Gateway Behavioral Health Services

About Gateway Behavioral Health Services

Gateway Behavioral Health Services, operating as Gateway Community Service Board, is a public behavioral health provider based in Savannah, Georgia, serving Chatham and seven other coastal counties. They treat substance use disorders alongside mental illness and developmental disabilities, with a recovery-focused approach that helps people direct their own futures while staying connected to their communities. Care ranges from outpatient addictive disease services and 24-hour walk-in psychiatric emergency care in Savannah to a child and adolescent crisis stabilization unit and a women’s residential program. Fees follow a sliding scale based on family income, no one is turned away for inability to pay, and they hold CARF accreditation.

Addiction services in Chatham County include individual, group, and family counseling, nursing assessments, psychiatric evaluations, and intensive community-based treatment, along with coordination with primary care and help obtaining medications. Peer support programs help participants set personal recovery goals, build natural supports, and strengthen self-advocacy and daily living skills, while supported employment and job coaching help people return to work. For younger clients, they offer school-based APEX services, a youth clubhouse, and substance abuse education within their crisis unit. Their women’s residential program provides safe housing, transportation to medical appointments, and sobriety skills training in a child-friendly setting where mothers can rebuild relationships with their children.