BCCS Sponsors World AIDS Day Community Event December 2, 2017 at 10AM
World AIDS Day is held annually as a day of national recognition, with this year’s focus on youth and family. Brandywine Counseling & Community Services (BCCS) is proud to be…
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Governor Signs Substance Use Treatment Bill, Extends Access to Care
On September 29, 2017, Dr. Lynn Fahey, BCCS CEO, and other members of the behavioral health community, joined Delaware Senator Bryan Townsend as Governor Carney signed SB109. This landmark bill, sponsored…
September is National Recovery Month
Every September, SAMHSA sponsors Recovery Month to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover. This observance promotes the belief that behavioral…
CDC Data Shows Teen Drug Overdoses Doubled from 1999 to 2015
From 1999 to 2015, while America was grappling with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the worst economic crisis since the Depression, another tragedy quietly unfolded — the death rate…
New Release: 6 Suspected Heroin Overdose Deaths: Health Officials Urge Individuals & Families to Seek Treatment or Naloxone
NEW CASTLE (July 25, 2017) – Health and public safety officials are urging people in active use of heroin or other opioids and their families to seek immediate treatment or…
New Legislation Allows Pharmacists to Dispense Naloxone without a Prescription
Governor John Carney on Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 48 to expand community access to the life-saving drug naloxone by making it possible for pharmacists to dispense the antidote…
BCCS Presents The Big Night Out 2017 September 16th, 2017 at Deerfield
Brandywine Counseling and Community Services (BCCS) proudly presents The Big Night Out 2017. Join us on Saturday, September 16th, 2017 from 7pm to 10pm at Deerfield for a Night of…
BCCS CEO Dr. Lynn Fahey: Addiction and Its Treatment Is Complex, Layered
Every week, the local obituaries share another heartbreaking story about a life lost to a heroin overdose. Heroin carries with it the burden of stigma. Most people struggle to even…