{"id":29537,"date":"2026-03-30T10:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=29537"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:26:31","slug":"sen-ossoff-expanding-health-care-services-in-south-georgia","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-expanding-health-care-services-in-south-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff\u00a0Expanding Health Care Services in South Georgia\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Valdosta, Ga.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering&nbsp;resources to&nbsp;expand health care services in South Georgia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats together to deliver Federal funding to&nbsp;Legacy&nbsp;Behavioral Health, which plans to&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;a customized van to&nbsp;serve as a mobile&nbsp;behavioral health&nbsp;clinic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff is delivering $348,000&nbsp;for the project through bipartisan government funding&nbsp;legislation that became law on February 3.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith the growing list of challenges Georgia\u2019s rural hospitals face, I brought Republicans and Democrats together to expand access to behavioral health care across South Georgia,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis funding&nbsp;represents&nbsp;more than a new vehicle \u2014 it&nbsp;represents&nbsp;increased access, hope, and stability for individuals and families throughout our 10-county service area. Adding this second mobile clinic strengthens our ability to meet individuals where they are \u2014 reducing barriers to care and ensuring that our rural and underserved communities have access to high-quality behavioral health services. We are sincerely appreciative of this support and the trust placed in us to continue strengthening community-based care,&#8221;&nbsp;<strong>Legacy&nbsp;Behavioral Health Chief Clinical Officer Mallory&nbsp;Tyre.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valdosta, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is delivering&nbsp;resources to&nbsp;expand health care services in South Georgia.&nbsp; Sen. Ossoff brought Republicans and Democrats together to deliver Federal funding to&nbsp;Legacy&nbsp;Behavioral Health, which plans to&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;a customized van to&nbsp;serve as a mobile&nbsp;behavioral health&nbsp;clinic.&nbsp; Sen. Ossoff is delivering $348,000&nbsp;for the project through bipartisan government funding&nbsp;legislation that became law on February 3.&nbsp; \u201cWith [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29537","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29538,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/29537\/revisions\/29538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}