What do you get when you ask more than 60 high school students to visit your social service agency for five and a half hours? If those students are from Lawrence Veritas Christian School, you get an amazing day of service. On October 5th the Veritas Senior High spent their day not in […]
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New Logo Brings DCCCA Programs Together
By now you’ve noticed DCCCA making a few changes, beginning with our new logo. Developing this new logo fulfilled the first piece of a larger plan to get the word out about DCCCA and its many quality programs. Our new logo, designed to represent all of our programs coming together as “One […]
Fourth of July Child Safety Tips
During the weeks surrounding the Fourth of July, school-age children suffer an estimated 1,900 fireworks-related burns and other injuries. One of the biggest culprits? Backyard sparklers. Some safety tips for you to keep in mind, and teach your kids: Never hold or light more than one sparkler at […]
DCCCA Merger Expands Substance Abuse Treatment Options in South Central Kansas
DCCCA’s Behavioral Health Services will expand on July 1st when it completes a merger with the South Central Kansas Foundation on Chemical Dependency located in Pratt, KS. Known previously as The Counseling Center, the program in Pratt provided outpatient drug abuse counseling services since 1979. DCCCA Behavioral Health Services serves […]
DCCCA Wichita Programs Awarded Smoking Cessation Grant
DCCCA was recently awarded a smoking cessation grant in the amount of $156,634 to provide tobacco treatment and recovery services in our Wichita programs: Women’s Recovery Center and Options Adult Services. The 3 year grant was awarded by the Kansas Health Foundation to support efforts to reduce tobacco use by individuals suffering from […]