The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) of Georgia has been awarded a $10,000,000 Project Grant ($2,000,000 per year for 5 years) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This grant will fund the Promoting the Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care: Georgia (PIPBHC-GA) project,...
The Fulton County Department of Behavioral Health and Disabilities (DBHDD), in partnership with the Atlanta Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative (PAD), has been awarded a $1,599,999 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substance Use Program (COSSUP). The grant will fund the Fulton County Diversion and Deflection Recovery Program (FDR) to address substance use disorders, promote public safety, and increase access to...
The City of Atlanta received a $2,988,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to fund the Center for Diversion and Services from October 1, 2022 through March 31, 2024. The Center will provide 24/7 pre-arrest diversion services including behavioral health screening, sobering and respite services for up to 23 hours, case management, basic legal navigation,...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has awarded a $1.5 million, 5-year Project Grant to the Atlanta/Fulton County Prearrest Diversion Initiative, Inc. The grant funding will support the organization's Care Navigation program, which provides outreach, case management, and direct services to approximately 750 individuals...
This $1,868,610 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) will support the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) in implementing the "Georgia's Outreach and Intervention with Youth and Young Adults at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR-P)" initiative. The program aims...
The Community Service Board of Middle Georgia was awarded a $1,356,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The 1-year grant, effective July 1, 2024, will fund the Behavioral Health & Overdose Reduction Initiative. This project aims to implement and deliver behavioral health and substance misuse services to 16 underserved rural counties in Georgia. Key activities include conducting...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program to Georgia Highlands Medical Services, Inc. to expand integrated mental health and substance use disorder services, including providing medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, in its service area in North Georgia. The funding will allow Georgia Highlands Medical Services to establish a two-track system of care, expanding its existing...
The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) in Georgia received a $1,470,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The 5-year "Georgia Plant Hope Project" aims to build suicide prevention infrastructure and increase the continuum of care to reduce suicide mortality and attempts...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), awarded a $317,000 Project Grant to the Augusta-Richmond County Government to implement a Mental Health Response Team in Richmond County, Georgia. The purpose of the project is to create a co-responder effort between mental health clinicians, certified peer specialists, and law enforcement officers to assist with individuals experiencing mental health crises, with the goal of connecting them...
This $600,000 federal Project Grant award, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Community Health Centers (CFDA 93.224) program, will allow Curtis V Cooper Primary Health Care, Inc., a non-profit organization in Savannah, Georgia, to increase and expand access to behavioral health services for individuals with mental disorders and substance use disorders in Chatham, Bryan, and Effingham counties. Key project activities include strengthening integrated...
PROJECT REDIRECT: AN EARLY DIVERSION CIRCUIT - HIGHLAND RIVERS CSB D.B.A. HIGHLAND RIVERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (HRBH), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COBB COUNTY SOLICITOR GENERAL, COBB COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WARRIOR ALLIANCE AND MAGISTRATE COURT, WILL WORK TO CREATE AN EARLY DIVERSION PROGRAM, PROJECT REDIRECT, DESIGNED TO BETTER AVERT ADULTS, CHILDREN, AND YOUTH EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISES FROM JAIL AND/OR UNNECESSARY HIGHER LEVELS OF INPATIENT CARE AND/OR LEGAL IMPACT IN COBB COUNTY GEORGIA. COBB COUNTY IS LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER OF ATLANTA, GA. COBB COUNTY HAS A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE POPULATION WITH 51.1% WITH AFRICAN AMERICANS MAKING UP THE SECOND MOST PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION AT 28.8%. IT IS THE 3RD MOST POPULATED COUNTY IN GEORGIA WITH 771,165 PEOPLE CURRENTLY LIVING THERE . IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 114,332 INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN COBB HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS, 30,488 OF THOSE ARE CONSIDERED SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS WHILE 78,955 INDIVIDUALS HAVE A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. ALTHOUGH TRADITIONAL FACTORS FOR SOCIOECONOMIC WELL-BEING APPEAR BETTER THAN US AVERAGES, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE POCKETS OF POVERTY THAT MAKE UP 14 % OF THE POPULATION THESE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE MUCH LOWER. THE CENSUS TRACT WITH THE HIGHEST POVERTY RATE IN THE COUNTY IS 310.01 (34%) IN FAIR OAKS, AN AREA ALONG SOUTH COBB DRIVE BETWEEN SMYRNA AND MARIETTA . THAT TRACT ALSO HAS THE LOWEST MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THE COUNTY AT JUST OVER $29,000. THE TOTAL POPULATION IN COBB COUNTY COMBINED THAT HAD POVERTY RATE HIGHER THAN THE US AVERAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 115,000 . AS THE PRIMARY COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER WITHIN ITS REGION, HIGHLAND RIVERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (HRBH) IS PART OF A PUBLIC SAFETY NET OF PROVIDERS IN GEORGIA, FUNDED TO SERVE THE UNINSURED, UNDERINSURED, MEDICAID, MEDICARE AND VA BENEFITS POPULATION IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA WHO EXPERIENCE SUBSTANCE USE AND CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS. TO REDUCE THE RELIANCE ON JAIL SYSTEMS, ED'S AND HIGHER END CRISIS SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MH/ SUD, AND COD, HIGHLAND RIVERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THE COBB COUNTY SOLICITOR GENERAL, COBB COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WARRIOR ALLIANCE AND MAGISTRATE COURT WILL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN EARLY DIVERSION PROGRAM IN COBB COUNTY GEORGIA. THIS WILL BE COMPLETED BY ESTABLISHING A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP WORKGROUP, INCREASING TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL PARTNERS, AND INITIATING PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS THAT CONNECT INDIVIDUALS TO RESOURCES AT THE RIGHT MOMENT IN TIME. HIGHLAND RIVERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTENDS TO SERVE 50 INDIVIDUALS IN YEAR 1, 65 IN YEAR 2, 75 IN YEAR 3, 74 IN YEAR 4 AND 85 IN YEAR 5 TOTALING TO 350 THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT TIMEFRAME.