Georgia Coalition on Older Adults & Mental Health
Mission
The Georgia Coalition on Older Adults and Mental Health (GCOAMH) shall provide opportunities for private and public professional, consumer and government organizations to work together to improve the availability and quality of mental health preventative services, strategies and treatment for older adults in Georgia by:
1. Improving services, including screening, assessment, treatment and access to services
2. Best practices
3. Identifying gaps
4. Identifying and implementing policy changes
5. Educating and training
The Coalition will foster open discussion among members and allow room for differences of opinion. The Coalition will focus on important issues around which general consensus can be reached and joint action undertaken.
Goal
All older Georgians and their caregivers will have access to quality mental health services.
Members
Alzheimer’s Association of Georgia • Atlanta Area Coalition on Aging and Mental Health • Atlanta Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging • Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services • Fuqua Center for Late-Life Depression at Emory University • Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities • Morehouse School of Medicine • Georgia Council on Aging • Aging Services of Georgia, Inc.• Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network • Georgia Association of Area Agencies on Aging (G4A) • Central Savannah River Authority Area Agency on Aging • Mental Health America of Georgia • Care Net Inc. • NAMI of Georgia • Region 3 DBHDD Office • Appalachian Consulting Group•Visiting Nurses Health Services • Georgia Association of Community Service Boards • Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman • Georgia Department of Community Health Division of Public Health • Georgia State University Andrew Young School of Policy • GCOAMH
2011 Meeting Dates
All GCOAMH meetings are scheduled to place at the Georgia Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services, Two Peachtree Street, N.W., 9th Floor, Room 9-260 from 2:00 until 3:30 P.M.unless otherwise indicated below.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
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