Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
DBHDD is the Georgia state agency responsible for behavioral health, developmental disabilities and addictive disease services. For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities it determines eligibility, operates the New Options Waiver (NOW) and the Comprehensive Supports Waiver (COMP), maintains the DD planning lists, contracts with the community provider network, and runs Georgia's five remaining state hospitals. Services are administered through six regional field offices that between them cover all 159 counties. DBHDD has operated under the 2010 United States v. Georgia ADA settlement agreement since 2010; the behavioral health provisions were terminated by the court on 11 February 2026 and the developmental disability provisions remain in force.
200 Piedmont Avenue SE, West Tower, 14th Floor, Atlanta, GA, 30334
Services: Case Management; Family Support / System Navigation; Advocacy / Policy; Housing / Residential; Day Programs; Job Training / Employment; Crisis / Emergency Services; Mental Health; Healthcare; Respite; Behavior Support (ABA)
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