A Deal With The DOJ Helped Some Of Georgia’s Most Vulnerable, But Gaps Remain

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October 28th, 2020

Georgia’s landmark pact with the U.S. Justice Department to overhaul state public services for people with behavioral health problems and those with developmental disabilities is 10 years old this month.

Stephen B. Morton / Associated Press

This story was originally published by Georgia Health News. 

For a year of her life, Linda Ferguson lived in a booth at a transit stop. She spent another year living under a bridge.

Her homelessness, she says now, “was a bad situation. Nobody likes to be outside. It’s a very insecure feeling.’’ At one point Ferguson, who deals with severe anxiety attacks, lost her car to theft. Later, her personal belongings were taken.

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