Georgia Developmental Disability/Intellectual Disability Agencies and Advocacy Organizations

• Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD): DBHDD supports individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues, and to assist individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD): GCDD promotes public policy in the interest of people with developmental disabilities.
• The Arc Georgia: The Arc Georgia is the state’s branch of the The Arc of the United States, and strives to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, enabling them to live and work in the community.        
• All About Developmental Disabilities (AADD): AADD works to support families of and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to help them live full and meaningful lives.
• Georgia Association of Community Service Boards (GACSB): GACSB promotes information and actions to enhance the quality and availability of developmental disability and mental health services in Georgia.  Community Service boards provide many of the mental health and developmental disability services in the state, although there are many other organizations that provide these services as well.
• United Cerebral Palsy: When it was founded in 1965, this organization worked to aid individuals with cerebral palsy, but now does so for a wide variety of intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Georgia Crisis Response System: The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) maintains its own crisis hotline for issues related to developmental disabilities.