65 organizations
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Bright from the Start, also called DECAL, is Georgia's state agency for early child care and early learning. It helps families find child care, Pre-K, child care payment help, meal programs, and family resources, and it supports and monitors child care providers across Georgia.
16 services
Cobb Moms Helping Cobb is a volunteer-run nonprofit that helps families with children in Cobb County, Georgia. They help fill gaps with things like rent, emergency hotel stays, utilities, groceries, toiletries, cleaning supplies, child care, transportation, and other basic needs when other programs cannot help.
6 services
Our House helps families in metro Atlanta who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. They offer family shelter, early childhood education, health care, job training, rapid rehousing help, and case management.
Old Fourth Ward10 services
College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center is a City Schools of Decatur early learning center for children from 6 weeks old through Pre-K. It offers early childhood classes, Georgia Pre-K, after-school care for enrolled Pre-K students, camps, meals through school programs, and family involvement supports.
7 services
Scottdale Early Learning is an early childhood education nonprofit serving young children and families in DeKalb County. Its Midway Woods location provides child care and early learning for children, including Early Head Start, Head Start, and Pre-K services.
6 services
MilitaryChildCare.com is the official child care resource hub for military-connected families. Families can search for military child care, request care, learn about fee assistance, and find related family support resources.
10 services
Sunrise Association is a nonprofit that offers free day camps and year-round programs for children with cancer and their siblings. In Greater Atlanta, its member camp is Aurora Day Camp, which provides summer camp, virtual camp, hospital play activities, and family activity days at no cost.
8 services
Lapapoe helps families who care for children with special needs. They match families with screened care partners for respite care, in-home childcare, homeschool support, and help with needs like behavior, communication, sensory needs, incontinence, social interaction, and mobility.
4 services
Ninth District Opportunity, Inc. is a community action agency that helps low-income families with child development, housing, energy, and self-sufficiency services. Its Douglasville location at 3833 Longview Drive is listed as Douglas Head Start, offering Head Start and Georgia Pre-K services for young children.
6 services
Ninth District Opportunity, Inc. is a nonprofit community action agency that helps low-income families with child development, housing stability, utilities, and home energy needs. Its Allgood Head Start site in Marietta serves young children and families with early education, screenings, meals, and family support.
6 services
Safe Families for Children is a faith-based nonprofit that helps parents in crisis keep their children safe and keep the family together. Trained volunteers may host children for a short time, support parents, help with goals, and connect families to other community help. Parents keep custody of their children and can ask for them back at any time.
5 services
H.O.P.E, Inc. helps low-income single parents in Metro Atlanta stay in college and finish a two-year or four-year degree. They help with rent, childcare, budget coaching, counseling, and referrals to other resources, but their website says applications are currently closed while they work through a large queue.
7 services
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.
8 services
Childcare Network Duluth Howell Ferry Road is a licensed early learning and child care center in Duluth. It serves children from infants through school age with daycare, Georgia Free Pre-K, before- and after-school care, meals, and transportation from select local elementary schools.
10 services
Our House helps families in metro Atlanta who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. They offer family shelter, rapid rehousing help, early childhood education, free health care, job training, and case management.
13 services
The website for this listing is for Inspiration Station Academy, a childcare and learning center in Southwest Atlanta. They serve children from infants through school age with preschool, Pre-K, summer camp, after-school care, daily meals, and education-focused activities.
Campbellton Road7 services
My Sister’s House is an Atlanta Mission overnight shelter for women and children who are homeless. It gives residents a safe place to sleep, meals, counseling, childcare, medical care, life skills classes, referrals, and job training when available. Women and children must start intake through Restoration House.
Marietta Street Artery7 services
This is the Allgood Head Start center in Marietta, run by Ninth District Opportunity, Inc., a nonprofit community action agency. It offers free Head Start, Early Head Start, and Georgia Pre-K programs that prepare young children from low-income Cobb County families for school. Families can pre-apply online or call the center to enroll.
3 services
Premier Academy, Inc. is a nonprofit early learning and child development center that has provided affordable, high-quality childcare in metro Atlanta since 1971. At its Renaissance center it cares for children from 6 weeks to 5 years old, runs a free Georgia Pre-K classroom, and offers an after-school program with free transportation for kids ages 5 to 12. It also connects families to free school-based mental health counseling and other family support services.
Downtown7 services
Bright from the Start is Georgia's state agency for early care and education, also called DECAL. It runs Georgia's free Pre-K program, licenses and inspects child care centers and home day cares, and helps families pay for child care through the CAPS subsidy program. Families can call its help line to find quality-rated child care near them and check if they qualify for assistance.
Downtown7 services
