Advantage Behavioral Health Systems

Advantage Behavioral Health Systems is a Community Service Board serving 10 counties in Northeast Georgia (Clarke, Barrow, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton County). The organization provides person-centered treatment and recovery support to individuals and families experiencing behavioral health challenges, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and addictive diseases. They serve as the safety-net provider for uninsured and underinsured individuals with severe persistent mental illness, substance use disorder, or intellectual developmental disability. Services include addictive disease services, adult community-based programs, adult day programs, clinic-based services, crisis stabilization, health integration and integrated care, homeless services, intellectual and developmental disability services, youth services, residential services, supported education programs, and justice programs. In 2020, they were awarded a grant to shift to a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic model of care.