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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.
Chosen Care was a nonprofit that helped foster, adoptive, kinship, and reunified families care for children with trauma. Its website now says Chosen has closed direct services and sends families seeking parent coaching or support to Connection Plus.
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Experience Camps is a nonprofit that gives free grief support programs to children and teens after the death of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver. In Georgia, it runs a one-week overnight summer camp at Camp Twin Lakes in Rutledge, with play, peer support, and trained grief staff.
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Abbey Hospice provides end-of-life hospice care for people with a life-limiting illness. They help with nursing care, home health aides, social work, spiritual care, dietary counseling, bereavement support, and short-term inpatient care in Social Circle.
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Mothers Advocacy Project is a Georgia nonprofit that helps single mothers and women-led families heal from trauma and keep their families stable. It offers free trauma-focused support, therapy, education, social support, family advocacy, and help getting connected to resources.
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