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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.
SWEEAC is a local food center that helps people and families in emergency need with food and other resources. Its website says it no longer offers walk-in help and directs people who need immediate assistance to call United Way 211.
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StraightTalk, LLC is a counseling and life skills education practice in Marietta, with another listed office in Douglasville. They offer individual, couples, family, and group counseling, plus classes and assessments for issues like anger, parenting, substance use, stress, relationships, depression, anxiety, grief, and trauma.
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Pathways2Life helps teens, young adults, parents, schools, and communities prevent and respond to substance use and other risky behavior. They offer school prevention education, brief crisis intervention, student support groups, and community coalition work in the Atlanta area.
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Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research is an Atlanta-based nonprofit that raises money for childhood cancer research and family support. Its Family Emergency Fund gives limited emergency grants for families of children and young adults in cancer treatment, and its research grants fund pediatric cancer researchers.
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