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Advantage Behavioral Health asks Madison County to reserve opioid settlement funds for mobile outreach and staff
Summary
Advantage Behavioral Health Systems presented its services to Madison County commissioners and requested $50,000 from local opioid settlement funds to support a mobile outreach RV and staff time for community engagement and maintenance.
Advantage Behavioral Health Systems presented an overview of its services to the Madison County Board of Commissioners and asked the county to consider directing opioid settlement funds to support a new mobile outreach unit and staffing for community engagement.
Why it matters: Advantage serves low-income residents with severe mental illness, substance-use disorders and developmental disabilities across a 10-county Northeast Georgia region and says local residents already travel to its clinics. The group told commissioners a mobile RV clinic tied to opioid settlement funding would expand outreach into rural areas of Madison County where clients face transportation and stigma-related barriers.
Beth Mills, identified in the presentation as vice president for…
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