Inc. official acronym of “CCJP,” with the intent to maintain one universally recognizable acronym.

Fees for Certification: The initial fee is $150.00. This fee will cover processing expenses, $35.00 fee to ICRC and initial two years certification. Re-certification will be every two years and cost $100.00.

CCJP Exam. Applicants are required to sit and pass the IC&RC-CCJP written examination.