Advocacy Coalition
Partnerships and collaborating with organizations throughout Georgia continues to be a key component that drive our work.
Georgia
Georgia Coalition on Older Adults & Behavioral Health (GCOABH)
In partnership with The Carter Center (TCC) and in collaboration with the Fuqua Center, the GCOABH is being reinvigorated in 2025 and will build on the recently convened US SAMHSA Georgia Policy Academy, inviting participants and other relevant stakeholders to join in the continued development of a system of care for older adults who have mental illnesses and/or substance abuse disorders. Focus includes gathering data needed to inform the strengthening of geriatric mental health care in Georgia and developing recommendations for training needed to maximize the safety net systems payment for services provided to older adults.
Metro Atlanta
Aging and Behavior Health Care Collaborative (ABHCC) promotes interagency education and collaboration around the care of older adults with mental illness in the Greater Atlanta area. Members include staff from public and private organizations who provide housing, social services, or healthcare to older adults. Each meeting includes a speaker on an educational topic, group discussion of a real case, and networking time.
To be added to the email listserv, please contact Jocelyn Chen Wise at jchen86@emory.edu
“We turn not older with years, but newer every day.”
– Emily Dickinson
