The Georgia Crisis Access Line 1-800-715-4225 GCAL

1. The Georgia Crisis & Access Line 1-800-715-4225 (GCAL)

2. Department BHDD andCommunity ResourcesOctober 2010

3. Department of BH and DD Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities was created by the Georgia legislature effective July 1, 2009 Frank Shelp, MD Is Commissioner DBHDD New Department replaces the DHR Division MHDDAD. Moves mental health, addictive disease and developmental disabilities out of old DHR to its own “department”. Reports directly to governor.

4. Department of BH and DD Provides services to people with mental health & addictive diseases (behavioral health) and developmental disabilities (DD) through state operated and contracted programs DBHDD has divided the state into six regions to coordinate and fund services on a local level Each region has a regional office and staff responsible for identifying, funding and overseeing services. Cartersville is in Region I. Mr. Charles Fetner is Regional Coordinator

5. Georgia Community Behavioral Health Resources CORE Providers: Community Service Boards Contracted Community Providers Basic Assessment and Clinical Services Mobile Crisis Teams Crisis Stabilization Programs Georgia Regional Hospitals Specialty Providers

6. Community Service Boards Core Provider contracted with DBHDD Provide extensive mental health, substance abuse and developmental disability services Located regionally throughout the state and available in all 159 counties For indigent and paying consumers (State funds,Medicaid, Managed Care Insurance & Medicare)

7. Other Community Core Providers DBHDD Contracted Core Outpatient Providers – BH & DD services May provide specialty services also Accept various forms of reimbursement such as state funding, Medicaid, Medicaid MCO or insurance

8. Specialty Providers Provide specific programs such as Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT) or Intensive Family Intervention (IFI) May be a CSB or other Core Provider

9. Mobile Crisis Teams Comprised of licensed social workers, licensed professional counselors & psychiatric nurses. May be accompanied by law enforcement or security staff Respond to crisis situations onsite to provide face to face screening Assist hospital emergency rooms, law enforcement, community agencies, individuals and home settings

10. Crisis Stabilization Programs Short stay 24 hour care units providing intensive mental health and also addictive disease (detox) services Accept voluntary and involuntary referrals CSPs are either adult or C&A –not both An alternative to hospitalization – not hospital level of care Operated by community service boards

11. Georgia Regional Hospitals These are the state-funded, state-operated psychiatric hospitals Seven State operated hospitals for adults Receive involuntary, court ordered forensic and some DD referrals. Central State Hospital adult unit now closed. There are no State Hospital Units for C&A All CSBs align with a state hospital

12. Community Hospital BH Providers Private free standing psychiatric hospitals Community Hospital Based Units Typically accept only voluntary patients but may accept involuntary referrals (1013) Usually accept insurance and Medicare. Units in community hospitals may accept Medicaid Often provide mobile crisis services