Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 3, 2008

CONTACT: Jana M. Scoville, (404) 508-7875

DEKALB COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD
IMPLEMENTS NEW INTAKE UNIT

DECATUR, Georgia - The DeKalb Community Service Board (CSB) implemented a new centralized Intake Services Unit at its Mental Health Outpatient Clinic on Winn Way in Decatur. Operations of the clinic officially began on March 3, 2008. The process of intake and assessment for outpatient consumers entering the DeKalb CSB's service system was redesigned to increase the agency's capacity to get consumers into care much sooner. This new model is geared to increase available intake appointments, decrease wait time and support consumer satisfaction. The new program contains designated clinician and physician time and permits the scheduling of approximately three hundred intake assessments per week. These appointments are shared by our front door (DeKalb CSB Central Access and the State's call center, GCAL). Consumers are able to choose the location where they receive ongoing services.

The DeKalb CSB is a public agency, a public corporation and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia, and is created pursuant to OCGA § 37-2-6 et seq. to provide mental health, developmental disabilities, and addictive diseases services. The administrative offices of the DeKalb CSB are located at 445 Winn Way in Decatur. To access services of the DeKalb CSB, call (404) 892-4646. The DeKalb CSB works cooperatively with consumers and their families to offer services throughout DeKalb County.

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