Georgia Implementing Systemic Reforms To Support Transitions Of State Hospital Residents With Developmental Disabilities To Community

The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) is in the process of implementing multiple systemic reforms to expand community-based supports for state hospital residents with developmental disabilities who transition to community placements. In a 2010 settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regarding conditions for state hospital residents, DBHDD agreed to transition all state hospital residents with developmental disabilities, with up to 150 transitions to take place between July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2013. However DBHDD has imposed temporary suspensions that slowed the pace of . . .