where health meets hope serving barrow, clarke, elbert, greene, jackson, madison, morgan, oconee,...
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Where Health Meets Hope
Serving Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton
Counties.
Laurie Wilburn Bailey, LPCClinical Director
Where Health Meets Hope
Who do CSBs serve?
CSBs serve children, adolescents, and adults who have diagnoses of mental
illness, addiction, developmental disabilities or combinations of the three.
Mental Health Services
CSBs provide services to individuals with Severe and
Persistent Mental illnesses including Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, Major Depression, and
Bipolar Disorder.
What treatment do we provide?
Evidence-Based Practices
Motivational InterviewingDialectical Behavior Therapy
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral TherapyAssertive Community Treatment
Moral Reconation Therapyand many others…
Who provides the services?
CSBs employ a multi-disciplinary approach to treatment.
Our staff includes:Psychiatrists
Nurses: Advanced, Registered, and Licensed
Licensed/certified clinicians: Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Certified Addiction Counselors
Paraprofessional staff: Peer Specialists, Employment Specialists
Where do we serve them?
CSBs provide a wide array of services in various settings.
Examples include:
Clinics/Day ProgramsSchools/work
Crisis Stabilization UnitsEmergency Rooms
Medical offices
Day Reporting CentersProbation offices
Court HousesClient’s homes
CSB services include:
Clinic-Based Services
Medical Services-
Psychiatric and nursing
Group Therapy and Skills Training
Family Therapy
Crisis evaluation
and intervention
Individual Therapy
Medication Assistance
CSB services include:
Community-Based Services
Community Support Team
Addictive Disease Support Services
Case Management
Assertive Community Treatment
CSB services include:
Day Programs
Psychosocial Rehabilitation
(PSR)
Mental Health Peer Supports
Addictive Disease Peer Supports
Intensive Treatment Program
CSB services include:
Crises Services
Crisis Stabilization Units-inpatient units providing stabilization to those
experiencing Mental Health crises or needing detoxification from
substances. Average length of stay is 5 days.
CSB services include:
Wrap-Around Services
Residential Services and SupportsHomeless ServicesSupported Employment ServicesTANF Women’s ServicesSpecialty Court Services
Who does Advantage serve?
Income: 97% of those served have a gross income of
less than $22,800
Age: 16% of those served are under 18, 72% are between 19 and 55, and 12% are over 55
Barrow14%
Clarke28%
Elbert5%
Greene4%
Jackson10%
Madison6%
Morgan2%
Oconee3%
Oglethorpe2%
Walton16%
Other8%
Percentage served by County
Adult Mental Health70%
Child/Adolescent Mental Health15%
Developmental Disability
2%
Adult Addictive Disease
12%
Child/Adolescent Addjctive Disease1%
Advantage’s Involvement with the Criminal Justice System
CIT training to officers in our area for over 15 years.
Services on-site at the Athens Day Reporting Center.
Primary provider to 7 Specialty Courts including 3 Drug Courts, 3 Mental Health/Treatment Courts, and one Family Dependency Treatment Court.
Coming Soon:
Recent agreement with Athens-Clarke County Police to ride along on calls involving behavioral health issues
Working with State Pardons and Paroles through the Re-Entry Housing Program to create a smooth transition for individuals with mental illness from incarceration back to the community
Advantage’s Services to Homeless Individuals and
Families
The point of entry into services in Athens for individuals and families experiencing
homelessness, this Center provides shower and laundry facilities, resettlement assistance and rapid re-housing, case management, a place to receive mail, and behavioral health treatment.
Advantage Homeless Day Service Center
Homeless Residential Services
96 Shelter Plus Care units in 5 counties
Residential program for homeless men with co-occurring disorders who need
assistance with skills of daily living
Coming Soon: Athens Resource Center
and the Village
One-Stop shop for medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare; job assistance; showers/laundryDaycare for families with children experiencing homelessnessLong-term housing for 24 families experiencing homelessnessFree rent for 50 years to the agencies providing the services
Coming Soon:
ARCH Membership
Advantage is in the Community
Barrow, Clarke, Elbert and Jackson CourtsBarrow County Probation
Athens Day Reporting CenterAIDS Athens
Athens Nurses ClinicMercy Health Center
Athens Neighborhood Health CenterMedlinkSchools
Staff providing on site services to: