Georgia veteran and active duty military personnel fact book

Georgia Veteran and Active Duty Military Personnel Fact Book

Table of Contents
VA Benefits & Health Care Utilization (07/22/08)..............................................................................................................3 U.S. Military Veterans, by Branch (9/30/2007).................................................................................................................3 Veteran Facts ..............................................................................................................................................................3 Snapshot: Veterans' Benefits in Georgia..........................................................................................................................3
Important Links .......................................................................................................................................................4 VA Outpatient Clinics ....................................................................................................................................................5 VA Medical Centers.......................................................................................................................................................5 TRICARE Service Centers in Georgia ...............................................................................................................................6 Resources for Veterans and Active Duty Personnel ...........................................................................................................7 Resources for Family Members.......................................................................................................................................7 Mental Health and PTSD Resources ................................................................................................................................9 More Resources ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Georgia's 14 Military Installations and Active Duty/Reserve Military Personnel (9/30/2007) ................................................. 12 Map of Georgia's 14 Military Installations ...................................................................................................................... 13 Army Active Duty and Reserve Dependents in Georgia .................................................................................................... 14 Veterans in Georgia, by Gender and Race/Ethnicity (9/30/2007) ...................................................................................... 15 Veterans in Georgia, by Age and Race/Ethnicity (9/30/2007)........................................................................................... 15 Veterans in Georgia, by County (9/30/2007) ................................................................................................................. 16 Active Duty Personnel and Veterans Calling Georgia Helpline (HODAC) ............................................................................. 17
Summary Statistics of Callers .................................................................................................................................. 18

VA Benefits & Health Care Utilization (07/22/08)
Veterans Receiving VA Disability Compensation (as of 06/30/08): 2.9 M
Veterans Rated 100% Disabled (as of 06/30/08): 257,414
Veterans Receiving VA Pension (as of 06/30/08): 317,439
Spouses Receiving DIC (as of 06/30/08): 320,226 Total Enrollees in VA Health Care System (FY 07):
7.8 M Total Unique Patients Treated (FY 07): 5.5 M1 Veterans Compensated for PTSD (as of 06/30/08):
329,746 Veterans in Receipt of IU Benefits (as of 06/30/08):
244,186 VA Education Beneficiaries (FY 07): 523,344 OEF/OIF Amputees (as of 06/30/08): 8032
U.S. Military Veterans, by Branch (9/30/2007)

Veteran Facts
Projected U.S. Veterans Population: 23,816,000 {Female 1,780,000 7%}
Projected Number of Living WW II Veterans (as of 9/30/2007): 2,911,900
Number of WW II Veterans Pass Away Per Day: 900 Percentage of Veteran Population 65 or Older: 39.1% Veteran Population by Race:
o White 80.0% o Black 10.9% o Asian/Pacific Islander 1.4% o Hispanic 5.6% o American Indian/Alaska Natives 0.8% Other
1.3%
Snapshot: Veterans' Benefits in Georgia Summary: The State of Georgia offers special benefits for its military service members and Veterans including property tax exemptions, state employment preferences, education and tuition assistance, free driver's licenses, vehicle tags, home care for War Veterans, as well as hunting and fishing license privileges. Eligibility for some benefits may depend on residency, military component and Veteran's disability status. For more information: http://sdvs.georgia.gov/
Tuition Assistance (Georgia Air National Guard): Up to 100% tuition is paid, not to exceed $2,790 per school year, $1,395 per semester or the rate of $116.25 per semester hour. Rate per quarter hour not to exceed $77.40.

Eligibility: Georgia Air National Guard member.
The National Guard Service Cancelable Loan Fund: Provides up to 100% of the tuition charges; not to exceed $3,643 per school year, $1,821 dollars per semester maximum. Soldiers with a baccalaureate degree are not eligible for this program.
Eligibility: Must be a legal resident of Georgia and be a member in good standing of the Georgia National Guard. Loan is repaid through continued membership and good standing in the Guard.
Georgia HERO Scholarship: The Georgia HERO (Helping Educate Reservists and their Offspring) Scholarship Program was created to provide educational grant assistance to members of the Georgia National Guard and U.S. Military Reservists who served in combat zones or the children of such members of the Georgia National Guard and U.S. Military Reserves. The grant is to attend an approved school for a maximum of up to four award years in the sum of $2,000.00 per award year. No person shall be eligible to receive grant assistance provided under this subsection in excess of $8,000.00.
Eligibility: To be eligible to apply for a Georgia HERO Scholarship grant, you must meet one of the following criteria:
a. Be a member of the Georgia National Guard or a U.S. Military Reservist who is a Georgia resident that was deployed outside the United States for active duty service on or after May 3, 2005 to a location designed as a combat

zone and served in such combat zone for at least 181 consecutive days; or
b. Be a daughter or son whose parent was a member of the Georgia National Guard or the U.S. Military Reserves who is a Georgia resident that was deployed outside the United States for active duty service on or after May 3, 2005 to a location designed as a combat zone and served in such combat zone for at least 181 consecutive days, or was killed or totally disabled during such service.
A student whose parent was killed or received a 100 percent disability as a result of injuries received in such combat zone shall receive up to a maximum of four award years regardless of the time such student's parents was on active service in such combat zone. (Sections 20-3-486 and 20-3485 of the Georgia State Code).
Important Links
81st Regional Readiness Command http://www.armyreserve.army.mil/USARC/RRC/0081RRC/O verview.htm
Georgia National Guard http://www.dod.state.ga.us/
Veterans Administration (VA) Facilities in Georgia http://www1.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp?isFlash=1
Georgia HERO Scholarship Program http://www.gacollege411.org/

VA Outpatient Clinics 9249 Highway 29 South, Suite A, Athens, GA 30601 Phone: 706-227-4534
417 4th Avenue, Albany, GA 31701 Phone: 229-446-9000
1310 13th Street, Columbus, GA 31906 Phone: 706-257-7200
755 Commerce Drive, 2nd Floor, Decatur, GA 30030 Phone: 404-417-5200
1513 Cleveland Avenue, East Point, GA 30344 Phone: 404-321-6111 x2600
1970 Riverside Pkwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30043 Phone: 404-417-1750
5398 Thomaston Road, Suite B, Macon, GA 31220 Phone: 478-476-8868
3931 Munday Mill Road, Oakwood, GA 30566 Phone: 404-728-8210
30 Chateau Dr, SE, Rome, GA 30161 Phone: (706) 235-6581
325 West Montgomery Crossroads, Savannah, GA 31406 Phone: (912) 920-0214; SDVS Field Office: 912-921-3744
562 Concord Road, Smyrna, GA 30082 Phone: 404-417-1760

2841 N. Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA 31602 Phone: 229-293-0132; SDVS Field Office: 229-333-2178
VA Medical Centers Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, 1 Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904-6285 Phone: (706) 733-0188 or (800) 836-5561; SDVS Field Office: (706) 823-2218
Atlanta VA Medical Center, 1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033 Phone: (404) 321-6111 or (800) 944-9726; SDVS Field Office: (404) 728-7611
Carl Vinson VA Medical Center, 1826 Veterans Blvd., Dublin, GA 31021 Phone: (478) 272-1210 (800) 595-5229; SDVS Field Office: (478) 272-4266

TRICARE Service Centers in Georgia Phone: 800-444-5445
Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Albany, GA P.O. Box 43079 Albany, GA 31704
Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Augusta,GA (Ft. Gordon) Dwight Eisenhower Medical Center Bldg. 300 Ft. Gordon, -100 30905
Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Ft. Benning P.O. Box 52530 Ft. Benning, GA 31995-2530
Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Hinesville, GA (Ft. Stewart) 740 General Stewart Way Suite 109 Hinesville, GA 31313
Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Valdosta, GA (Moody AFB) 347th Medical Group 3278 Mitchell Blvd., Bldg. 3268 Moody AFB, GA 31699-1500

Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Macon, GA (Robins AFB) 78th Medical Group 655 - 7th St., Bldg. 702 Robins AFB, GA 31098
Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Ft. McPherson, GA 1283 Howe St. S.W. Building 162 Ft. McPherson, GA 30330
Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc. TSC - Kings Bay, GA The Proctor Building 4011 Highway 40E St. Marys, GA 31558 800-444-544

Resources for Veterans and Active Duty Personnel MilitaryOne Source (www.militaryonesource.com) has services to support both service members and their families.
Seamless Transition for OIF/OEF Veterans www.seamlesstransition.va.gov
Deployment Health Clinical Center http://www.pdhealth.mil
Health Care and Assistance for US Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom http://www.vethealth.cio.med.va.gov/Pubs/Index.htm
VA Health Care Enrollment Information http://www.va.gov/elig/
VA Benefits Information http://www.vba.va.gov
Women Veterans Health and Benefits Information http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/
Information for Iraqi Freedom Veterans http://www.va.gov/gulfwar/
Afghanistan Service Information http://www1.va.gov/environagents/

State and County Veteran Service Officers http://www.doa.state.nc.us/vets/dso.htm
Courage to Care Information Fact Sheets http://www.usuhs.mil/psy/courage.html
Citizen-Soldier Support Program www.RibbonsToReality.org
Resources for Family Members My Army Life, Too http://www.myarmylifetoo.com/
SOFAR: Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists http://www.sofarusa.org/
Operation Military Kids http://www.operationmilitarykids.org/

In 2006, Sesame Workshop launched a groundbreaking, bilingual (English/Spanish), multi-phase, multimedia initiative for young children and their military families called Talk, Listen, Connect. The initiative was born from a strong and singular hope--to recognize the thousands of American children and families who know all too well what it's like to see a loved one go off to war.
To view videos on Deployment, Homecomings, and Changes, please follow the link below: http://www.sesameworkshop.org/initiatives/emotion/tlc
National Military Family Association (NMFA) http://www.nmfa.org/site/PageServer
"10 Things Military Teens Want You to Know" (NMFA)
https://secure2.convio.net/nmfa/site/SPageServer?pagename=toolkit
Nurturing Skills for Military Families
http://www.nurturingparenting.com/npp/nurturing_skills_military_info.php
Zero to Three www.zerotothree.org/military
Military Child Education Coalition www.militarychild.org

Returning From the War Zone: A Guide for Military Families
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/manuals/GuideforFamilies.pdf
Department of Defense www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/
Operation Kids on Guard www.nc.ngb.army.mil/family/default.asp
Military Child in Transition and Deployment www.militarystudent.dod.mil
Military Child of Deployed Parents www.deploymentkids.com/
Mental Health and PTSD Resources
American Psychological Association www.apa.org
American Psychiatric Association www.psych.org/public_info/ptsd.cfm
AMVETS National Headquarters www.amvets.org
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): www.samhsa.gov/index.aspx

SAMHSA, National Mental Health Information Center: www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/
"That Guy" is an awardwinning Department of Defense-funded, multi-faceted campaign to increase awareness of the problems associated with binge drinking.
www.thatguy.com
Battlemind training at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Department of Military Psychiatry www.battlemind.org
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies: www.istss.org/index.htm
Mental Health Channel www.mentalhealthchannel.net/ptsd/
Mental Help Net www.mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=1
Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center, 804-828-9910, www.mid-attc.org
Anxiety Disorders Association of America www.adaa.org
Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists www.atss-hq.com

Defense Centers of Excellence http://www.dcoe.health.mil/default.aspx
Military Order of the Purple Heart www.purpleheart.org
National Amputation Foundation www.natinalamputation.org
National Center for PTSD, Clinical Quarterly www.ncptsd.va.gov/publications/cq/index.html
National Center for PTSD, PTSD Research Quarterly www.ncptsd.va.gov/publications/rq/index.html
National Center for PTSD, The PILOTS Database www.ncptsd.va.gov/publications/pilots/index.html
National Demonstration Program for Citizen-Soldier Support www.ribbonstoreality.org (919) 966-2450
National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information www.health.org (800) 729-6686, TDD: (800) 487-4889
SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov (800) 789-2647, TDD: (866) 889-2647

Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) www.taps.org 1-800-959-TAPS (8277)
Uniformed Services University, Courage to Care Fact Sheets http://www.usuhs.mil/psy/courage.html
PCTS Links to Post Traumatic Stress Web Sites www.vietnamveteranministers.org/ptsd.htm
The Post-Traumatic Gazette www.patiencepress.com/ptg.html
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Department of Veterans Affairs: www.ncptsd.va.gov/
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Resources www.umdnj.edu/psyevnts/ptsd.html
The National Institute of Mental Health www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/anxietymenu.cfm
National Mental Health Association www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/index.cfm
National Personnel Records Center www.archives.gov/st-louis/index.html
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/ptsd70.htm
More Resources Military Officers Association of America www.moaa.org

National Veterans Legal Services Program www.nvlsp.org/ National Veterans Organization of America www.nvo.org/
Non-Commissioned Officers Association www.ncoausa.org/
Helmets to Hardhats www.helmetstohardhats.org/home.jsp
HELP4Vets www.help4vets.com
American Ex-Prisoners of War Organization www.expow.org
The American Legion www.legion.org
OLIVE-DRAB www.olive-drab.com/od_milorgs_veterans.php3
The Retired Enlisted Association www.trea.org/
U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) www.dol.gov/vets
VA Office of Seamless Transition www.seamlesstransition.va.gov

Veterans News and Information Service www.vnis.com/
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States www.vfw.org/
Iraq War Veterans Organization www.iraqwarveterans.org
Catholic War Veterans www.cwv.org
Jewish War Veterans of the USA www.jwv.org
Kitchen Table Gang www.kitchentablegang.org/
Leaders Guide for Managing Marines in Distress www.usmc.mil
Legion of Valor www.legionofvalor.com/
Deployment Health Clinical Center www.pdhealth.mil (866) 559-1627
Disabled American Veterans www.dav.org
Blinded Veterans Association www.bva.org
Paralyzed Veterans of America www.pva.org

Georgia's 14 Military Installations and Active Duty/Reserve Military Personnel (9/30/2007)

Installation Dobbins
Fort Benning

Branch Air Force Reserve Army

City Marietta
Columbus

Telephone

URL

770-919-5000

706-545-2011 https://www.benning.army.mil/infan try/

Military Personnel 1,615
29,436

Fort Gillem Fort Gordon Fort McPherson Fort Stewart

Army Army Army Army

Forest Park Augusta Atlanta Hinesville

404-469-5000 706-791-0110 404-464-3113 912-767-1411

http://www.gordon.army.mil/ http://www.mcpherson.army.mil/ http://www.stewart.army.mil/

2,236 13,754 2,178 16,515

Hunter Army Airfield

Army

Savannah

912-352-6521 http://www.stewart.army.mil/

6,036

Moody AFB

Air Force

Valdosta

229-257-3395 http://www.moody.af.mil/

4,649

Robins AFB

Air Force

Warner

478-926-1110 http://www.robins.af.mil/

5,882

Robins

MCLB Albany

USMC

Albany

229-639-5000 http://www.ala.usmc.mil/

721

NSA Athens

Navy

Athens

243

SUBASE Kings Bay

Navy

Kings Bay

912-673-2001 http://www.subasekb.navy.mil/

4,136

NAS Atlanta

Navy Reserve

Marietta

770-919-6392 http://www.cnrse.navy.mil/atlanta/

1,675

VTS Catoosa

Army Guard

Tunnel Hill

11

OTHER SITES

7,549

TOTAL

96,636

SOURCE: DOD. Base Structure Report FY 2008 Baseline. Can be found here: http://www.acq.osd.mil/ie/download/bsr/BSR2008Baseline.pdf

Map of Georgia's 14 Military Installations

Army Active Duty and Reserve Dependents in Georgia

Army Base Fort Benning

Army Active Duty Dependents 23,423

Army Reserve Dependents 2,243

Fort Gordon

16,541

2,296

Fort McPherson

5,224

3,488

Fort Stewart

10,972

1,857

Total Number of Dependents for Army Active and Reserve Personnel in Georgia = 66,044

Veterans in Georgia, by Gender and Race/Ethnicity (9/30/2007)

Hispanic Of
Any Race

White NonHispanic

Black NonHispanic

American Indian Non-
Hispanic

Asian NonHispanic

Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic

Male

12,579

505,685

162,206

2,640

3,776

482

Female

2,183

34,693

32,088

559

799

98

Total

14,762

540,378

194,294

3,199

4,575

580

Other Or Multiple Race Non-Hispanic
6,369
1,131
7,500

Total 693,738
71,552 765,289

Veterans in Georgia, by Age and Race/Ethnicity (9/30/2007)

Age

Hispanic Of
Any Race

White NonHispanic

Black NonHispanic

American Indian Non-
Hispanic

Asian NonHispanic

Pacific Islander Non-Hispanic

< 25

414

5,840

3,454

120

152

26

25-29

1,329

14,205

10,520

240

410

15

30-34

1,874

18,250

12,794

143

455

58

35-39

1,863

28,727

19,835

181

509

73

40-44

1,923

36,523

25,449

279

523

113

45-49

1,894

42,122

31,883

465

455

90

50-54

1,215

45,225

26,273

546

537

106

55-59

1,506

68,356

19,527

402

710

19

60-64

1,003

85,200

15,589

360

312

17

65-69

535

56,278

8,939

242

241

0

70-74

378

46,615

7,116

90

110

15

75-79

382

41,403

6,245

87

85

0

80-84

222

30,945

3,926

45

43

50

85-89

183

16,226

2,119

0

35

0

90+

42

4,463

625

0

0

0

Total

14,762

540,378

194,294

3,199

4,575

580

Other Or Multiple Race Non-Hispanic
58 240 387 704 782 912 880 973 879 581 437 283 147 179
60
7,500

Total 10,064 26,959 33,960 51,891 65,592 77,820 74,783 91,493
103,359 66,814 54,761 48,485 35,378 18,742 5,190
765,289

Veterans in Georgia, by County (9/30/2007)

County Appling Atkinson Bacon Baker Baldwin Banks Barrow Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Bleckley Brantley Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Candler Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford
Crisp

Veterans 1,288 430 813 339 4,209 1,025 4,792 7,731 1,274 1,655
12,800 1,090 1,567 1,423 2,635 4,999 1,955 1,970 372 5,821 944 7,843 5,321 1,023
25,569 879
2,333 14,889
6,051 273
24,789 549
56,817 2,536 3,315
12,824 1,332
10,249 1,112
1,558

County Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper
Jeff Davis

Veterans 1,633 1,762 2,076
46,413 1,679 875 8,438
10,900 751 242
5,413 1,742 1,385
840 2,072 13,095 7,765 10,617 1,953 56,304 3,177
162 7,856 3,979 1,824 1,505 47,617 3,475 11,582
674 2,183 3,704 2,283
704 16,338 17,133
690 3,980 1,087
820

County Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun
Randolph

Veterans 1,218 837 637 1,929 1,932 901 3,950 3,264 7,257 846 1,310
12,789 1,988 2,052 1,296 1,109 2,525 920 1,696 500 1,700 1,909 639 1,088 2,743
22,909 6,203 2,624 1,060 9,703 2,411 2,835 1,319 1,381 3,105 912 2,441 233 1,559
464

County Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth
Total

Veterans 21,904 8,511 366 1,345 928 4,636 2,175 312 2,345 567 140 2,217 659 1,021 867 3,939 2,869 2,000 1,461 551 5,039 650 632 2,996 2,491 5,189 5,905 3,747 339 1,489 2,742 176 547 2,771 5,752 888 951 726 2,131
765,289

Active Duty Personnel and Veterans Calling Georgia Helpline (HODAC)

Branch Army Navy Army Army Nat. Guard Army
Army Marines Air Force
Navy Army Air Force Army
Army Navy
Army Army Navy
Army
Army
Marines Marines
Marines
Army
Navy

Sex Age

Ethnicity

F

29 Caucasian

M

30 Caucasian

M

68 Caucasian

M

30 Caucasian

African

M

35 American

M

41 Caucasian

African

M

48 American

M

56 Caucasian

M

56 Caucasian

African

F

54 American

M

41 Caucasian

M

54 Caucasian

M

54 Caucasian

African

M

32 American

M

53 Caucasian

African

M

38 American

F

Caucasian

M

32 Caucasian

African

M

41 American

African

M

70 American

M

58 Caucasian

M

48 Caucasian

M

53 Caucasian

African

F

48 American

African

M

26 American

Kids Y Y
N

Calling from Warner Robins Kingsland Cumming Dublin

Problem Called About Rent assistance Consumer protection Alcohol treatment Mental Illness

Y

Macon

Y

Roswell

Transportation to Ohio AA meetings

Y

Bonaire

Utility assistance

Y

Thomaston

Severe COPD, needs utility assistance

Y

Warner Robins Mortgage assistance

Y

Atlanta

Y

Macon

Y

Newnan

N

Newnan

DUI evaluation Utility assistance Treatment, Prescription drugs, alcohol Alcohol treatment

N

Savannah

Y

Macon

Alcohol treatment Food

Y

Warner Robins Wife calling needing domestic violence shelter

Savannah

Needed domestic violence shelter

Y

Gordon, GA

Wife calling for help with utility bills

N

Macon

Dual diagnosis with crack/marijuana addiction

Moultrie, GA Rabun Gap, GA

Alcohol and cocaine treatment Alcohol treatment

Y

Woodstock

Wife needs long-term Tx for alcohol abuse

Husband committed suicide and 27 year old son

Y

Warner Robins found him.

N

Macon

Finacial assistance with rent

N

Jonesboro

Cocaine addiction

Marines M

Army

M

Nat.

Guard

M

Army

F

Army

F

Army

M

Army

M

Air Force M

Army

M

Army

M

Army

M

African 57 American N
57 Caucasian N

26 Caucasian Y

30 Caucasian Y

27 Caucasian Y

27 Hispanic

Y

28 Caucasian N African
41 American N African
53 American N

27 Caucasian Y

46 Caucasian N

Atlanta Covington

Crack addiction Severe PTSD

Winder Savannah Warner Robins Roswell Smyrna

Heroin addiction child sexual abuse issues in the home children taken by DFCS due to drug abuse Needed legal assistance Addiction to opiate painkillers

Warner Robins Alcohol addiction

Macon Savannah Macon

Health problems Alcohol addiction Alcohol addiction

Summary Statistics of Callers
29% of callers are active duty military personnel with approximately one fourth seeking assistance for substance abuse problems; one third seeking assistance for alcohol-related problems
35% of callers are African American 18% of callers are female 37% of callers are from the Macon/Warner Robbins area, though cities/towns represent the complete geographic
demographic of the state. Some calls are from other installations or from wives of spouses stationed in other locations. 57% of callers report having children 37% of callers report being unemployed
Source: Helpline Georgia, HODAC, Inc., Funded by SAVPBD, SAMHSA Funds