Mental Health Resources

If you and your family are facing difficult decisions, a few community organizations would like to help. Your family’s health is your first priority during this time; making sure they have plenty of healthy food is a huge part of that. As soon as you think you might need some help, we would like to encourage you to reach out to us. With the help of our community partners, we are here for you in several ways:

• The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities launched a hotline to serve as the key lifeline for Americans suffering from a mental health crisis. You can access the hotline created by by dialing 988.
• Active Minds is dedicated to saving lives and to building stronger families and communities. Through education, research, and advocacy, Active Minds is opening up the conversation about mental health and creating lasting change in the way mental health is talked about, cared for, and valued in the United States.
• The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education, and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death.
• CDC Coping with Stress provides strategies for coping with stress as recommended by the CDC.
• The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States. The Lifeline is comprised of a national network of over 180 local crisis centers, combining custom local care and resources with national standards and best practices.