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Fulton County describes grant‑funded behavioral‑health outreach and 550‑unit supportive‑housing collaboration with City of Atlanta
Summary
A Fulton County presenter outlined post‑COVID health‑literacy grants, a mobile behavioral‑health unit, school‑based clinicians, reentry services, and a partnership with the City of Atlanta and community partners to develop 550 permanent supportive‑housing units for people transitioning from unsheltered conditions.
A Fulton County presenter described the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities' expanded outreach and partnerships, saying the county and partners received a post‑COVID grant to increase health literacy and deployed a mobile unit for community outreach. The speaker said the county places clinicians in schools (partnered with Summit Counseling and CHRIS 180), provides reentry services (CRIS 180 and Women on the Rise), and renders outpatient adult services through Grady and RiverEdge on behalf of Fulton County.
On housing, the presenter said Fulton County is collaborating with the City of Atlanta and Partners for Home on a permanent supportive‑housing initiative that will develop 550 units to move unsheltered residents into permanent housing and connect them with supportive services. "Help is here," the presenter said, describing a mobile unit and outreach designed to make behavioral‑health services more accessible.
Speakers named several partner organizations and described program elements (school‑based clinicians, mobile units, reentry supports). County staff encouraged residents to visit fultoncountyga.gov for program details and to use the behavioral‑health network as a gateway to services.
What’s next: county presenters signaled ongoing implementation with partners and encouraged residents and providers to use the mobile unit and online resources for details and referrals; no new funding appropriation or formal board vote was recorded in the segment.
