Education/Learning

Middle Flint BHC – New Beginnings Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient

Must have primary diagnosis for substance abuse, but could have secondary diagnosis of mental health. Provide Case Management/Addictive Disease Support Services Classes include but not limited to: Psycho-education, substance abuse, parenting, anger management, mental health/illness, relapse prevention, triggers, stress management/relaxation.

Service Area(s): Crisp Dooly Macon Marion Schley Sumter Taylor Webster

Head Start – SouthWest GA Community Action Council

To provide preschool services (educational, health, dental, mental health, nutritional, social services, parent involvement and disability) to children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old, regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, or disabling condition

Service Area(s): Baker Calhoun Colquitt Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Marion Miller Mitchell Schley Seminole Sumter Terrell Thomas Worth

Open Arms, Inc.

Operates a long-term 12 bed girl facility and a long-term 12 bed boy facility at the Bridges. The Bridges homes are in confidential locations in Lee County. They are emergency shelters for confirmed cases of abuses and neglect. Children from birth to 18 years old can stay at the Bridges with a DFCS referral. Foster Care: This is an approved child placing agency. GA Center for Child Traumatic Stress: This provides mental health interventions to children and adolescence that have experienced trauma. Runaway & Homeless: Provides shelter and safety to runaway and homeless youth. Transitional Living: Provides a safe and stable home for youth transitioning out of foster care or those youth who are homeless. Program is available to youth between 18 and 21 years old. Street Outreach: Provides a drop-in center, personal items, clothes, and food for runaway and homeless youth.

Head Start – Buena Vista

To provide preschool services (educational, health, dental, mental health, nutritional, social services, parent involvement and disability) to children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old, regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, or disabling condition

Service Area(s): Marion Schley Webster