About the Organization
Highland Rivers Health is One Community Advancing Mind, Body and Health. Our team works hard to be a valued member in the communities in which we are located and responsive to individual needs.
Our Mission is to provide superior community-based neurobehavioral* health care services and resource collaboration for individuals and families to improve quality of life.
Our Vision is to be a community-based system of care focused on strengthening personal recovery through the advancement of a healthy lifestyle for mind and body.
* Neurobehavioral is a term that includes individuals with mental illness, substance abuse, intellectual disabilities, and other populations that we are expanding our services to in the future- such as, autism, TBI, and Alzheimers.
About the Community
Highland Rivers Health was created in February 2002 by the consolidation of Georgia Highlands Center and Three Rivers Behavioral Health Services and has become the second largest public safety net provider in the state of Georgia. Serving 12 counties covering a 4,400 square mile geographic area since 1973, Highland Rivers Health provides services to 14,431 children, adolescents, and adults who have mental illness, addiction, or developmental and intellectual disabilities and their families.