Georgia to expand mental health crisis centers

ATLANTA (WJBF) – Georgia is focusing on mental health and suicide prevention by expanding its crisis resource centers across the state.

Georgia has more than a dozen crisis centers around the state and is planning on building two more in Atlanta, as well as additional units in Augusta, Columbus and Savannah.

Each of those cost around $10 million to run, and the state has the ability to deploy those resources across the state in case someone is having a behavioral health episode…

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