Gateway Community Service Board

What Gateway Community Service Board does

Gateway Community Service Board (Gateway CSB) is a public community-based behavioral healthcare organization operating as an instrumentality of the State of Georgia under the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD). It provides mental health, substance use disorder, and developmental disability services across eight coastal Georgia counties — Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, Liberty, Chatham, Bryan, Long, and Effingham — with its headquarters at 7395 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Savannah. The service portfolio spans outpatient mental health and addiction treatment, a TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) clinic for treatment-resistant depression, a women's residential program, transitional housing, group homes, community living supports, and supported employment services branded as "TheCSBisMeIDD." Gateway CSB also operates a wholly-owned 501(c)(3) subsidiary, Distinctive Housing Solutions, which manages real property to house consumers across programs.

The business model is government-funded service delivery. Gateway CSB does not disclose pricing and instead operates through state DBHDD funding, Medicaid, county appropriations, federal probation contracts, and referral-based intake from institutional partners including Georgia Regional Hospital Savannah, Chatham County Mental Health Court, the Department of Family and Children Services, and federal probation offices. Revenue flows from a concentrated set of public-payor and referral sources rather than commercial insurance or self-pay. A 24/7 crisis line routed through the Georgia Crisis and Access Line, a dedicated developmental disabilities intake and evaluation team, and a general appointment line serve as primary access points. The organization pursues an academic-clinical positioning via a psychiatry residency partnership with Mercer University School of Medicine and a nursing training partnership with GA Southern University, anchoring clinical workforce supply.

Distribution relies on direct service delivery at physical facilities, an extensive cross-agency referral network (FQHCs, courts, corrections, hospitals, advocacy organizations such as NAMI and NADD), and media presence in WTOC and The Savannah Tribune. The organization's technology footprint is operational rather than differentiated: CareLogic (Qualifacts) for electronic health records, Paycom for HR/payroll, AlertMedia for emergency communications, Relias for training, and outsourced medical records processing via View Point Health. There are no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, proprietary platforms, or commercial products. No funding rounds, acquisitions, or revenue figures are publicly available, consistent with its status as a state entity rather than a market-priced enterprise.

Name

Gateway Community Service Board

Legal name

Gateway Community Service Board

Website

https://gatewaybhs.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Gateway Community Service Board is a State of Georgia instrumentality providing mental health, substance use disorder, and developmental disability services across eight coastal Georgia counties, including outpatient care, a TMS clinic, residential programs, and group homes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (623210), Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (623220), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Substance Use Public Health Programs (BPAIAJAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Substance Use Recovery & Harm Reduction Support Services (BPAGAEAO), Special Needs Adult Day Programs (Developmental/Physical Disabilities, Seniors) (HLADAIAI), Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

Keywords

• Community behavioral health services
• Mental health treatment
• Substance use disorder programs
• Developmental disability services
• Community service board

Headquarters

HQ city

Gaussan

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

Gateway Community Service Board delivers community-based mental health, substance use disorder, and developmental disability services to residents of eight coastal Georgia counties. Offerings include clinical mental health treatment, addiction recovery programs, TMS therapy for depression, group homes, community living supports, supported employment, women's residential programs, and transitional housing, coordinated through state oversight and a 24/7 crisis access line.

Product overview

Gateway Community Service Board operates as a public community-based healthcare organization providing a comprehensive suite of mental health, substance use disorder, and developmental disability services across eight Georgia counties. The organization offers both core clinical services (mental health treatment, substance abuse programs) and specialized programs including a TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) Clinic for depression treatment. For developmental disabilities, services are branded under 'TheCSBisMeIDD' and include group homes, community living supports, and supported employment programs. Additional services include residential programs for women in recovery, transitional housing, and a psychiatry residency program in partnership with academic institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mental Health Services
• Substance Use Disorder Services
• Developmental Disability Services
• TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) Clinic
• Gateway Women's Residential Program
• Transitional Home Program
• TheCSBisMeIDD - Group Homes
• TheCSBisMeIDD - Community Living Supports
• TheCSBisMeIDD - Supported Employment
• Psychiatry Residency Program

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

27 partnerships are on record, tiered operational, core and minor.

• View Point HealthoperationalOthersView Point Health processes medical records requests for Gateway CSB, including fee collection for non-continuing-care records requests. Contact: [email protected] or (678) 209-2390.
• Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental DisabilitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government agency overseeing CSBs as instrumentalities of the State of Georgia. Gateway operates under DBHDD guidelines and is connected to Georgia Regional Hospital (Savannah) for referrals and care continuity.
• Coastal Community Health ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity health partner providing integrated healthcare services in the coastal Georgia region.
• Curtis V Cooper Primary Health CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederally Qualified Health Center partner providing primary healthcare services in the Savannah area.
• Diversity Health CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity health center partner serving the coastal Georgia region.
• J.C. Lewis Primary Health Care CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary healthcare center partner serving the Savannah, GA area.
• McKinney Medical CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical center partner referenced in the Gateway CSB partnership network.
• Georgia Regional Hospital (Savannah)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState psychiatric hospital providing inpatient care and referrals to Gateway CSB for community-based follow-up services.
• Genoa HealthcarecoreTechnology or IntegrationPharmacy partner providing pharmaceutical services to Gateway CSB consumers.
• Department of Administrative Services (DOAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeorgia state agency partner supporting operational and administrative functions.
• Georgia Department of Corrections – Day Report Center (Brunswick)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState corrections partnership providing day reporting and reentry services through Gateway CSB.
• Mental Health Court – Chatham CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialty court partnership providing alternatives to incarceration for individuals with mental health conditions.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational mental health advocacy organization partnered with Gateway CSB and involved in Opening Doors to Recovery initiatives.
• National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization focused on serving individuals with developmental disabilities and mental health needs, aligned with Gateway's IDD services.
• Mercer University School of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical education partnership providing psychiatric residency training and professional development.
• GA Southern University School of NursingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNursing education partnership providing clinical training and professional development opportunities.
• University of GA Professional DevelopmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partnership providing professional development and training for Gateway CSB staff.
• Bryan County Family ConnectionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty-level collaborative partnership coordinating family and community services.
• Camden Community Alliance and ResourcesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty-level collaborative partnership coordinating community resources and services.
• Federal Probation (Glynn, Camden, Liberty)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal probation partnership providing services to individuals under federal supervision.
• Memorial Health SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare system partner in the coastal Georgia region.
• GA Mental Health Consumer NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeer support and consumer advocacy network for mental health consumers in Georgia.
• Dept. of Family and Children Services (DFCS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState social services agency partnership providing coordinated care for families and children.
• Georgia Overdose PreventionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStatewide overdose prevention initiative partner.
• Chatham County Behavioral Health UnitminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCounty-level behavioral health unit partnership in Chatham County.
• Genoa PharmacycoreTechnology or IntegrationPharmacy services partner providing medications to Gateway CSB consumers.
• Opening Doors to RecoverycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecovery-focused partnership involving Georgia Department of Corrections, NAMI, and NIMH.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BrightSpring Health Services: Diversified home and community-based health services provider serving complex populations including behavioral health and IDD; comparable in service modalities (community-living supports, supported employment, behavioral-health services) but operates as a publicly traded scaled platform.
• Sevita Health (formerly The MENTOR Network): National provider of home- and community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavioral health needs; comparable in IDD group-home and community-living services but operates at national scale across multiple states.
• Acadia Healthcare: National behavioral-health facility operator including residential treatment and psychiatric specialty services; comparable in residential and specialty behavioral-health treatment delivery but operates at substantially greater scale and as a publicly traded company.
• Beacon Health Options (Carelon Behavioral Health): National managed behavioral-health organization that administers behavioral-health benefits and provider networks; an indirect peer as it interacts with CSBs as a payer/partner, comparable in the behavioral-health administrative and care-coordination layer.

Direct peers

• View Point Health: Another Georgia Community Service Board serving a multi-county metro Atlanta catchment; an established operational partner that already processes Gateway's medical-records requests, making it the most directly comparable peer in scope, funding model, and service mix.
• Highland Rivers Behavioral Health: A Georgia Community Service Board delivering mental health, substance use, and IDD services across northwest Georgia counties; an in-state peer with the same state-instrumentality governance model and service portfolio.
• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: Large nonprofit operating residential, behavioral-health, and IDD services across multiple states; directly comparable to Gateway in IDD group-home operations, community-living supports, and supported-employment programming.
• Aspire Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Services: A Georgia Community Service Board providing behavioral health and developmental disability services in a multi-county catchment, structurally and operationally similar to Gateway as a publicly-authorized regional safety-net provider.
• McIntosh Trail MH/SA/DD Services: A Georgia Community Service Board serving a multi-county regional catchment with behavioral health, substance use, and developmental disability services — an in-state peer of comparable scale and structure to Gateway.

Others

• National Association for the Dually Diagnosed (NADD): Membership and standards organization focused on individuals with co-occurring IDD and mental-health conditions; an established Gateway partner and thematically adjacent peer representing the IDD-plus-mental-health specialty Gateway serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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