2025-2026 Youth Action Teams

The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) provides support through the Statewide Georgia Teen Institute contract. This project funds Youth Action Teams across the state, with each of the six DBHDD regions represented by at least one YAT. These YATs focus on substance use prevention, primarily the prevention of underage drinking.

Listed below are our 2025-2026 DBHDD-funded YATs:

Region 1

• • Bartow County
  • Floyd County

Region 2

• Youth In Bloom
• Warren County Teens in Action

Region 3

• CPACS CAT
• Georgia Teen State Executive Council
• GUIDE, Inc. Youth Advisory Board
• Jared’s Heart of Success

Region 4

• Teen Explosion

Region 5

• Soaring Eagles

Region 6

• Crisp County Youth Advisory Council
• AVPRIDE
• Spalding Collaborative Youth Advisory Council
• Teen Empowerment
• Teen On the M.O.V.E.