Gateway Behavioral Health Services

About Gateway Behavioral Health Services

Gateway Behavioral Health Services, operating as Gateway Community Service Board, is a public, state-chartered behavioral health provider serving Brunswick and Glynn County along with seven other coastal Georgia counties, including Chatham, Camden, and Effingham. They treat substance use disorders, mental illness, and developmental disabilities for adults, children, and adolescents, with a recovery focus on helping people stay healthy and independent in their own communities. Care ranges from outpatient addictive disease services and intensive community-based treatment to peer support, crisis stabilization, and a women’s residential substance use program. Fees follow a sliding scale based on family income, and people at or below the federal poverty level pay nothing, so no one is turned away for inability to pay.

Outpatient addiction care includes individual, group, and family counseling, nursing assessments, psychiatric evaluations, and help getting and paying for medications, with coordination alongside primary care doctors. Practical supports such as supported employment, job coaching, and housing assistance help people rebuild stability, while peer support programs focus on setting personal recovery goals, building natural supports, and strengthening self-advocacy. Women in the residential program receive safe housing, transportation to medical appointments, and training in sobriety skills in a child-friendly setting that helps mothers repair relationships with their children. Young people can access a youth clubhouse and school-based services, and a child and adolescent crisis stabilization unit offers 24-hour crisis evaluation, counseling, and substance abuse education.