This is a Georgia state agency that gives grants to Georgians with a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury. The grants help pay for things like medical and therapy care, equipment, assistive technology, personal support and transportation. It is the last place to turn for money, so you must use other funding first.
Tools for Life is Georgia's Assistive Technology Act program, based at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. It helps older adults and people with disabilities learn about, try out, and find the assistive technology that fits their needs. Services include device demonstrations in their labs, free loans of devices to try, information and referrals, trainings, and help finding funding and reused equipment.
Easterseals North Georgia helps children in their first five years and their families. It runs childcare and preschool centers for children with and without disabilities. It also offers autism services, early intervention, mental health care for young children, and money help for children with special needs.
FODAC is a nonprofit in Tucker that gives refurbished wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds and other home medical equipment to adults and children with disabilities. It also repairs equipment by appointment, sells refurbished computers at its thrift store, and runs a loan program for assistive technology. It has other locations in Savannah and Griffin.
Empowerline is run by the Atlanta Regional Commission. It helps older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers in metro Atlanta. You can call and talk to a certified counselor for free, or search a database of local services.
Georgia Dream is a Georgia Department of Community Affairs program for homebuyers. It offers 30-year fixed-rate home loans and extra help with the down payment for people who qualify. You start by contacting a participating lender, and buyers must also complete homebuyer education.
The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA) helps Georgians with disabilities get ready for, find, keep, or return to work. Its assistive work technology team checks what tools a person needs, looks at the worksite, and can help with home and vehicle changes. Tools for Life is a separate program at Georgia Tech. It lets people learn about assistive devices and borrow some to try, and it runs a device reuse program and a loan program to help people get devices.
The Center for the Visually Impaired is a nonprofit in Midtown Atlanta that helps people of all ages who have vision loss. It offers low vision eye exams, classes to learn daily living skills, white cane travel and technology, programs for kids, and support groups. Fees are on a sliding scale, and most insurance is accepted.
Georgia STABLE offers STABLE accounts, which are special savings and investment accounts for Georgians with disabilities. You can save money for disability-related costs without losing benefits like SSI. Family and friends can add money, and you can manage the account online.
Bobby Dodd Institute (BDI) is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps people with disabilities and their families. It offers counseling, job training, help with Social Security benefits, family support funding, and ways to volunteer. The Robert J. Freeman Campus on Marietta Blvd NW is its main site.
United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia helps adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It runs community homes and host homes, day programs, and help at home for families. It also offers nursing support, behavior support, and advocacy to people in its services.
Disabled In Action Atlanta is a nonprofit led by Rev. Calvin Peterson, who was born with a disability. It speaks up for children and adults with disabilities who live in poverty, and for their parents and caregivers. Its work includes mentoring, a parent support group, books for teachers and parents, caregiver relief, and talks for schools and churches.
Chastain Horse Park is a nonprofit horse park in Atlanta's Chastain Park area. It offers therapeutic riding for children and adults with disabilities, therapy sessions with licensed professionals, and group horse programs. It also has boarding, an event space, and ways to volunteer.
Easterseals North Georgia helps young children, mostly from birth to age 5, and their families. It runs inclusive childcare and early learning centers, early intervention therapy, autism services, and children's mental health care. It also has a financial help program for children with special needs.
Easterseals North Georgia is a nonprofit that helps babies and young children, with and without disabilities, and their families. It runs childcare and early learning centers, early intervention, autism services and mental health care for young children. It also offers family support and money help for children with special needs.
Easterseals North Georgia helps young children, from babies to age 5, and their families. It runs childcare and preschool for children with and without disabilities. It also offers early intervention, autism services, mental health care for young children, and money help for some children with special needs.
Easterseals North Georgia helps babies and young children, with and without disabilities, and their families. It runs inclusive childcare and preschool, early intervention therapy, autism services, mental health care for young children, and a program that helps pay for special-needs care. It also has a mentoring program for volunteers age 55 and older.
The Georgia Student Finance Commission is the state agency that runs Georgia's college and career school money programs, including HOPE and Zell Miller. It manages scholarships, grants, and loans that can be forgiven, and offers free help for families planning to pay for school. Details and applications for the state programs are on the GAfutures website.
The Elaine Clark Center in Chamblee serves children and young adults with disabilities and developmental delays, from 6 weeks old to age 30. It offers inclusive child care, early intervention, after-school and camp programs, a school, and a young adult life-skills program. Therapists chosen by families can work with children on site, and scholarships are available.
United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia helps adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including cerebral palsy, autism and Down syndrome. It runs small group homes and host homes, gives help to families who care for someone at home, and runs day programs. It also offers nursing, behavior, and advocacy support to the people in its services.
