CLIENT PROGRAMS
Last Modified: 07/24/2008


Adult Mental Health Program: Admission, evaluation, inpatient treatment and stabilization for adults with serious mental illness from 23 counties in central Georgia. The Adult Mental Health Program is available through CSH's Psychiatric Treatment & Forensic Services.

Child and Adolescent (C&A) Short-Term Mental Health Program: Admission, evaluation, short-term acute inpatient treatment and stabilization for children and adolescents under age 18 who are seriously emotionally disturbed. The service area for adolescents (age 11 to 17) is 112 Georgia counties and services are available, when necessary and appropriate, for children (age 10 and under) from throughout Georgia. The C&A Short-Term Mental Health Program is available through CSH's Psychiatric Treatment & Forensic Services.

Developmental Disabilities Program: 24-hour residential services for individuals with mental retardation or related developmental disabilities from throughout Georgia but primarily from central and west central Georgia. Residential facilities include intermediate care facilities, a nursing facility and transitional living homes on the hospital campus. Off-unit programming opportunities, including a special education school, a sheltered workshop, and other developmental and vocational programs, are provided to teach each individual a variety of skills to improve his/her level of daily functioning. The Developmental Disabilities Program is available through CSH's Developmental Disabilities Services.

Forensic Program: Psychiatric evaluation and treatment in secure and maximum secure units for clients referred from various components of the state's criminal justice and corrections systems. Individuals served include: those who are committed to CSH by the criminal justice system from throughout the state for pre-trial psychiatric evaluation and/or inpatient treatment; those who are have been found not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) at the time of commission of a crime or mentally incompetent to stand trial (IST); those who are admitted with hold orders from jails for psychiatric evaluation, treatment and stabilization; and those who are referred from Georgia Department of Corrections prisons for inpatient psychiatric treatment. Court-ordered pre-trial evaluations are also conducted on an outpatient basis in jails. The Forensic Program is available through CSH's Psychiatric Treatment & Forensic Services.

Nursing Home Program: Skilled and intermediate nursing home care for clients with significant medical and nursing needs in addition to mental illness or mental retardation/developmental disabilities. Requests for admission to the Nursing Home are accepted from throughout the state but should be submitted through a community service board (CSB). Applicants for admission must meet the Georgia legal requirements for admission to CSH in addition to the criteria for skilled or intermediate nursing care. The Nursing Home Program is available through CSH's Developmental Disabilities Services.

Community Residential Program: Staffed residential homes and supports in the community for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness, developed and operated by CSH's Central Care Community Services. The homes provide cost-effective alternatives to institutionalization and opportunities for the individuals served to develop and realize new levels of independence, responsibility and community involvement. The homes also expand the available options for individuals and their families and enhance the efforts of Central State Hospital and the state of Georgia to comply with the Olmstead-U.S. Supreme Court decision. The Community Residential Program currently includes 12 homes serving 42 individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness. Plans are to increase the number of homes during fiscal year 2007 (July 2006 through June 2007). Also, other community residential living arrangements are being considered for individuals who attain the skills and level of functioning to move to more independent settings. The Community Residential Program is available through CSH’s Central Care Community Services.

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