Clarkston

Dekalb College
Program for Students Who are Deaf/Hard ofHearing
    555 North Indian Creek Drive
    Clarkston, GA 30021
County of Dekalb
(404) 299-4038 (Voice/TTY)
(404) 298-3830 (FAX)
Theresa Johnson-Sligar
Host Institution:  Dekalb College
Year Established:  1983
Ownership:  State/Local Government
Number of Staff:  6 Full-time; 8 Part-time;1 Hard of Hearing; 12 American Sign Language Skilled
Interpreters:  2 Full-time; 6 Contractual
Services Offered:  Alcoholism; Drug Abuse; Information/Referral; Prevention/Education
Special Devices for the Deaf:  Closed Captioning; TTYs
Number of Deaf Clients Served:  Average about 45 each quarter
Populations Served:  Hispanic; Native American;Women; DWI; HIV Positive People; People withAIDS; Developmentally Disabled; Mentally Ill Chemical Abusers; Deaf; Psychological Disabilities; Learning Disorders

Decatur

D.A.Y.B.R.E.A.K. Inc for Deaf
    1391 Midlawn Drive
    Decatur, GA 30032
County: Deklab
(678) 358-9540 (Voice)
Contact person: Zan Thornton
Year Established: 2004
Ownership: Private for profit; private nonprofit
Number of Staff: 1 Full-time; 5 Part-time; 1 Deaf; All staff skilled in American Sign Language
Interpreters: 3 Contractual
Services Offered: Alcoholism; Drug Abuse; Out-Patient Treatment; Information/Referral; Family Programs; Prevention/Education; Aftercare; Assessment/Intake; Halfway housing
Interpreted AA meetings: 5 in area
Special Devices for the Deaf: 1 Closed Captioned; 3 TTYs
Number of Deaf Clients Served: 60 in past 6 months; 200 in past year
Ages of Deaf Clients Served: all ages
Populations Served: Hispanic; Developmentally Disabled; Native American; Mentally Ill Chemical Abusers; Women; Deaf; HIV Positive People; DWI; People with Aids; Other disabilities (lists): Any Communication Disability or Physical Disability (Any Disability)
Financial Arrangements: Self-pay; Medicaid; Medicare; Sliding fee scale; private insurance

Decatur

G.R.E.A.T. D.A.Y.
    246 Sycamore Street, #240
    Decatur, GA 30030
County: Deklab
(404) 377-9224 (Voice) (404) 377-9224 (TTY) 1-888-860-5403 (FAX)
Contact person: Kinga Sherrill, LPC or Alexis Whalen, LPC
Year Established: 2001
Ownership: Private for profit; private nonprofit
Number of Staff: 2 Full-time; 2 Part-time; 1 Deaf; All staff skilled in American Sign Language; 1 multi-lingual
Services Offered: Alcoholism; Drug Abuse; Out-Patient Treatment; Information/Referral; Family Programs; Prevention/Education; Aftercare; Assessment/Intake; Sobriety maintenance
Interpreted AA meetings: 2 in area
Special Devices for the Deaf: 4 TTYs
Number of Deaf Clients Served: 87 in past 6 months; 136 in past year
Ages of Deaf Clients Served: all ages
Populations Served: Hispanic; Developmentally Disabled; Native American; Mentally Ill Chemical Abusers; Women; Deaf; HIV Positive People; DWI; People with Aids; Other disabilities (lists): Any Communication Disability or Physical Disability (Any Disability), all populations
Financial Arrangements: Self-pay; Medicaid; all private insurance

This program has been developed in the course of an agreement among the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), Rochester Institute of Technology, and the Monroe County Department of Mental Health.  Copying is freely allowed so long as credit is given and the copies are not sold.