Who We Are!

The National Association for Regulatory Administration (NARA) represents all human care licensing, including adult residential and assisted living, adult day care, child care, child welfare and program licensing for services related to mental illness, developmental disabilities and abuse of drugs or alcohol. 

We are human service regulatory professionals, human service providers, university faculty, independent researchers and consultants, allied professions from health, safety and legal disciplines, consumers and all others who share our vision:  Consumer Protection Through Prevention. 

Benefits of Membership!

….for the professional

The Licensing Newsletter – an e-newsletter published quarterly that providers members with information on legal issues, new research, member news and articles from guest contributors

The NARA Annual Licensing Seminar – members receive a discount registration fee

The NARA Licensing Curriculum – an excellent resource for human care licensing available at a reduced rate to members

Access to trainers/consultants – who are available to come to your location to facilitate training on a variety of regulatory topics

The NARA Trainer-in-a-Box – a series of fully prepared, fully scripted workshops that agencies can polish for their specific uses

NARA List Serves – online interest groups for AdultCare, Childcare, ChildWelfare, DrugAlcohol, Legal, MH-MR-DD, and Training that affords members an opportunity to ask questions of colleagues, share ideas and information from various states and disciplines

An Online Membership Directory – that keeps members in touch and helps professionals find others in their position in other states and provinces

NARA’s Reading Room – access to articles that cover a wide range of regulatory and human care topics that are of interest to regulators, providers and consumers of human care and services.

NARA research – on a variety of regulatory topics; most recently the popular Child Care Licensing Study

An opportunity to be involved in an organization that promotes professionalism in the field of human care licensing

Modest annual dues of $60 provides these services and more

….for members personally

A 5% discount on all purchases of books, electronics, music, etc., from Barnes & Noble online at www.naralicensing.org

Discounts on products and publications from Exchange Magazine through a special NARA/Exchange partnership

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