Board of Directors
Our agency operates under the charter of the Barry County Board of Commissioners and is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Commission. Our 8 member Board of Directors is comprised of a diverse mix of individuals and local government people who serve as volunteer representatives of the community.

Board meetings are the first Wednesday of each month at 9:00 am. and are open to the public. When meetings are changed from that time, a notice is posted on the bulletin board at the Courts & Law Building and on the ground floor of the County Courthouse building as well as on this web site. We welcome your attendance and appreciate your ideas.

If you will need special accommodations in order to benefit from attending a board meeting, please call 269.945.1284 and let us know your needs. 

If you would like to serve on our Board of Directors, please contact the Barry County Administrators Office at 269.945.1285 and request an “Application for Position On A Barry County Board or Commission” form. They will assist you in making application to the Personnel Committee of the County Commission.

Board Meetings
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All meetings are held in the Group Therapy Room of Barry County Substance Abuse Services, 206 West Court Street, Suite 104, Hastings, MI 49058 at 9:00 AM unless otherwise posted.  Changes to this calendar are posted at least three days in advance of such meeting on the bulletin board in the Barry County Courthouse and at the Courts and Law Building and on our web site as per the Open Meetings Act.

Day	Date	Review Topic
Wednesday	January 3	Board By-Laws
Wednesday	February 7	Financial Plan
Wednesday	March 7	Personnel Policy
Wednesday	April 4	Strategic Plan Review
Wednesday	May 2	Standard Operating Procedures Manual
Wednesday	June 6	Organizational Structure
Wednesday	July 18	Safety and Infection Control
Wednesday	September 5	Accreditation
Wednesday	October 3	Fiscal Year Performance
Wednesday	November 7	Director’s Performance
Wednesday	December 5	Board Self-Evaluation, Election of Officers

Regional Advisory Council
The Regional Substance Abuse Advisory Council is designed to provide community ideas and information to the Southwestern Michigan Substance Abuse Services area.  The Regional Substance Abuse Advisory Council meets the 3^rd Monday of each month at 4 pm most often at the Nazareth Complex, 3299 Gull Road, Nazareth, MI.  Call us at 945-1387 or toll free at 877-489-9084 to determine which county and location the Council will meet at any meeting you may wish to attend.

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Administrative Staff
Our Administrative Team has two friendly clerks greeting you at the front desk window to assist you. Our Administrative Assistant is also our Recipient Rights Advisor and is available to answer all your questions about your rights at our agency.

Counseling Staff
BCSAS strives to make qualified and skilled counselors available to Barry County residents. We have friendly and knowledgeable social workers and psychologists on staff to assist you in making the changes that will be important to support a healthy and contented lifestyle supportive of recovery, as well as support staff who help to make your involvement in counseling enjoyable. 

Our staff are certified through the Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals with the Certified Addictions Counselor credential. The CAC requires the practitioner to maintain professional education during their career, so you can be confident that your counselor has been trained in the latest professional techniques.
Our Preventionists make up our highly capable Prevention Team here at BCSAS. A Community Preventionist works with other human services programs in the community to identify and put in place collaborative projects that reduce the incidence of substance abuse through encouraging changes to the community environment.

Prevention Staff
Our school-based Preventionist works in schools serving Barry County students, including Delton Kellogg Public Schools, Hastings Public Schools, Thornapple-Kellogg, Maple Valley and Lakewood Public Schools as well as several private schools.

Both are Certified Prevention Consultants and carry baccalaureate degrees from Michigan colleges. They have sixteen and five years experience in the field, respectively.

BCSAS Prevention services strives to bring research based and/or theory driven and, where possible, are federally approved prevention programs.

BCSAS has one of the few accredited prevention programs in Michigan, having been approved by the Counsel on Accreditation for Children and Family services in July, 2006.

Call 269.945.1387 extension 1087 for information about our quality prevention services.

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