📣 Summary
The Douglas County Community Services Board (CSB) is more than just a mental health facility—it’s a lifeline. Every day, it provides essential counseling, crisis support, developmental disability services, housing assistance, and substance use recovery programs to thousands of residents in our county. Closing or underfunding this critical service would have devastating consequences for families across Douglasville and beyond. Help us demand urgent action to keep it open and fully funded.

 
📄 Description
The Douglas County Community Services Board (CSB) is more than just a facility—it’s a vital lifeline for individuals and families navigating mental health challenges, substance use issues, developmental disabilities, and housing instability.

Every week, right here in Douglasville, people walk through CSB’s doors seeking help, healing, and hope. They are met with trained counselors, recovery specialists, housing coordinators, and support staff ready to serve—not just as professionals, but as a compassionate community safety net.

Unfortunately, due to budget cuts and chronic underfunding, this critical resource is under threat.

Douglasville, GA, like many communities across the nation, faces a growing mental health crisis. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), nearly 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. lives with a mental illness. Locally, this means thousands of Douglas County residents may need immediate support, therapy, or long-term care.

For years, the Douglas County CSB has stepped up to provide:

24/7 crisis support
Mental health and substance use outpatient treatment
Services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Permanent supportive housing programs
Employment assistance and life skills support
The CSB not only serves individuals—it prevents ER overcrowding, lowers incarceration rates, strengthens families, and helps residents live safer, more stable lives.

The closure or downsizing of this facility would leave a void that cannot easily be filled. It would overburden local hospitals, schools, law enforcement, and faith-based organizations, many of which are already stretched thin. More tragically, it would leave vulnerable community members—many without insurance or resources—without a place to turn.

 
✊ What We’re Asking For
We urge:

Douglas County officials to re-evaluate budget priorities and safeguard this essential service.
State leaders and DBHDD to increase funding allocations for community mental health programs.
Local organizations and private partners to step in with collaborative funding, grants, or sponsorships.
Community members like YOU to raise your voice by signing and sharing this petition.
 
🗣️ Why It Matters
Mental health care, substance use recovery, and disability services are not optional. They are essential to a thriving, safe, and equitable Douglas County.

By signing this petition, you're standing up for the mental health and dignity of your neighbors, your friends, your family, and future generations. You’re helping to protect a space where real healing happens every day.

The time to act is now. Let’s ensure Douglas County continues to be a place where all residents can access the care they need and deserve.

Sign now. Share widely. Let your voice be heard.