Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD)

988 call or text lineService

You can call or text 988 for free, private help any time. It connects you to crisis services for mental health, substance use, or developmental disability issues, and to outpatient providers near you.

Addiction recovery support centers and opioid treatment clinic mapService

DBHDD has an online map of Addiction Recovery Support Centers and opioid use disorder treatment clinics. The centers are peer-led and offer non-clinical support. The clinics treat opioid use with medication.

Apply for developmental disability waiver services (NOW and COMP)Program

The NOW and COMP waivers help people with intellectual or developmental disabilities get support services. You apply through the Regional Field Office or with a paper application.

Behavioral Health Services (Mental Health & Addictive Diseases)Service

DBHDD manages mental health and substance use services that community providers deliver. Providers are grouped in three tiers, and community service boards are the public safety net.

Constituent Services (complaints and requests)Service

This office takes complaints, compliments, questions, and requests about DBHDD. It can also help you reach DBHDD services. You can use a form, mail, fax, or phone.

Crisis stabilization and behavioral health crisis centersService

Crisis Stabilization Units and Behavioral Health Crisis Centers are the emergency drop-off centers for a behavioral health crisis. The crisis line sends people to a center that has space.

Deaf ServicesService

DBHDD's Office of Deaf Services helps set up accommodations such as ASL interpreters for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. It also offers a residential substance use program for deaf and hard of hearing people through Caring Works, Inc.

DUI Intervention ProgramService

The state keeps lists of approved clinical evaluators and treatment providers for people with DUI offenses. You can search those lists on the Georgia DUI Intervention Program site.