The Decatur Family YMCA is a community gym and family center on Clairemont Avenue that opened in 1946. It has an indoor pool, gym, indoor track and wellness center. It also offers kids' camps, swim lessons, youth sports, teen programs, a Play Center for childcare and programs for older adults.
The Carl E. Sanders Family YMCA at Buckhead is a neighborhood Y with indoor and outdoor pools, tennis and pickleball courts, a gym, and a wellness center. It offers after school care for grades K-5, school break and summer camps, swim lessons, sports, teen programs, and childcare in its Play Center.
YWCA Greater Atlanta works for women, girls and families. It runs a free digital skills course for women, a child care and pre-K school, breast health classes with free mammograms for some women, and a training program on Georgia state policy. It also has a STEAM program for girls and summer camp for kids.
College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center is a public early learning school in the City Schools of Decatur. It teaches babies and toddlers (birth to 3) in a tuition program and runs Georgia Pre-K classes for 4-year-olds. Pre-K children can also join an after-school program and break camps.
This early learning center sits inside the YMCA of Metro Atlanta's headquarters on the Westside and serves babies through school-age kids from the Vine City and English Avenue neighborhoods. It offers Head Start, Georgia's Pre-K, and fee-based preschool, so families can enroll for free or pay based on the program that fits them, with meals included. The goal is to get children from the community ready for kindergarten.
This is the early education center on the Atlanta Technical College campus. It cares for and teaches children from 6 months to 5 years old, including children with developmental delays. Families can also get coaching from a family support specialist and join a program for fathers.
Druid Hills Child Development Center is a nonprofit child care and early education school in Midtown Atlanta. It teaches and cares for children from birth to age 5, and also runs an after-school program and holiday camps for kids ages 5 to 8. Families join a waitlist, and tours are offered on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Gate City Day Nursery Association runs child care and early learning for children from birth to Pre-K. The Samuel L. Jones Center is one of its Atlanta centers. The group also offers family support, and it accepts DFCS/CAPS and has scholarship help.
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.
My Sister's House is an overnight shelter for women and children who have no home. It is run by Atlanta Mission. Residents get meals, counseling, classes, childcare, medical care and job training, and work with staff on income and housing goals. Women and children are admitted through Restoration House.
Premier Academy is a nonprofit childcare and early learning group in Atlanta. It runs two child development centers, one of them at 120 Renaissance Parkway. It offers free Georgia Pre-K for 4-year-olds, free counseling for young children and their families, and links to more than 20 partner providers.
Sheltering Arms East Lake Center is a nonprofit early childhood center in Atlanta that offers Early Head Start, Head Start, Georgia's Pre-K, and full-day child care for infants through school-age children. The center serves working families, provides free meals, and offers summer camp and before/after-school care for older kids.
Grant Park Cooperative Preschool is a parent-run preschool in Atlanta's Grant Park neighborhood. It cares for children from infants to age 5 and uses a play-, art- and nature-based Reggio Emilia-inspired approach. Families help run the school, and morning and extended-day programs are offered Monday to Friday.
Our House helps families with young children who are homeless or have unstable housing. At its Atlanta campus on Boulevard, it offers a family shelter, free early childhood education and childcare, a no-cost nurse-led health clinic, and job training. Case managers work with each family toward steady income and housing.
This Y is in downtown Atlanta's Centennial Place community. It runs early learning (preschool), afterschool care, summer and school-break camps, and youth sports. It also offers hunger relief and teen mentoring.
YWCA Greater Atlanta is a nonprofit that works for women, girls, and families. It runs a child care school, a free digital skills course for women, a breast health program with free mammograms, and a leadership program on state policy. You can also volunteer or give.
Gate City Day Nursery Association has cared for and taught children from birth to Pre-K in Atlanta since 1905. Its centers are open all day, all year, on weekdays. It also offers after-school care, a summer program, and support for families.
The YMCA of Metro Atlanta is a nonprofit with many locations around the metro area. It offers after-school care for grades K-5, day camps, early learning for kids from birth to age 5, swim lessons, youth sports, teen programs, and wellness programs. Help paying is available for families who need it, but it is limited.
First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta is a church in Midtown, next to the High Museum. Through its Community Ministries, it runs the Venable Food Market, a free grocery pantry where clients choose their own food. It also has Sunday worship, kids and youth ministries, and a weekday childcare program for babies and toddlers.
Whitefoord is a nonprofit in southeast Atlanta that runs the Whitefoord Early Learning Academy. The Academy offers childcare and early education for children from 6 weeks old through Pre-K. Tuition is on a sliding-fee scale, and payment plans are available for families who qualify.