Company Profile
Gateway Behavioral Health Services
Company Overview
Gateway Behavioral Health Services is a Community Service Board (CSB) in southeastern Georgia that provides comprehensive mental health, addictive disease, and developmental disability services within its community. Gateway's territory runs from the southern most coastal county in Georgia (Camden) to Effingham County in the north and includes the city of Savannah and Chatham County. CSBs are instrumentalities of the State of Georgia and primarily serve the uninsured and underinsured population. Services delivered are a combination of grant based and payer based, such as through Medicaid and Medicare. Gateway serves almost 12,000 clients annually and employs approximately 500 employees throughout the region.
Company History
Community Service Boards (CSBs) were established by the 1993 General Assembly, OCGA 37-2-6 (a) and created by Georgia Legislators HB100 in 1994. There are 26 Community Service Boards serving the State of Georgia.
CSBs are governed by a Board that is appointed by the county commissions in the CSB’s service area. Each county appoints one representative. The most populous county is eligible for one additional appointment and up to three additional members may be appointed by the counties within the service area that provide the most support to their CSB, either monetary or in-kind. The additional member appointments must be elected or appointed officials.
Georgia's Community Services Boards are the pre-eminent service providers for children, youth, adults, and families with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and/or addictive diseases. Under the direction of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD), Gateway participates in multiple monitoring, quality improvement activities and evaluations including APS Healthcare Audits and is an active member of the Georgia Association of CSBs.
Benefits
Gateway provides health and wellness plans through the State Health Benefit Plans for the state of Georgia with a comprehensive array of health and flexible benefit options. Gateway also offers a 401(a) plan with a dollar for dollar match up to 7.5% of salary after 6 months of employment. Paid Time Off (PTO) is accrued each pay period on a tiered scheduled, with initial allowance of 120 hours annually in the first 3 years. The Agency recognizes 10 paid holidays per year.