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Mission
Brandywine Counseling is a community organization
that provides holistic care to persons and their families living with addiction, mental health, and HIV-related challenges.
Key Facts
Geographic areas served:
Delaware
Target demographics:
Adults ages 18 and over and their families in the State of Delaware.
Results to date:
The Delaware Needle Exchange has exchanged over 28,000 syringes, enrolled over 650 participants, and identified 14 HIV positives in nearly three years of operation.
449 methadone patients (40%) have at least 90 days of abstinence.
The Alpha outpatient program discharged 44% of patients successfully or with some goals completed in 2009.
Intensive Outpatient Services were introduced in 2009 at Lancaster, Alpha, and Lighthouse to offer a higher level of care to individuals not succeeding in the traditional program.
The Newark Center saw a 25% increase in the number of patients remaining in treatment for one year or more in 2009.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 2100
Obstacles:
Maintaining funding, licensure, and accreditation. Reducing stigma for persons in treatment.
What your donation will allow us to do:
Your donation helps us save lives! Your donation supports our work, helping addicted Delawareans change behaviors and attitudes.
Your donation of $1 enables us to:
buy 14 condoms, 12 sterile syringes, or 4 first aid kits to protect someone from HIV. Even a dollar can save a life!
Your donation of 5 enables us to:
provide a hot meal for someone who comes to us hungry, or one group counseling session.
Your donation of 50 enables us to:
provide someone with 50 minutes of face to face contact with a counselor. Dollars buy minutes, and time saves lives.
Board Members and Affiliation:
Carole Franzoni, President
Lisa Sherwood, Vice President
Karla Fleshman, Secretary
Jean Meussner, Treasurer
LaShawn Carter
Stacey Clark
Jennifer Karpe
Sanjay Kotha
Joseph Paesani
Past and Current Funders:
The State of Delaware, the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, the Delaware HIV Consortium, United Way
Key Staff
Lynn M. Fahey, Ph.D., Executive Director
Matt Friedman, Assistant to the Executive Director
Dr. Joseph Glick, M.D., Chief Medical Officer
James Harrison, Lancaster Site Director
Mark Lanyon, Ph.D., Alpha Site Director
Carol Ludwig, Chief Financial Officer
Basha Silverman, Director of HIV Prevention Services
Janice Sneed, Director of Continuous Quality Improvement; Newark Site Director
Luther Whiting, Director of Human Resources