Budget and Taxes Cash and Safety Net Health Justice Laura Harker Reports Overview: 2020 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities February 11, 2019 / October 13, 2026 by Laura Harker Download PDF The governor’s budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year adds $78.7 million more in state general funds for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities than the 2019 budget. It directs $10.4 million in state funds toward home and community-based waiver programs and housing support services. These efforts are a part of […] Read more » Budget dbhdd Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Safety Net State Budget substance abuse
Blog Community Impact Health Justice Laura Harker Rome Listening Tour Provides Earful on Community Mental Health Problems May 23, 2018 / May 19, 2020 by Laura Harker Talk to people around Rome, Ga. for a while and the conversation often shifts to the lingering stresses that plague the community after a state mental health facility closed seven years ago. Homelessness. Drug abuse. People with mental disabilities stuck in jail cells. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute team visited Rome earlier this month […] Read more » Behavioral Health Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities health medicaid mental health Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital People-Powered Prosperity Rome
Health Justice Laura Harker Reports Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities February 13, 2018 / January 14, 2020 by Laura Harker Gov. Nathan Deal’s budget proposal for the 2019 fiscal year adds $50.6 million more than last year’s budget in state general funds for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. The budget directs $14.9 million in state funds toward waiver programs and community support services. This helps continue implementation of a 2010 settlement with […] Read more » Budget Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities health opioids substance abuse
