Hillside: Intensive Residential Treatment

ADMISSIONS
Intensive Residential Treatment

Application for Admission
Admissions Requirement Checklist

Admissions inquiries are accepted from all sources including:

Families or guardians with private and/or insurance funding

Georgia Department of Human Resources (including Department of Family & Children Services, Department of Juvenile Justice, and MHDDAD)

Department of Education

Hillside does not have emergency receiving facilities.

Potential residents must have a primary psychiatric diagnosis and intelligence near the normal range. Hillside accepts patients from all areas of Georgia and from all income levels.

Patients to be funded through APS are required to be assessed by a Core Provider. Please click on the following link to find a Core Provider near you. www.mygcal.com

Admission eligibility is determined by Hillside’s Admissions Department. An Application for Admission and Admissions Requirement Checklist (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) must be completed and submitted before the admissions process can begin.

Due to the nature of the program, Hillside may not consider accepting patients who:

Have physical handicaps that prevent normal access to and from buildings without assistance from staff

Have serious medical problems not controlled by medications

Have a current primary diagnosis of substance abuse

Do not have adequate verbal/cognitive skills to benefit from the treatment program

Have a history of criminal behavior with no documented history of emotional problems

Eligibility for admission will be based on the above criteria regardless of race, sex, creed, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national origin. Hillside does not discriminate against applicants who are diagnosed as having Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

Download our Application for Admission and the Admissions Requirement Checklist (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) to complete and submit.

For more information on Hillside’s admissions process, please contact our Admissions Department at (404) 875-4551 ext. 611 or by email at admissions@hside.org.

Hillside prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin,
gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation and marital or family status.