Founded in April of 1993 and established in 1994, BICS is a non-profit, community based immigrant service agency providing services to the immigrant communities of Simcoe County and York Region requiring assistance.
Structure: BICS is directed by a volunteer Board of Directors. We are a small organization who employs ten full-time, part-time and supply staff. BICS operates out of one location.
BICS serves an average of 1500-2000 people annually which includes walk-in clients, telephone and on-line inquires.
Over 90% of our clients are female.
Over the years have serviced clients from the following countries:
| Afghanistan | Greece | Peru |
| Albania | Guyana | Poland |
| Argentina | Hungary | Portugal |
| Bangladesh | India | Romania |
| Belarus | Iran | Russia |
| Brazil | Iraq | Singapore |
| Bulgaria | Italy | Slovakia |
| Cambodia | Jordan | Spain |
| China | Kazakhstan | Syria |
| Colombia | Korea | Thailand |
| Croatia | Laos | Tunisia |
| Czech Republic | Macedonia | Turkey |
| Ecuador | Malaysia | Ukraine |
| El Salvador | Pakistan | Uruguay |
| Germany | Paraguay | Venezuela |
| Vietnam | Yemen |