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Any agency that receives at least two consecutive years of funding from United Way is included on our specific care list. If a partner is not funded by United Way for two consecutive years, it is removed from the specific care list.
| Agency: | Program: | Focus Area: | Strategy: | Program Description: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Friend's House | A Friend's House | Homelessness | Assessment Centers | To provide a home that addresses the physical and emotional needs of children in crisis; primarily serves teenagers and large sibling groups from birth to age 18. |
| AADD | Georgia Family Support | Health | Life Skills | AADD provides support to adults with developmental disabilities, so that they can live independently in the community. |
| Action Ministries, Inc. | Housing Program | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Provides both transitional and permanent housing for homeless individuals along with comprehensive supportive services including: case management, job coaching, financial skills, and support for children’s education and learning. |
| Africa's Children's Fund | Project EXCEL | Education | Mentoring | Promotes academic productivity, positive behavior and the spirit of community service for under-served children and youth. |
| AID Gwinnett, Inc. | AID Gwinnett New Patient Healthcare | Health | Primary Health | Provides primary care for uninsured and underinsured individuals living with HIV/AIDS through a commitment to provide compassionate health care, advocacy and promoting healthy choices. |
| American Cancer Society | Breast Cancer Prevention/Early Detection Program | Health | Prevention Education | A public/private partnership that promotes breast cancer screenings using evidence-based, proven strategies such as outreach, education and screening navigation across the state. |
| American Cancer Society | Patient Navigator Program | Health | Primary Health | Housed on-site at various hospitals throughout Greater Atlanta, Patient Navigators work with patients throughout the cancer treatment process and beyond to ensure proactive and consistent follow-up for care. |
| American Red Cross Metro Atlanta Chapter | Emergency Relief Services | Basic Needs | Disaster Relief | Helps people who have been devastated by fires, floods, tornadoes, and other disasters meet their basic human needs while recovering. These immediate relief services are accompanied with case management services to ensure families are accessing all available resources. |
| Association of Village PRIDE | Concord Village BRIDGES Program | Education | Out of School Time | Manages an on-site Family Resource Center for low-income families and operates two out of school programs for students that focus on literacy for children (K-3rd grades), and academic support and activities for youth (4th-12th grades). |
| Association on Battered Women of Clayton County, Inc. | Securus House | Homelessness | Assessment Centers | Provides shelter, support and advocacy for survivors of family violence as well as social support services as they start rebuilding their lives. |
| Atlanta Legal Aid Society | Legal Services for the Prevention of Homelessness | Homelessness | Financial Assistance | Provides free civil legal assistance to help low-income people meet basic needs. |
| Atlanta Outreach Project, Inc. | Lighthouse Project | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Provides transitional and permanent housing solutions to the homeless; also provide case management services, including referrals to partners agencies, and counseling and education. |
| Auditory Verbal Center, Inc. | CORE AV | Health | Life Skills | Makes Auditory-Verbal (AV) therapy services accessible to all children and families, regardless of ability to pay; grants young deaf and hard of hearing children the opportunity to be independent by teaching how to speak and listen without use of sign language or lip reading. |
| Auditory Verbal Center, Inc. | Hearing Screenings Outreach Program | Health | Prevention Education | Offers prevention and intervention (free hearing screenings, education, and follow-up care) services to low-income children, youth, and their families. |
| Beacon of Hope, Inc. | Early Childhood Literacy Program | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides affordable early childhood literacy programming for low-income children and their families. Grant funds shall be used to compensate and train staff necessary to provide quality services. |
| Beacon of Hope, Inc. | School-Age Literacy Program | Education | Out of School Time | Provides services and activities to strengthen reading skills in early grades. |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta | Mentoring for Risky Behaviors Prevention | Education | Risky Behaviors Prevention | Designed to help children avoid at risk behaviors and encourages them to achieve their highest potential by improving academic performance. This initiative provides services beyond the traditional one to one community based mentoring through expanded tracking and greater training and support for parents, youth and volunteers. |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta | Mentoring for Successful Transitions to Graduation | Education | Mentoring | Designed for juniors and seniors, program provides specialized support services during senior year and the first year of college. |
| Bloom Our Youth, Inc. | Bloom Foster Parenting | Basic Needs | Child Abuse & Neglect | Bloom recruits, trains, supports and oversees families who take in basic level foster children, foster children who are medically fragile or have significant psychiatric issues as well as pregnant or parenting foster teen girls. |
| Bloom Our Youth, Inc. | The Bloom Closet | Basic Needs | Child Abuse & Neglect | The Bloom Closet provides free clothing, shoes, toiletries, toys, baby gear, and supplies to foster children in Georgia in a fun, boutique-like setting. The Bloom Closet serves over 2,000 foster children from 60 Georgia counties. |
| Bobby Dodd Institute | Workforce Resources Vocational Services | Income | Transitional Employment | The purpose of BDI’s Workforce Resources Vocational Services program is to serve people with disabilities and economic disadvantages with skills assessments, job training, vocational counseling, and permanent employment opportunities. |
| Boy Scouts Atlanta Council | Boy Scouts | Education | Leadership and Service Learning | Designed to develop character, citizenship, fitness, and promote community service, the program encourages young men to learn and practice leadership skills at school and in their community, ultimately keeping them away from risky behaviors. |
| Boy Scouts Atlanta Council | Cub Scouts | Education | Out of School Time | The program is a year-round, out of school, family learning program designed to meet the developmental needs of young boys (ages 7-10) and their families. |
| Boy Scouts Atlanta Council | Exploring | Education | Leadership and Service Learning | A career education and leadership program for young men and women ages 14-20 implemented through community organizations and businesses. |
| Boy Scouts Flint River Council | Youth Leadership | Education | Leadership and Service Learning | Provides resources and training to boys 11-18 years of age and girls between 14-18 years of age and encompasses leadership skills focused on decision making, goal setting, and communication and negotiation. |
| Boy Scouts Flint River Council | Cub Scouts, Grades 1-5 | Education | Out of School Time | A year-round, out of school program designed to meet the developmental needs of boys and their families. |
| Boy Scouts Northeast Georgia Council | Gwinnett Cub Scouts, Grades 1-3 | Education | Out of School Time | Provides youth with safe, productive, structured activities outside school hours through weekly, family-based learning experiences and community service projects. |
| Boy Scouts Northeast Georgia Council | Gwinnett Scouting programs, Grades 4-12 | Education | Out of School Time | Provides youth (grades 4-12) in Gwinnett County with safe, productive, structured activities outside school hours through weekly, family-based learning experiences and community service projects. They often expose youth to career considerations and facilitate leadership development through peer elections. |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta | Leadership and Service Learning | Education | Leadership and Service Learning | Keystone and Torch Clubs are leadership and service clubs for boys and girls, ages 11-18. Youth participate in activities in 3 focus areas: academic success, career preparation and community service. |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta | K-12 | Education | Out of School Time | A curriculum-driven approach that is tied to key educational benchmarks, with a focus on K-3rd grade literacy and 4th–8th grade math and literacy skills. |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta | Risky Behaviors | Education | Risky Behaviors Prevention | To combat obesity, various physical exercise, health and nutrition programs are implemented as part of a Healthy Habits curriculum. |
| Butts County Board of Commissioners | Butts County Senior Citizen Services | Basic Needs | Support for Seniors | Provides recreational, social, health, and educational training services. |
| Butts County Counseling Center | Butts County Counseling Center | Health | Substance Abuse Treatment | Provide several comprehensive, intensive outpatient treatment programs for those with substance abuse/dependency; also includes co-occurring psychiatric disorders. |
| Butts County Mental Retardation Center | Butts County Developmental Service Center | Health | Life Skills | Provides community-based services to those with developmental disabilities diagnosed before the age of 18. Customized approach for each person that increases socialization and community involvement. |
| Calvary Refuge Center, Inc. | Calvary Refuge Center, Inc. | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Offer temporary housing and case management services for families. Life skills class are offered on-site weekly and cover employment/career assistance, higher education opportunities and financial literacy basics. |
| CaringWorks, Inc. | CaringWorks Shelter Plus Care | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Foster housing stability and recovery while assisting clients in maximizing their income to achieve economic security. Services provided include case management, counseling, life skills supports, emergency assistance and community engagement. |
| CaringWorks, Inc. | Shamrock Gardens Permanent Supportive Housing | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Provides permanent housing for women and families, accompanied by case management, recovery-based interventions and support, counseling, life skills classes, community engagement and emergency assistance. |
| CaringWorks, Inc. | Solutions for Self-Sufficiency | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | A transitional housing and addiction treatment facility for homeless men. Designed to provide a nurturing, supportive environment to residents, Hope House offers quality housing, state-licensed addiction treatment, aftercare supports, case management and other relevant supports. |
| Carrie Steele Pitts Home, Inc. | Carrie Steele-Pitts Home, Inc. | Education | Out of School Time | Provides comprehensive services for children, ages 5-21, through residential and community programs. |
| Carrie Steele Pitts Home, Inc. | Coaching for Post-Secondary Education Completion | Education | Post-secondary Education Support | Provide youth ages 18-26 with a supportive environment that assists them to establish self-sufficiency, including a Coaching for College curriculum. |
| The Children's Haven | CASA for Children, Inc. | Basic Needs | Child Abuse Prevention | Provides high-quality child advocacy services to foster youth. Volunteer advocates have the time, training, and are committed to ensuring the children have access to educational and support services and courtroom advocacy. |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Inc. | Parent Talk | Education | Family/Parent Engagement | Provides education and support to expectant moms and families with an infant through in-home parenting education including assessments, developing service plan goals, and case management. |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Inc. | Village of St. Joseph Counseling Services | Health | Mental Health | Provides outpatient counseling services, ultimately helping clients to become productive, happy and healthy citizens in their communities. |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Inc. | Housing Counseling and Financial Literacy Education Services | Income | Asset Building and Preservation | Provides homes for youth in foster care and a space for children and families in the community to get tutorial services, test prep help, and work readiness programs. |
| Center for Black Women's Wellness, Inc. | Wellness Program | Health | Primary Health | Provides low-cost and no-cost preventive and primary health care services to uninsured/ underinsured, low-income adults. |
| Center for Black Women's Wellness, Inc. | Atlanta Healthy Start | Health | Health: Babies Born Healthy | Provides outreach, case management and health education services to expectant mothers and those with children under 2 years of age. |
| Center for Pan Asian Community Services, Inc. | Asian American Home Based Support Services | Health | Home Based Support | Assists individuals who are older and/or functionally impaired continue to maintain independence and health by staying in their homes. |
| Center for Pan Asian Community Services, Inc. | CPACS Youth LEP (Limited English Proficiency) K-3rd | Education | Out of School Time | After school and summer programs that provide services to economically disadvantaged students (K-3 rd grade) in math, English and reading. |
| Center for the Visually Impaired | BEGIN Program | Education | Family/Parent Engagement | Provides ongoing training for the parents, family members and other caregivers of blind/visually impaired infants and pre-schoolers via educational sessions and family support activities. |
| Center for the Visually Impaired | Maxwell Low Vision Clinic (LVC) | Health | Life Skills | Provides devices and training to enhance remaining vision of those with low vision. Services increase access to primary health information. |
| Center for the Visually Impaired | STARS | Education | Out of School Time | An educational, recreational, and social skills program for youth ages 5-21 who are blind or visually impaired. |
| Center for the Visually Impaired | The New View Career Services (CS) Program | Income | Transitional Employment | Provides knowledge of jobs successfully performed by blind people; exploration of career goals; and technology training, equipment and support for pursuing selected jobs. |
| Center for the Visually Impaired | The New View Community Based Services (CBS), formerly Community Adult Services | Health | Home Based Support | Promotes the safety and well-being of seniors with visual impairments. |
| Center for the Visually Impaired | The New View Independent Living Services (ILS) Program | Health | Life Skills | Facilitates independence and preserves the self-worth of blind or visually impaired individuals so that they can live independently. |
| Cherokee Child Advocacy Council, Inc. | Child Advocacy Center - Anna Crawford Children's Center | Health | Mental Health | Provides assessment and mental health treatment to children and non-offending family members in cases of sexual abuse, physical abuse and exposure to violence and drugs. |
| Cherokee Family Violence Center | Cherokee Family Violence Center | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Provides permanent, supportive housing to domestic violence survivors and their children who are homeless as a result of abuse. |
| Children's Voice: CASA, Inc. | Children's Voice: CASA, Inc. | Basic Needs | Child Abuse and Neglect | Advocate for abused and/or neglected children involved in juvenile court deprivation proceedings. Provides screened, trained, and supervised volunteers or lay Guardian ad Litems who speak up on behalf of the children. |
| CHRIS 180 | Emergency Assistance Program | Homelessness | Financial Assistance | Prevent individuals with significant mental health issues from becoming homeless by helping them secure and maintain stable housing while they receive ongoing support, guidance and instruction to become self-sufficient. |
| CHRIS 180 | TransitionZ | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Provides permanent supportive housing for single and parenting young adults with mental health disabilities who are homeless and/or leaving foster care, juvenile justice and/or mental health systems. |
| CHRIS180 | CHRIS Counseling Center | Health | Mental Health | Helps individuals heal from traumatic events, manage their mental illness and enter recovery. |
| CHRIS 180 | JourneyZ | Health | Mental Health | Provide intensive, integrated services that help severely emotionally disturbed (SED) youth learn how to function responsibly in their communities. |
| Clayton County Extension Service | The ABC's of Parenting | Education | Family/Parent Engagement | To equip parents and other caregivers with the knowledge and skills to successfully parent and prepare their child for preschool, and ultimately, become better advocates for them. |
| Cobb County Center for Children and Young Adults | Another Chance | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | A residential care facility for boys between the ages of 13-17 who have been abused, neglected, abandoned or are at risk. |
| Cobb County Center for Children and Young Adults | Open Gate | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | A residential care facility for girls between the ages of 12-17 who have been abused, neglected, abandoned or are at risk. |
| Communities in Schools of Atlanta | CIS Case Mentors in High Schools | Education | Mentoring | By working with area high schools, CIS’s site coordinators provide individualized mentoring/case management services to a select number of students. |
| Communities in Schools of Atlanta | West End Performance Learning Center | Education | Leadership and Service Learning | Helps school dropouts or potential dropouts earn a high school diploma by offering additional support and services such as: health and human services linkages, counseling, internships, college/ career prep, and post-secondary scholarships. |
| Communities in Schools of Douglas County | Douglas One-2-One MATCH Mentoring Program | Education | Mentoring | Works in collaboration with each school in the Douglas County School System. At-risk students in the program go through the identification process where a school staff member or parent makes a referral based on identified needs. |
| Communities in Schools of Douglas County | After School Programs | Education | Out of School Time | Provides technical assistance and resources to the Douglas County School System fee-based programs that offer safe, productive, structured group activities for its at-risk students (K-8). |
| Communities In Schools of Marietta/Cobb County, Inc. | Parent Engagement Program | Education | Family/Parent Engagement | To ensure that all children are prepared for and successful in school by implementing a parent engagement and school transition program model, coordinating services and advocating for policy and systems change. |
| Communities In Schools of Marietta/Cobb County, Inc. | Ambassador Leadership Program | Education | Leadership and Service Learning | Seeks to identify students with leadership potential whose abilities are not tapped in the traditional school environment. |
| Community Assistance Center, Inc. | Emergency Assistance Program | Homelessness | Financial Assistance | Provides short-term assistance including financial assistance (i.e. rent, utilities) or in-kind assistance (i.e. food, clothing, school and household supplies). |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Paulding County, Inc. | Court Appointed Special Advocates of Paulding County, Inc. | Basic Needs | Child Abuse and Neglect | Advocate for abused and/or neglected children involved in juvenile court deprivation proceedings. Provides screened, trained, and supervised volunteers or lay Guardian ad Litems who speak up on behalf of the children. |
| Decatur Cooperative Ministry, Inc. | Family House | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Provides the interim housing and comprehensive assessments for families with multiple barriers to housing stability. |
| Decatur Cooperative Ministry, Inc. | Hagar's House | Homelessness | Assessment Centers | Helps families stabilize their crisis and take initial steps to overcome homelessness by providing 30 to 90 days of safe shelter, daily necessities, family assessments, a comprehensive array of supportive services, and connections to outside resources. |
| Decatur Cooperative Ministry, Inc. | Project Take Charge | Homelessness | Financial Assistance | Provides the resources, emotional support, and financial skills needed for individuals and families to regain financial stability and retain their housing. |
| DeKalb County CASA | DeKalb County CASA | Basic Needs | Child Abuse and Neglect | Advocate for abused and/or neglected children involved in juvenile court deprivation proceedings. Provides screened, trained, and supervised volunteers or lay Guardian ad Litems who speak up on behalf of the children. |
| Diabetes Association of Atlanta, Inc. | Diabetes Prevention and Control | Health | Prevention Education | Goal is to increase access to affordable, effective and convenient diabetes related services to vulnerable populations. |
| Easter Seals North Georgia | Early Intervention and Pediatric Therapy | Education | Family/Parent Engagement | To provide the early identification and treatment of children with disabilities through the provision of: speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy and autism-related therapy, so that they will be prepared for academic success when they enter school. |
| Easter Seals North Georgia | Easter Seals North Georgia Child Development Program | Education | Child Care Subsidies | To ensure that children from low-income families — with and without disabilities — ages 6 weeks to 5 years, can receive quality early education and care so they are ready for success upon entering school. |
| Easter Seals North Georgia | Family Support Advocates | Education | Family/Parent Engagement | Directly supports the intentional improvement of parenting skills, family engagement and leadership development in families with children 0-5 years of age. |
| Elaine Clark Center | Early Intervention | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides children diagnosed with special needs the supports early in life that will help them maximize their potential (therapeutic support, developmental assessment, nursing care, etc.). |
| Elaine Clark Center | Out of School Services | Education | Out of School Time | Provides summer camp and after school/enrichment programs that serve children/youth with special needs aged 6-22 years. |
| ExceptionalOps | Life Skills and Work Training for People with Developmental Disabilities | Health | Life Skills | Features a blend of real world, community and classroom training. All programs are designed to provide opportunities for employment and work-related activities, leisure or recreational activities, cultural excursions, etc. |
| Families First | Adoption Services | Education | Family/Parent Engagement | Aims to achieve permanency for children/youth and the potential parents and families through adoption. |
| Families First | CHISPA | Education | Family/Parent Engagement | Offers a community-based early learning program for children from birth to age five who live in low-income and low literacy communities. |
| Families First | Family Counseling | Health | Mental Health | Assists children, youth and adults in healing from emotional pain and trauma; services include individual, couples, family, and group counseling. |
| Families First | Healthy Babies Healthy Moms | Education | Family/Parent Engagement | Ensures that pregnant and parenting teens have the resources, information, and skills needed to be successful and halt the cycle of unplanned pregnancies. |
| Families First | Project GROW at Delowe Village | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Offers housing and residential support programs, including community-based interventions to facilitate successful transition of residents into stable housing. |
| Families First | Shelter-A-Family | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Offers housing and residential support programs for families with children, in which one or more family member suffers from mental illness, substance abuse and/or HIV/AIDS, or related diseases. |
| Families First | Weaver Gardens | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | A transitional supportive housing program for young mothers and their babies with a safe place to live; residents must complete high school/earn a GED; attend college or vocational training; and/or be gainfully employed. |
| Fayette Care Clinic | Fayette Care Clinic | Health | Primary Health | Provides comprehensive primary health care services for low-income, uninsured and/or underinsured. |
| Fayette Senior Services | Transportation | Health | Primary Health | Provides low-cost, wheelchair-accessible, non-emergency medical transportation services to senior citizens, and adults with disabilities. |
| Flint Circuit Council on Family Violence | Haven House | Homelessness | Assessment Centers | A shelter for homeless domestic violence victims and their children; assists residents in stabilizing and achieving goals in education, employment and housing. |
| Frazer Center | Frazer Center | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provide services to adults and children with physical and cognitive disabilities such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism and other disorders. |
| Friends of Gwinnett County Senior Services | Friends of Gwinnett Senior Services | Basic Needs | Support for Seniors | Meets the needs of senior citizens that would otherwise go unmet and result in longer waiting lists; provides meals, emergency financial assistance, help with home repair materials, and transportation. |
| Fulton County Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. | Fulton County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Inc. | Basic Needs | Child Abuse and Neglect | Recruits, trains and supervises community volunteers to advocate on behalf of abused and neglected children that are involved with the juvenile court system. |
| Gate City Day Nursery Association | Early Childhood and Family Support Program | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides a high-quality early learning experience for economically and socially at-risk children that prepares them for kindergarten. |
| Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power Potential | Peer Education to Reduce Pregnancies among College Students | Education | Post-secondary Education Support | Creates a sustainable on-campus program for colleges in high-risk areas to increase student awareness of the consequences of unplanned pregnancy through health information and referrals to free/low-cost clinical services for students. |
| Georgia Center for Child Advocacy | Georgia Center for Child Advocacy- Children's Advocacy Center | Basic Needs | Sexual Assault Services | Meet the needs of children, ages 3-17,that have experienced sexual or physical abuse themselves and/or witnessed violence in their families through intervention services such as crisis counseling and family advocacy. |
| Georgia Law Center for the Homeless | Georgia Law Center for the Homeless Legal Assistance | Homelessness | Financial Assistance | Provides free, civil, legal services to homeless families and individuals while also addressing the obstacles contributing to chronic homelessness. |
| Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation | Vision Clinic | Health | Primary Health | Provides access to vision care for the uninsured and underinsured with acute needs as well as preventative care for those with chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. |
| Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. | Project Healthy Grandparents | Health | Home Based Support | Provides comprehensive health and support services and improved access to community resources for those grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Inc. | Out of School Time for Grades 4-5 | Education | Out of School Time | A progressive, age-appropriate activity that focuses on engaging girls with parents or other caring adults while directing their own activities in a hands-on, girl-led way. Junior Girl Scouts also begin to participate more in career and STEM exploration events. |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Inc. | Girl Scout Leadership Experience | Education | Leadership and Service Learning | Engages over 7,000 girls in grades 6-12 in activities that build their personal leadership skills and mobilize them into service within Girl Scouts, their schools, communities and in business. |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Inc. | Girl Scout Program for K-3 | Education | Out of School Time | Engages girls (K-3) by teaching them valuable lessons about themselves, each other and the world around them with a proven curriculum; this curriculum helps them discover their own interests, gain valuable study skills and participate in activities that enhance their classroom experiences. |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Inc. | Mentoring | Education | Mentoring | Utilizes both staff knowledgeable about the neighborhoods they support and more than 100 collaborating partners to establish sites and programs in low-income and underserved areas, including Title 1 schools, community centers, apartment complexes and housing authority sites. |
| Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta | Center: OST 4-12th Grades - After School & Summer Camp | Education | Out of School Time | Prepares girls (grades 4-12) for success by offering safe, structured and affordable out of school programming; the program is broken into two formats: the After School Program and Girls Inc. University (GIU - summer camp). |
| Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta | Center: OST K - 3rd Grade - After School & Summer Camp | Education | Out of School Time | Prepares girls (grades K-3) for success by offering safe, structured and affordable out of school programming; the program is broken into two formats: the After School Program and Girls Inc. University (GIU - summer camp). |
| Girls Incorporated of Greater Atlanta | Outreach - Risky Behavior Prevention Program | Education | Risky Behaviors Prevention | Prepares girls to avoid risky behaviors with the implementation of nationally developed, research-based, pregnancy and alcohol/tobacco/substance abuse prevention programming. |
| Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb | Good Samaritan Cobb | Health | Primary Health | Provides affordable access to ongoing primary health care, medications, specialty care through referrals, and health education for low-income and uninsured families. |
| Goodwill of North Georgia | GoodBIZ! - Goodwill's Micro-enterprise Training Program | Income | Self - Employment | Serves aspiring entrepreneurs with the resources, training and ongoing support to launch and maintain their own businesses. |
| Goodwill of North Georgia | Industry Based & Skills Training Programs | Income | Transitional Employment | Prepares participants for jobs in high growth occupations and industries; additional services are provided, such as vocational assessment, case management, career planning, job development and follow-up retention services. |
| Goodwill of North Georgia | College Career Catalyst | Education | Post-secondary Education Support | Prepares and connects unemployed, low-wage workers, Hispanics and youth that have a high school diploma or GED, with post-secondary education/credentialed training. |
| Goshen Valley Foundation | Goshen Valley Post-Secondary Track Academy | Education | Post-secondary Education Support | Promotes and increases awareness of post-secondary education opportunities for foster care students who are in high school; also, provide mentors and supports to help them successfully complete their post-secondary education. |
| Gwinnett Community Clinic | Primary Care Program | Health | Primary Health | Provides primary health care access to uninsured, indigent residents, including physician exams, x-rays and diagnostic imaging, lab testing, referrals, patient education and assistance with enrollment in prescription assistance programs. |
| Hands of Hope Clinic | Medical Program | Health | Primary Health | Provides primary health care services for mostly adult patients with chronic medical conditions, including care management; referrals for needed diagnostic services and/or specialty care; and assistance securing affordable medications. |
| Harvest Rain Academy | Harvest Rain Academy Daycare Program | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides a high-quality, affordable, early learning program for children, ages birth to 5 years. |
| Harvest Rain Academy | Harvest Rain Youth Leadership Program | Education | Out of School Time | Provides a safe, academically enriching environment that equips, mentors, and empowers at-risk youth (K-12th grade) as they progress in their Academics, Careers and Community (ACC). |
| Health Education Assessment and Leadership, Inc. | HEALing Community Center | Health | Primary Health | Provides health education and medical services to at risk and underserved populations. |
| Hearts to Nourish Hope | Alternative Education Center | Education | Out of School Time | Provides high-risked and/or disadvantaged youth education opportunities such as career development/training, paid and unpaid work experiences, internships, and life skills to help participants grow and become life long learners. |
| Hearts to Nourish Hope | The D.O.R.M. | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Provides emergency and transitional housing for young men ages 18-24 years old; the program provides support, assessments, case management, therapeutic counseling and training to assist residents in gaining the necessary skills to become self-sufficient and obtain more permanent housing. |
| Henry County Council on Aging | Henry County Council on Aging | Basic Needs | Support for Seniors | Designed to enhance the quality of life of senior adults through the provision of support services that will allow them to live independently in their homes for as long as possible. |
| Hillside Hospital | Hillside Hospital | Health | Mental Health | Offers high-quality residential psychiatric services to severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, ages 6-19, requiring long-term intervention and care. |
| House of Dawn, Inc. | House of Dawn, Inc. | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Serves homeless expectant and young mothers, ages 18-23, and prepares them for independent living by providing safe, supportive housing; nutrition; mental health; medical and dental attention; high school/GED support and post-secondary education opportunities; and employment preparation. |
| Housing Initiative of North Fulton | HomeStretch: Transitional and Affordable Housing | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Guides low-income, homeless families with minor children toward increased self-reliance and stability by providing life skills education, mentoring and supportive housing. |
| I CARE | I CARE, Inc. | Health | Home Based Support | Matches volunteer drivers with senior citizens who need transportation assistance to get to their medical appointments. |
| International Rescue Committee | International Rescue Committee | Income | Transitional Employment | Provides job readiness and placement services to employable refugee adults. The program is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skill sets to become employed, achieve financial and social self-sufficiency, and no longer depend on public assistance. |
| Jewish Family and Career Services | Ben Massell Dental Clinic | Health | Primary Health | Provides access to free, comprehensive dental care and health education for low-income and no income, uninsured patients. |
| Jewish Family and Career Services | Counseling | Health | Mental Health | Provides intensive instruction; employment counseling; placement into six weeks of subsidized employment; and transition into permanent employee status for refugee participants. |
| Jewish Family and Career Services | Developmental Disabilities | Health | Life Skills | An innovative best practices approach to prevention of secondary disabilities and chronic health conditions among adults with developmental disabilities. The program goal is to improve by improving awareness and practice of healthy lifestyles and behaviors. |
| Jewish Family and Career Services | Older Adult Services | Basic Needs | Support for Seniors | Supports older adults and family caregivers through a multi-pronged approach that includes assessments; care planning; case management; and follow-up with a social worker. |
| Jewish Family and Career Services | Transitional Employment | Income | Transitional Employment | Assists adults and dislocated job seekers, ranging in age from 18 to 70 years, with paid, on-the-job training in specific industries for a designated time period, so they can achieve marketable workplace skills and become economically self-sufficient. |
| Latin American Association | Latino Transitional Employment Services | Income | Transitional Employment | Provides comprehensive, industry-specific job training and employment services for hard-to-employ individuals. The program also offers stipend-supported training, job readiness and job placement services, and subsidized transitional employment experiences to help access the workforce and move toward self-sufficiency. |
| Latin American Association | Primero Los Ninos Parenting Program | Education | Family/Parent Engagement | Offers a child abuse and neglect prevention and training program for parents and families that includes three components: parenting classes, anger management classes, and case management. |
| Latin American Association | Youth Academic Achievement Initiative | Education | Out of School Time | Seeks to significantly lessen the achievement gap for Latino youth and increase parent engagement by offering sustained, seamless and holistic support to students and their families from middle school through college entrance. |
| Latin American Association | Family Services - Homelessness Prevention Program | Homelessness | Financial Assistance | Offers free consultations, financial assistance, case management, and LAA and community referrals to avoid housing loss for those who are facing eviction and other economic and family crises. |
| Lilburn Elementary School | Lilburn Elementary Out of School Time (Middle to high school) | Education | Out of School Time | Pursues excellence in academic knowledge, skills and positive, appropriate behaviors for each student resulting in measurable improvement against local, national and international standards. |
| Lilburn Elementary School | Lilburn Elementary Out of School Time (K-3) | Education | Out of School Time | Pursues excellence in academic knowledge, skills and positive, appropriate behaviors for each student resulting in measurable improvement against local, national and international standards. |
| Link Counseling Center | The Link Counseling Center | Health | Mental Health | Provides quality, affordable counseling, psychotherapy and support groups for people of all ages. |
| Memorial Drive Presbyterian Community Children's Program | Memorial Drive Presbyterian Community Children's Program | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides a caring, nurturing environment for children (2-12 years) where they can develop and be socially, emotionally, academically and spiritually. Our goal is to have children ready for school and/or to identify any learning concerns and seek services to assist. |
| MUST Ministries, Inc. | MUST Ministries Elizabeth Inn Emergency Shelter Program | Homelessness | Assessment Centers | Provides emergency shelter for individuals and families experiencing homelessness; serves as a primary entry point to interlinked systems of care, including both public and private resources, for addressing barriers to housing stability. |
| Newnan-Coweta Habitat for Humanity, Inc. | Newnan-Coweta Habitat for Humanity Homeownership Workshops | Income | Asset Building and Preservation | Free classes are designed to give future and current homeowners basic financial asset knowledge, home maintenance and home repair know-how. |
| Nicholas House, Inc. | Nicholas House - Boulevard | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Helps homeless families achieve self-sufficiency while addressing the root causes of homelessness. |
| North Fulton Child Development Association | Great Start Scholarship Program (GSSP) | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides exemplary early care and education to low-income children (1-5 years of age), thereby building a solid foundation for school readiness. |
| North Fulton Community Charities | North Fulton Community Charities Emergency Assistance | Homelessness | Financial Assistance | Seeks to prevent homelessness by assisting residents with basic needs of food, clothing, rent, utilities, medical and transportation; also, offers a variety of life skill classes, brokering services with other agencies and advocating for affordable health care and other services. |
| Odyssey Family Counseling Center | Adult Substance Abuse Services | Health | Substance Abuse Treatment | Provides three programs: psychoeducation for those that are displaying behaviors that are precursors to substance use and abuse; outpatient treatment for those with drug abuse problems; and a program for women that also assists with job readiness and active employment. |
| Odyssey Family Counseling Center | Mental Health Counseling | Health | Mental Health | Increases coping skills and functioning ability for children, adolescents and adults; ultimately, reduces the need for more intensive levels of care such as hospitalization. |
| Odyssey Family Counseling Center | Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention | Education | Risky Behaviors Prevention | Provides a skill building program that is designed to teach high-risk youth between the (10-17 years of age) healthy ways of getting their needs met, thus reducing risky behaviors associated with drug use. |
| Our House, Inc. | Early Childhood Education | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides high-quality child care and early childhood education (ECE) for homeless children (6 weeks to through 5 years of age) that promote optimal growth and progress along the developmental continuum and gives children a solid foundation on which to build future academic success. |
| Our House, Inc. | CDA Training and Employment | Income | Transitional Employment | Provides homeless participants with free training for a Child Development Associate (CDA) certificate; CDA course is specifically designed for homeless participants by incorporating paid transitional employment and case management services and support. |
| Partnership Against Domestic Violence | Supportive Housing Program, Fulton and Gwinnett Counties | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Provides survivors of domestic violence and their children with transitional housing and case management services for a maximum of 24 months. |
| Partnership Against Domestic Violence | Partnership Against Domestic Violence Safe House Program, Fulton and Gwinnett Counties | Homelessness | Assessment Centers | Provides emergency housing and comprehensive case management services for survivors of domestic violence and their children. |
| Partnership for Community Action, Inc. | Head Start/Early Head Start | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides child care and early education for babies and children (newborn up to 5 years old) with the strong early education background, skills and confidence to enter school prepared to learn. |
| Phoenix Pass, Inc. | Transitional Housing and Resource Services | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Provides stable and secure housing for homeless families while mothers complete a holistic curriculum-based education for improving their workplace, parenting, and life skills. |
| Planned Parenthood of Georgia | Women's Health Program | Health | Primary Health | Provides quality health care services and health education (assessments, physical exams, cancer and hypertension screenings, HIV testing and counseling), primarily to women, who are low income, uninsured or underinsured. |
| Positive Growth | Positive Growth | Education | Out of School Time | Provides individualized, integrated services (academic support, conflict resolution skills, etc.) to address the complex and interrelated needs of troubled youth and their parents and families. |
| Premier Academy, Inc. | Premier Academy, Inc. (Child Care) | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides quality, accredited educational programming for at-risk preschool aged children from low-income families, preparing them for school readiness and long-term academic success. |
| Prevent Child Abuse Rockdale | Prevent Child Abuse Rockdale | Basic Needs | Child Abuse and Neglect | Uses community-based parent and family education and support programs that build on existing family strengths, increase confidence and competence in their parenting abilities, and enhance overall family functioning to prevent initial or subsequent child abuse and neglect. |
| Project Open Hand Atlanta, Inc. | Meals Programs | Health | Home Based Support | Helps people prevent or better manage chronic disease through comprehensive nutrition care which combines home-delivered meals and nutrition education. |
| Project ReNeWal | Project Renewal Domestic Violence Intervention Program | Homelessness | Assessment Centers | Provides confidential emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence; in addition to shelter, other services are provided, such as food, clothing, financial assistance, legal advocacy, case management and counseling. |
| New American Pathways (Formerly Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta) | One to One Track of the RFS Afterschool Program | Education | Out of School Time | Provides customized literacy tutoring and academic support for refugee youth (grades K-12). |
| New American Pathways (Formerly Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta) | Strengthening Families | Education | Family/Parent Engagement | Provides programming that ensures parents are effective teachers and advocates for their children (ages 0-5), and that the children are school-ready. |
| Resources for Residents and Communities of Georgia, Inc. | RRC Homeownership Center | Income | Asset Building and Preservation | Provides individuals and families with a continuum of services, including pre- and post-purchase education, foreclosure prevention counseling, and financial literacy workshops. |
| Rockdale Emergency Relief Fund | Housing Retention and Financial Assistance Program | Homelessness | Financial Assistance | Provides assistance and supportive services, utilizing a comprehensive, solutions-based service model, to stabilize housing for participants to restore their self-sufficiency. |
| Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc. | Mercy Clinic Downtown | Health | Primary Health | Provides comprehensive primary care, dental services, and health education to the homeless and underserved; also supportive services to patients managing chronic diseases (diabetes, hypertension and asthma). |
| Salvation Army | The Salvation Army Corps Youth/ Afterschool/Summer Program | Education | Out of School Time | Programs provide educational, social, and character building activities for low-income, homeless and precariously housed youth. |
| Salvation Army | The Salvation Army Financial Emergency Services | Homelessness | Financial Assistance | Provides direct financial assistance and case management services for individuals and families who have experienced a traumatic change in their ability to pay rent, mortgage, or utility bills. |
| Salvation Army | The Salvation Army Red Shield Services Family Transitional Program | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Offers shelter and services (food, clothing and case management) for homeless families with children. |
| Salvation Army | The Salvation Red Shield Supportive Emergency Program | Homelessness | Assessment Centers | Offers up to 6 months of shelter and supportive services (food, clothing, case management, and life skills classes) for homeless single adult males, females and transgender participants. |
| Salvation Army | The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Atlanta’s After School/Summer Youth Development Pro | Education | Out of School Time | Ensures that disadvantaged youngsters (6 to 18 years) have greater access to quality programs and services that will enhance their lives and shape their futures. |
| Scottdale Child Development Center | Scottdale Child Development & Family Resource Center, Inc. of Central DeKalb | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides a comprehensive base of learning for children (6 weeks-5 years) that includes pre-reading literacy lessons; pre-math lessons; and development of social, emotional, self-help and motor skills. Scholarships for low/moderate income children are also provided. |
| Senior Citizen Services of Metro Atlanta | Meals On Wheels Atlanta | Basic Needs | Support for Seniors | Prepares and delivers nutritious meals to frail or homebound seniors who are unable to prepare or afford meals on their own, due to circumstances such as a disability. |
| Senior Citizen Services of Metro Atlanta | Vivian T. Minor Adult Day Care | Basic Needs | Support for Seniors | Provides support and an Adult Day Health program for seniors and their families, which includes health consultations, specialized physical and cognitive exercises and opportunities to socialize with others. |
| Senior Connections | In-Home Care | Basic Needs | Support for Seniors | Provides assistance to seniors who are unable to perform one or more activities of daily living, including assistance with personal care, homemaking, grooming/bathing, medication reminders and meal preparation. Respite services for caretakers of seniors are also provided. |
| Senior Connections | Meals-On-Wheels | Basic Needs | Support for Seniors | Prepares and delivers nutritious meals to frail or homebound seniors — mainly women aged 60 and older — who are unable to prepare or afford meals on their own. |
| Sheltering Arms Early Education and Family Centers | Sheltering Arms Early Education & Family Centers: Child Care Subsidies | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides affordable, high-quality childcare and early education for low-income children so they are prepared for school success; offers with scholarships to working families for child care, after school and summer. |
| Shepherd's Rest Ministries | Shepherd's Rest Ministries, Inc. | Homelessness | Assessment Centers | A safe house for abused and homeless women and children; program consists of a 24-hour crisis line, emergency housing and transportation, food, clothing, legal advocacy, domestic violence counseling & resource referrals, etc. |
| Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia | Disease Detection & Counseling/Community Information | Health | Prevention Education | Designed to prevent or reduce the number of unnecessary emergency room visits by helping sickle cell patients manage their chronic illness and educating the public about the risks of this condition. |
| Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity | Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity - HomeBuyer Education/Counseling | Income | Asset Building and Preservation | Educates low to moderate income prospective homebuyers about the home purchase process and prepares them for the responsibilities of homeownership. |
| St. Jude's Recovery Center | Detoxification and Assessment Program | Health | Substance Abuse Treatment | Detoxification services are designed to enable clients to cope with their addiction, improve their health, and participate as fully as possible in society. |
| St. Jude's Recovery Center | Long-Term Residential Treatment | Health | Substance Abuse Treatment | Provides clients with transitional housing; intensive addiction treatment; primary health care, which addresses all physical and mental issues; employment aid; and family support services. Program components enable clients to maintain daily activities, achieve self-sufficiency, and lead productive lives. |
| St. Jude's Recovery Center | St. Jude's Primary Care Clinic | Health | Primary Health | Provides primary health care services for low-income and/or homeless individuals, including comprehensive physicals; HIV testing; access to over-the-counter medications; medication monitoring; individual assessments for those with mental illness; and treatment for acute and chronic health conditions. |
| Sullivan Center | Stepping Stones | Homelessness | Financial Assistance | Prevent families and individuals from experiencing homelessness. Program activities include, but are not limited to, intake and assessment and direct financial aid for rent, mortgage, utilities, and prescriptions. Clients investigate with a case worker’s help, the root cause of their barriers to stable housing. |
| The Center for Family Resources | Direct Services | Homelessness | Financial Assistance | P rovides financial assistance with rent and/or utility payments to stabilize families in crisis and prevent homelessness; case management and other supportive services, such as food, transportation, prescriptions, financial management counseling, and employment skills training, are also available. |
| The Center for Family Resources | Housing Services | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Provides transitional housing and supportive services for homeless families for up to 24 months. Participants are required to work, be drug free, establish a savings account and meet with case managers to review progress in accomplishing their individual goals. |
| The Council on Aging | Senior Benefits Outreach and Enrollment Services | Basic Needs | Support for Seniors | Empowers underserved, uninformed and low-income senior citizens to maintain their dignity and independence. The program educates, connects, and enrolls seniors and caregivers to entitlements, programs, and services which improve the quality of their lives. |
| The Drake House | The Drake House | Homelessness | Assessment Centers | Provides immediate, fully furnished housing for homeless women and their children. This housing is combined with a comprehensive program of support services and education designed to improve life skills, provide stability, and assist them in working toward housing self-sufficiency. |
| The Edge Connection | The Edge Connection | Income | Self - Employment | Aids low- to moderate-income entrepreneurs desiring to launch, sustain, or grow a business by offering a training program, business consulting and coaching; in addition, monthly seminars and training sessions in technology, financial literacy, and credit and loan packaging are offered. |
| The Extension, Inc. | Residential Recovery Program | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Provides drug and alcohol recovery services to homeless men and women. |
| The Good Samaritan Health Center, Inc. | Expanding Medical Home Access | Health | Primary Health | Helps low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals successfully access primary health care services by providing comprehensive primary health care, specialty care referrals and patient navigation. |
| The Study Hall | The Study Hall, Inc. | Education | Out of School Time | Strengthens the academic, socioeconomic, civic, and physical health of participants. Services include, but are not limited to: homework assistance, tutorials, computer based learning programs, and enrollment in a literacy program. |
| Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. | HOPE Atlanta - Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program | Homelessness | Financial Assistance | Assists those who are experiencing a crisis that could lead to homelessness. Financial assistance is provided for rent, deposits, moving costs, and/or utilities; other services include case management, advocacy, and referrals to help people improve their economic situations. |
| Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. | HOPE Atlanta - Permanent Supportive Housing Program | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | A community-based, permanent housing program primarily for the chronically homeless and homeless women with children that promotes self-sufficiency and offers a full continuum of prevention, intervention, and ongoing support services. |
| Truancy Intervention Project Georgia, Inc. | Truancy Intervention Project Georgia, Inc. | Education | Risky Behaviors Prevention | Serves children who are chronically absent from school by pairing them with trained community volunteers that provide the students and their families with resources and services to ensure good attendance and success in school. |
| Urban League of Greater Atlanta Inc. (Formerly Atlanta Urban League) | Workforce Development: Transitional Employment & Career Opportunity Program | Income | Transitional Employment | Empowers individuals (formerly incarcerated persons, formerly homeless and TANF eligible) with barriers to employment to become self-sufficient; assists in securing and sustaining employment and completing career preparation/training, if needed. |
| Urban League of Greater Atlanta Inc. (Formerly Atlanta Urban League) | Urban League of Greater Atlanta Housing Counseling and Education Program | Income | Asset Building and Preservation | Provides pre-purchase/post-purchase counseling and education for first time home buyers, existing homeowners, and individuals impacted by foreclosure, predatory lending, and current/future economic factors that may have caused a decline in household income. |
| USO Council of Georgia | USO | Basic Needs | General | Programs and services to support military and military families. Services to ensure families are healthy and self-sufficient: food, transportation, crisis-intervention, recreation, entertainment, deployment and welcome home services, as well as special services to wounded warriors and families of the fallen. |
| Vision Rehabilitation Services of Georgia | GAP-Vision Rehabilitation for adults and children with disabilities | Health | Life Skills | Provides comprehensive vision rehabilitation services (activities of daily living, health management, travel skills and self-advocacy) to adults and children who have a vision loss significant enough to affect their ability to live independently. |
| VOX Teen Communications | VOX Teen Newspaper | Education | Out of School Time | Offers creative, healthy outlets, activities and training sessions for teens to learn more about and/or participate in peer and civic engagement, self-expression and career development. |
| Whitefoord Community Program | School-based Primary Health Care Centers | Health | Primary Health | Helps and provides support for children and their families with issues, such as access to health care; early childhood development and stimulation; quality after school programs; adult literacy and GED training; and job training. |
| Whitefoord Community Program | Whitefoord Child Development | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides quality and professional early learning services to low and moderate income children (6 weeks to 5 years old) and their families. Curriculum focuses on school readiness and engaging children in activities that promote language, problem solving, and cooperative living skills. |
| Wholistic Stress Control Institute, Inc. | PEACE Project | Education | Risky Behaviors Prevention | Provides behavior prevention/intervention training and positive coping skills for students that exhibit violent and disruptive behaviors while at school; offers resources and opportunities for parents to learn how to better support their children's development. |
| Year Up Atlanta | Year Up Atlanta | Education | Post-Secondary Education Support | Combines marketable job skills training, internships, college credits, and support services to empower low-income urban young adults (ages 18-24); effectively moves young adults out of poverty with a two-phased program: Learning & Development and Internships. |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta | YMCA Pre-school Program | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides access to quality preschool and pre-kindergarten programs for at-risk children and families. |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta | YMCA Prime Time After School Enrichment Program | Education | Out of School Time | Provides after-school programs that focus intentionally on improving participants' reading and math scores. |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta | YMCA Teen Leadership Program | Education | Leadership and Service Learning | Offers inspiration, focused learning and leadership opportunities for more than 4,400 middle and high school students. |
| Youth Vibe | Youth V.I.B.E. Afterschool Academic and Enrichment Program | Education | Out of School Time | Assists youth in academics, mentoring, homework assistance, test-taking strategies, enrichment activities and job readiness; also introduces youth to the world of business and entrepreneurship and enhances social, cultural and community awareness. |
| youthSpark, Inc. | The Voices Project: Ending the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children | Education | Risky Behaviors Prevention | Provides healthy and holistic development programs for young girls (ages 11-17) who are at high risk for becoming victims of child sex trafficking. |
| YWCA of Greater Atlanta | Early Learning Academy | Education | Child Care Subsidies | Provides access to quality preschool and pre-kindergarten programs for children (6 weeks to 5 years of age). |
| YWCA of Greater Atlanta | Teen Girls in Technology | Education | Leadership and Service Learning | Offers middle and high school girls a STEM-based (science, technology, engineering and math) after school program that provides innovative learning opportunities while helping them develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. |
| YWCA of Northwest Georgia, Inc. | Sexual Assault Services | Basic Needs | Sexual Assault Services | Provides services to victims of sexual assault, including a 24-hour crisis hotline and free medical forensic examinations for victims. Advocates also accompany victims to the hospital; provide clothing; and free counseling. |
| YWCA of Northwest Georgia, Inc. | Transitional Housing | Homelessness | Transitional and Permanent Housing | Helps clients move from domestic violence shelters into transitional housing; other supportive services, including case management and counseling, are available. |
