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3120 North Oak St Ext Suite C Valdosta, GA 31602

Behavioral Health Services of South Georgia. 3120 North Oak St Ext Suite C Valdosta, GA 31602. Behavioral Health Services (BHS) of South Georgia’s History. Behavioral Health Services of South Georgia is a public nonprofit organization.

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3120 North Oak St Ext Suite C Valdosta, GA 31602

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  1. Behavioral Health Services of South Georgia 3120 North Oak St Ext Suite C Valdosta, GA 31602

  2. Behavioral Health Services (BHS) of South Georgia’s History • Behavioral Health Services of South Georgia is a public nonprofit organization. • It is run by the South Georgia Community Service Board, which was created in July, 1994 with House Bill 100, and is designed to govern public mental health, the developmentally disabled, and substance abuse services.

  3. The Georgia Association of Community Service Boards

  4. BHS’s Mission • “To provide excellence in service and education in the areas of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse that creates opportunities for individuals to be healthy, productive members of society” (B. Harrell, personal communication, September 15, 2005)

  5. BHS’s Legal Description • Public Nonprofit Organization • Some of their funding comes from government grants, and the rest comes from other sources of donated aid and funding.

  6. BHS’s Organizational Statistics Behavioral Health Services of South Georgia….. • covers 10 counties • has 4,600 steady patients, but see around 6,900 over the course of a year

  7. BHS’s Growth Behavioral Health Services of South Georgia….. • patient base is growing at a rate of 2 to 3 percent per year • cannot grow in the case of developmentally disabled clients because they can only have 191 of those patients, maximum, at a time • has no limits on how many clients they can take in with mental health problems and substance abuse problems

  8. BHS’s Volunteers Behavioral Health Services of South Georgia….. • has a staff of paid professionals • does not really have volunteers (for liability purposes they cannot) • does offer internships

  9. BHS’s Current Crisis Behavioral Health Services of South Georgia’s current crisis involves loss of funding. This problem arose because…. • They rely heavily on Medicaid and funding. • They suffered a 3 quarter million dollar cut in state funding, which caused them to lose 4 sites. • They collect very little money from patients because many are indigent and cannot pay.

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