ਬੀਕਨ ਵਿਹਾਰਕ: ਸੰਕਟ ਹੱਲ - ਜਾਰਜੀਆ

Georgia ranks 43^rd in the US for access to mental health care, which means that almost 2/3 of Georgians with a mental illness did not receive services in the past year. ¹ It ranks 48^th in availability of mental health providers, where accessibility is worse in rural and lower-income areas. Beacon Health Options, as an administrative services organization (ASO), partners with Behavioral Health Link and Delmarva Foundation to provide telephonic and mobile crisis single-point-of-entry services for the Georgia Crisis and Access Line (GCAL), which serves all Georgia residents, regardless of insurance type.

The ASO’s Georgia Crisis and Access Line provides person-centered crisis response services to approximately 10 million Georgia residents. It delivers telephonic crisis intervention services; links people to urgent appointment services; and helps them to find an open spot in a crisis or withdrawal management facility as individuals go through the five phases of crisis-system involvement.

ਸਪੁਰਦ ਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ: As the single point of entry into the crisis system, Beacon’s live-answer hotline and quick-response mobile crisis teams resolve crises where they happen. Individuals connect to local resources appropriate to their needs – linking them to care that works to help prevent future crises.

¹https://www.accg.org/Mental_Health/nami.pdf