Georgia Behavioral Health Caucus VI

March 2, 2011

Capitol Building

Room 216     3pm - 5pm

A Behavioral Health Legislative Caucus
For Legislators to learn about Mental Health and Addictive Disease issues.

This was the sixth Caucus to date. This Caucus had fewer topics to gain a greater depth of detail on each topic. Addictive Diseases and Developmental Disabilities were the focus of this Caucus, plus reports from the Grassroots on areas of high concern, notably NW Georgia, Central Georgia, and Coastal Georgia. (See Agenda above)

Presentations at the Caucus 

Addiction Services             Neil Kaltenecker, Georgia Council on Substance Abuse

Developmental Disabilities   Pat Nobbie, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities

Grassroots Report on Areas of Concern

DBHDD Region 1 Update (NW Georgia)          Jim Moore, NAMI Rome

DBHDD Region 2 Update (Central Georgia)    Shannon Harvey, River Edge Behavioral Health Center