Piedmont Atlanta Hospital teaches classes for people having a baby. They cover birth, breastfeeding, newborn care and infant CPR. They also run a support group for new parents and some self-paced online classes.
Pregnancy Aid Clinic (PAC) is a clinic for people facing an unplanned pregnancy. The Atlanta clinic is at 440 Ralph McGill Blvd NE. Nurses and sonographers give free pregnancy tests and limited ultrasounds, test and treat chlamydia and gonorrhea, and talk through options, and PAC also runs free classes and a baby boutique. PAC does not provide abortions or abortion referrals.
Georgia Parent Support Network is a family-run nonprofit started in 1989. It supports children and youth with mental health and behavior needs, and their families. It runs Youth MOVE Georgia, a peer group for young people, along with a young adult peer center, therapeutic foster care, and peer specialist training.
Families First is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps families get stronger. It offers counseling and a psychiatry clinic for youth, case managers who connect families to services like housing, health care and jobs, and parenting and adoption classes. It also holds community events, like a yearly Back-to-School Bash with free school supplies and groceries.
Positive Childhood Alliance Georgia is a statewide group based at Georgia State University. It works to prevent child abuse and help families do well. You can call or search online to find family programs near you, take free parenting classes, and join trainings for people who work with children.
Each One Teach One Together is an Atlanta nonprofit that supports birth, foster and adoptive parents, and grandparents and other relatives raising children. It offers parenting classes and workshops, support meetings, help finding resources, and a food pantry with posted days and hours.
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.
Project Healthy Grandparents is a Georgia State University program for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. A team of social workers and nurses visits families at home for one year, gives parenting help, screens children, and links families to services. Grandparents can keep going to monthly support groups after the year ends.
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.
Safe Kids Georgia works to keep children from getting hurt by accidents that can be prevented. It leads a statewide network of local safety educators who teach families about car seats, safe sleep for babies, water safety, and safe gun storage. Its website has safety tips and guides for parents and caregivers.
Little Debbie's Second Chance Home gives teen girls and boys who have nowhere safe to live, along with teen parents and their babies, a structured home in Decatur. Staff offer counseling, parenting classes, GED preparation, job readiness, and independent living skills to help young people build a stable future.
Families First is a Georgia nonprofit that helps families grow stronger. It offers case managers who link families to services, counseling and psychiatric care, parenting and co-parenting classes, and training for foster, kinship and adoptive caregivers. Call the main number to ask about a service.
This is the Clarkston child development center of Easterseals North Georgia. It cares for and teaches children from 6 weeks to 5 years old, and it is free for families who qualify by income. Staff also support families and offer help with children's mental health and autism needs.
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.
The Center for Black Women's Wellness is a nonprofit in Atlanta that works to improve the health of women, families and communities, with a focus on the needs of Black women. Its clinic offers women's health care, primary care and mental health care, with a sliding fee scale for people without insurance. It also has pregnancy and new-parent support, health classes, and money and business training for women.
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.
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia is a statewide nonprofit that has worked on mother and baby health since 1974. It offers free online classes, free kits for pregnant and new moms, and phone lines that point families to help across Georgia.
The Urban Indigo Foundation is an Atlanta nonprofit that offers wellness and play programs for families and children with special needs. Children who are neurodivergent, neurotypical, or differently abled learn and play together without judgment. The group also offers inclusive playdates, swim and bike programs, and help for parents with school plans like IEPs and 504s.
Covenant House Georgia helps young people ages 18 to 24 who are homeless or escaping trafficking. It has a crisis shelter, longer-term apartment housing, health care and counseling, school and job help, and street outreach. A young person who needs shelter can call the youth line.
The West End Family Life & Community Center is run by the West End Seventh-day Adventist Church. Its WE Serve outreach gives out food, free clothes, shoes and baby items on every other Tuesday. The center also has a daily seniors program with a hot lunch, youth activities, and help with resumes and faxing.