Advocacy

Anchor
NSAFE
Perinatal
Safety Net Services
STEP

Anchor

Growing to meet the complex behavioral healthcare needs of our community, BCCS now offers professional services for adults who are experiencing mental health issues. Some of the services provided are short-term counseling and treatment for concerns such as, but not limited to, Anxiety, Depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), substance abuse, and eating disorders.

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NSAFE

(Northeast Services And Family Education)

Provides Ryan White and AIDS Waiver case management for individuals with HIV or AIDS. The program helps to ensure that persons living with these diseases are enrolled and sustained in coordinated health care and other services that optimize the customer's health and well being. The program also provides crisis intervention and support group services for participants and family members.

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Pregnant and Parenting Women’s Program

The Perinatal program is for women facing addiction who are either pregnant, new mothers, or mothers of young children. We offer: full case management, parenting guidance, education/job training, help with pre-and post-natal care, childcare, and housing.

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Safety Net Services

Safety Net is a multi-faceted program offering substance abuse treatment and pre-treatment, and HIV/AIDS services. Specifically targeting women and ex-offenders returning to the community, the program connects customers to appropriate services, depending on their readiness to enter treatment. The program also incorporates Safety Counts risk reduction intervention, medication management, Integrated Dual Disorders treatment, and HIV testing.

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STEP

(Support, Treatment, Engagement, and Prevention)

STEP is an outpatient program serving homeless substance abusers in Sussex County. The primary goal of STEP is to improve stability, health, and quality of life by facilitating sobriety, treating mental health symptoms, treating health issues, stabilizing and improving housing and employment, and reducing criminal activity.

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Peer Advisor at BCCS Lends a Helping Hand to Customers
Kat Joyce is a great example of recovery and how one person's treatment can benefit so many others.  Kat, a recovering alcoholic and addict, works as a volunteer Peer Advocate and contributes her time to lead new customer orientations.  She is the ear and voice for BCCS customers and provides them with emotional and practical support.  Her advocacy efforts range from offering a shoulder to cry on, to a listening ear, to encouraging customers to attend groups.  She wants to teach customers what she has learned through her recovery, to share what has worked for her, and to let them know that she is here to help.  Kat stresses the importance of not only getting treatment, but to becoming fully engaged in all that BCCS hast to offer.

Last updated October 31, 2011