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How family and children's help works in Atlanta
Help for families comes in pieces — grab each piece from its own place. Childcare costs: Georgia's CAPS program pays part of childcare for working families; Head Start and Georgia Pre-K are free for little ones if you qualify. Diapers and formula: diaper banks and WIC. After school and summer: Boys & Girls Clubs, the YMCA, and city recreation centers run low-cost programs with scholarships most parents never know to request — ask.
If your family is in crisis — about to lose housing with kids, or a safety problem at home — say that clearly when you call anywhere; family cases move differently and often faster.
What to expect when you call: questions about your kids' ages, your zip code, and your income. Waitlists are real for childcare; get on several at once.
Partnership to End Addiction is a national nonprofit that helps parents and families whose child or loved one is using drugs or alcohol. You can text, email, or call their free, confidential helpline to talk one-on-one with a trained specialist who listens and helps you figure out next steps. They also offer free online guides, a risk-assessment tool, and parent coaching, all available in English and Spanish.
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InCommunity is a nonprofit that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in the Atlanta area live full, independent lives. They offer adult day programs, help finding and keeping a job, places to live with support, respite care to give caregivers a break, and family support funding for things a loved one needs. Founded in 1979, they have served more than 10,000 Georgians.
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Friends of Refugees is a Clarkston nonprofit (founded 1995) that helps refugees and immigrants build new lives after government resettlement help ends. They offer English and literacy classes, job and small-business training, healthy-food and gardening programs, and maternal health support. Their Embrace Refugee Birth program gives pregnant women free childbirth classes, doula support during labor and after birth, breastfeeding help, and help navigating doctors and hospitals.
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