Sometimes the struggles in life can be overwhelming and it can be difficult to find a place where you can get help.

We work with a wide collaboration of providers in a community setting to assist the disabled, reduce substance abuse, alleviate poverty and homelessness, provide help in recovery, health, and independence for those in need. The New Horizons Community Service Board is a public nonprofit organization of community-based behavioral health care, offering a full range of mental health services, addictive diseases treatment and developmental disabilities programs. Our staff of physicians, nurses, clinicians and support personnel is dedicated to helping our consumers and their families recover from these debilitating disabilities and resume productive lives.

/ABOUT US /The population of focus for BetterLife is adults with

MH and SU* conditions that have or are at risk for one

or more chronic conditions (i.e, hypertension, diabetes,

obesity, asthma, etc.) or have one serious and persistanct mental health condition (i.e, bi-polar disorder, depression, anxiety, PTSD, etc.)

Adult Population Mix

45.6% who have a severe

mental illness

28% who have are affected by

substance use

26.4% who are dually

diagnosed.

*New Horizons serves youth and adults who are at risk for substance use (SU) addictions, mental health (MH) disorder and/or co-occurring disorders.

What is BetterLife at New Horizons?

To improve access to primary care services by

increasing the number of individuals who are served through a person-centered

behavioral healthcare home

To reduce the incidences of serious physical illness, including chronic disease

among participants through prevention,

early identification and intervention care services

To improve accessibility to continuum of care services

providing facilitated care management for other supportive services to

consumers served

To improve the overall health status of consumers

by availability of quality integrated primary and

behavioral health care and wellness services

To reduce the per capita cost of care by implementing a strategic sustainability plan

that will continue services beyond the projected period.

The purpose of BetterLife is to provide coordinated and integrated primary and behavioral healthcare services to improve the physical health of adults

with serious mental illnesses who have or are at risk for co-occurring primary care conditions and chronic diseases.

/SERVICES /

On-Site Primary Care Services

Comprehensive Care Management

Care Coordination Wellness and Health Promotion

Comprehensive Transitional Care

Individual and Family Support

Referral to Community and Social Services Care

Advisory Board

Provided Activities

The population of focus is New Horizon’s CSB adult’s consumers with mental health or substance use disorders that have or are at risk for one or more chronic conditions like hypertension and diabetes, or have

one serious and persistent mental health condition like bi-polar disorder or depression.

Who is eligible for services?

Health Promotions BetterLIfe offers a variety of Wellness Programs which utilize methods and materials developed for engaging individual in managing their physical and mental health conditions with peers in a group setting led by Certified Peer Specialists as facilitators.

Wellness Group is offered two days per week and focuses on life skills training, managing mental health and increasing understanding of warning signs and triggers.

Peer Support Whole Health and Wellness is offered daily. These services are offered to promote stability and build towards functioning in one’s daily environment. Stability is measured by a decreased number of hospitalizations, by decreased frequency and duration of crisis episodes and by increased and/or stable participation in community /work activities.

Grief Support Group is offered one a week with the sole purpose of helping individuals to get to the point where they can live with the loss of someone healthily, after having made the necessary changes to do so. This group is led by an LPC who works actively with the group to help them recognize that their loved one is gone and then assist them with making the necessary internal (psychological) and external (social) changes to accommodate this reality.

LAJAQUAN “KEY” WHEELER Project Coordinator

K. MURRAY Administrative Support

ARNESTA REED Peer Wellness Specialist

DARRON BURCH & MICHAEL MUHAMMEDCase Managers

PAMELA SHAW FNP-BC

MERCYMED PHYSICIANS

/CONTACTS /

Meet Our Team

www.BetterLifeCGA.com

BetterLife1215 2nd Ave.Columbus, GA 31901Phone: 706-324-4061Fax: 706-323-0560

8AM - 5PMMONDAY-FRIDAY

CLINICAL REFERRAL FORM

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Name:

Date:

Address:

County of Residence:

Phone Number:

Date of Birth:

Sex: Male Female

Are you a New Horizons Consumer?

Do you have a Mental Health or Substance Abuse Diagnosis?

Do you have a Primary Care Physician? If so, Please provide Physician name and phone number.

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