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How mental health care works in Georgia
If you're in crisis right now — or someone you love is — call or text 988, or call the Georgia Crisis & Access Line at 1-800-715-4225. Real people answer 24/7, they can talk you through tonight, and they can send a mobile crisis team instead of police in many situations.
For ongoing counseling, Georgia's community service boards offer therapy and psychiatry on a sliding scale — you don't need insurance. Be ready for a waitlist for regular appointments; crisis lines never have one. Some nonprofits and training clinics offer free or cheap counseling with shorter waits — ask 211 what's open near you.
What to expect when you call: a screening conversation (10–20 minutes) about what's going on, then an intake appointment. Saying "I'm in crisis" moves you faster. You can ask for a Spanish-speaking counselor.
SimpliFed is a virtual maternal health and baby feeding care program. They help pregnant and postpartum families with breastfeeding, bottle feeding, pumping, return-to-work feeding plans, postpartum support, mental health screening, and care navigation from home.
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Project Cuddle is a California-based nonprofit that helps pregnant girls and women across the United States and Canada when they are scared, hiding a pregnancy, or thinking about leaving a baby. They offer a free, confidential 24-hour hotline, explain safe surrender and adoption options, and help connect callers with shelter, medical care, emotional support, and pre-approved rescue families.
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Nalgona Positivity Pride is an online grassroots eating disorder awareness and harm reduction organization for Black, Indigenous, and communities of color. It offers peer support groups, education, courses, speaking, and events about eating disorders, body image, colonialism, race, and mental health.
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Maternal Wellness Program is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It runs peer support groups for pregnant and postpartum people with anxiety, depression, mood changes, OCD, and other symptoms, and for parents grieving miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death.
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