CAAPS is a community-based substance misuse service that supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families who are experiencing alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues. CAAPS has an all-Aborginal Board, with members currently from Darwin, Maningrida, Elcho Island and Tiwi, who strive to maintian a minimum 60% Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander staff body. CAAPS has been operating for 30 years and came into being with the support of the Northern Territory’s remote communities and the dioceses of the Northern Territory’s Catholic, Anglican and Uniting Churches. CAAPS as recently applied for registration as an Aboriginal Corporation under the CATSI Act (2006).