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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.
National Safe Place Network runs Safe Place, a national safety program for youth in crisis. Young people can go to a Safe Place site or text 4HELP to find nearby help, connect with a local youth agency, and chat with a trained professional.
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Trinity Social Services provides mental health and substance use services in Atlanta. They help children, families, and adults with counseling, evaluations, parent training, crisis support, behavior support, and family intervention services.
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Wellroot Family Services helps children, youth, and families in Georgia heal and stay stable. They provide foster care support, family housing help, counseling, parenting support, home visits for new parents, and housing and life-skills support for young adults leaving foster care or facing homelessness.
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Whitefoord, Inc. is an Atlanta nonprofit in the Edgewood area that now focuses on early childhood education through Whitefoord Early Learning Academy. Its health center services have merged with MedCura Health, but the clinic location is still open with many of the same services and providers.
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