Rosaleana's is a nonprofit in Georgia that helps people with housing, food, jobs, and learning. It also supports people with developmental disabilities and young adults leaving foster care. Adults can get help with transportation vouchers, job training, reading and GED classes, and a food pantry.
Bobby Dodd Institute is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps people with disabilities and their families. It connects caregivers to state-funded Family Support services and offers counseling and advice about work and benefits. It also runs job-skills and leadership programs for teens and young adults.
Surpass Behavioral Health gives ABA therapy to children and teens with autism, up to age 21. Therapy can happen in a clinic, at home, or at school, and parents learn the skills too. Its Georgia clinics are listed in Martinez and Warner Robins.
The Central Training Center is one of three day training centers run by Fulton County for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It offers group training in daily living, social skills, getting around, and community life. To use it, a person first needs a Georgia NOW or COMP waiver.
This is a Fulton County department that runs behavioral health clinics and day programs at sites around the county. Adults can get outpatient care, children and young people can be seen by appointment, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities can join day programs at training centers.
This Fulton County department runs behavioral health care for adults, children and teens. It also runs day services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Care is offered at service centers around the county, and you can call the main number to ask about any service.
Best Buddies is a nonprofit that works with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In Georgia it offers friendship programs, help finding jobs, leadership training, inclusive living, and support for families. People with and without disabilities take part together.
This is Georgia's state agency for mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services. It manages services that other community providers deliver, and its regional field offices help people find and sign up for them. In a crisis you can call or text 988, or call the Georgia Crisis and Access Line.
Claratel Behavioral Health is DeKalb County's community behavioral health agency (also called DeKalb Community Service Board). The Winn Way Mental Health Center in Decatur is where first outpatient appointments happen, and it offers mental health and substance use care for teens and adults. The DeKalb Regional Crisis Center next door is open 24 hours a day for walk-ins.
The Urban Indigo Foundation is an Atlanta nonprofit that offers wellness and play programs for families and children with special needs. Children who are neurodivergent, neurotypical, or differently abled learn and play together without judgment. The group also offers inclusive playdates, swim and bike programs, and help for parents with school plans like IEPs and 504s.
The North Training Center is one of three day programs run by Fulton County for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It offers group training in daily living, social, communication and community skills, plus work-readiness support. A person needs a Georgia NOW or COMP waiver before they can join.
ResCare Community Living in Atlanta helps adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who want residential support. People can get help in their own home, with a host family, or in a small group home. The office also certifies foster parents and places children sent by the Department of Family and Children Services.
The Elaine Clark Center in Chamblee serves children and young adults with disabilities and developmental delays, from 6 weeks old to age 30. It offers inclusive child care, early intervention, after-school and camp programs, a school, and a young adult life-skills program. Therapists chosen by families can work with children on site, and scholarships are available.
Claratel Behavioral Health is a public nonprofit in DeKalb County. It helps with mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities, and it has more than 20 sites, including the Kirkwood clinic on Warren Street. It takes Medicaid and some other insurance plans. People with no insurance pay on a sliding scale based on income and family size.
Level Ahead is an autism therapy company. It gives ABA therapy to children and young people on the autism spectrum, mostly at home, and also at school and at a planned clinic in Decatur. The staff check your insurance and handle the approval paperwork for you.
Easterseals North Georgia helps young children, especially those with disabilities, and their families. It runs inclusive childcare and early learning centers, therapies, autism services, mental health care for little ones, and a financial help program for children with special needs. People can also volunteer, including at fundraising events.
Claratel Behavioral Health is a public nonprofit in DeKalb County. It helps children, teens, and adults with mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities. It takes Medicaid, Medicare, and some other insurance, and uses a sliding fee scale based on income and family size if you have no insurance.
United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia helps adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including cerebral palsy, autism and Down syndrome. It runs small group homes and host homes, gives help to families who care for someone at home, and runs day programs. It also offers nursing, behavior, and advocacy support to the people in its services.
Frazer Center is a nonprofit on a 39-acre forest in Atlanta. It runs an inclusive school for children from six weeks to five years old, with and without disabilities. It also has a day program and job support for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the forest is open to visitors.
Babies Can't Wait is an early help program for babies and toddlers under age 3 who have developmental delays or disabilities. It is run through the Fulton County Board of Health and is offered at the Oak Hill clinic on Metropolitan Parkway. A service coordinator looks at what the child needs and makes a plan, and the plan includes getting ready for school at age 3.
