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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.
InfantRisk Center is a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center program in Amarillo, Texas. It gives parents and health care providers information about medication safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding, runs a phone helpline and online forums, and studies how drugs pass into breast milk.
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Eternal Smiles Foundation helps children from single-parent homes get braces when the family cannot afford them. Families apply for an orthodontic grant, and if approved, the foundation pays the orthodontic provider directly for traditional braces.
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Atlanta GLOW is a faith-based nonprofit that helps low-income young women and girls of color, ages 14 to 25. They offer mentoring, leadership, life skills, money education, job readiness, tutoring, period and hygiene supplies, and referrals to other services.
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100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc. helps African-American youth in Atlanta through mentoring, education, scholarships, STEM activities, career preparation, and violence prevention work. Its programs serve students from Atlanta Public Schools and college students preparing for careers.
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