This is the Fulton County office of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, in East Point. The state agency supervises and helps young people involved with the juvenile courts, using case management and probation. The pages do not list exactly which services this office runs or when it is open.
The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice is the state agency for young people in the juvenile justice system, up to age 21. It runs probation, case management, and programs for youth in its care, such as mental health care, substance use treatment, school, and chaplain services. Its Office of Victim Services helps crime victims with information, release notices, compensation applications, and restitution updates.
Metro RYDC is a Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice youth detention center in Atlanta. It serves court-involved young people from Fulton and Henry counties. DJJ offers youth in its care mental health screening, help with substance use, groups and case management, school, and chaplain support.
Truancy Intervention Project Georgia has worked since 1991 to help students who miss a lot of school. Volunteer lawyers speak up for students and families in truancy cases. Staff also teach families about the risks of truancy and help connect them to help with things like housing, food, and mental health.
The Life Unit is a nonprofit that helps people affected by jail or prison. It runs a free weekly online support group, a re-entry course, mentoring for young men ages 12 to 25, and court diversion classes for people who could face jail. It was started by a formerly incarcerated man.
Emory Law is the law school of Emory University. Students there learn by working in legal clinics on real legal needs of clients. One example is the Barton Center, which gives legal help to children and teens involved with the courts.
youthSpark is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps teens who have faced abuse or exploitation, or who are at high risk. Its Youth Services Center offers counseling, case management, weekly support groups, a clothing and supplies closet, and help in court and at school. Young people ages 12 to 18 in Fulton County are referred mostly by partner agencies, and a parent can sometimes ask for help too.
Wholistic Stress Control Institute is an Atlanta nonprofit that teaches ways to handle stress and live healthier. It runs classes and programs for kids, teens, young adults, seniors and families. Topics include stress, violence, drug use, HIV and teen pregnancy. It also offers a monthly online anger management class and free resource guides for five metro counties.
This is the Cobb County Juvenile Court in Marietta. It hears cases about children under 18 who may be abused or neglected, and about young people accused of unruly behavior or breaking the law. It also runs programs for families and youth, such as drug and alcohol treatment courts, family therapy, and volunteer child advocates.
Taylor Made Foundation is a nonprofit that helps teens and families in the Metro Atlanta area. Its main program, Taylor Made University, gives teens weekly workshops and mentoring on college, careers, money and STEM. It also runs TMU Pathways, an after-school program for court-referred students.
The @Promise Centers are run by the Atlanta Police Foundation for young people ages 12 to 24. They offer GED classes, therapy, after-school and summer programs, job training, and a program that helps youth stay out of the juvenile justice system. Adults can also apply to volunteer, for example as a tutor.
Paul Anderson Youth Home is a Christ-centered, live-in program in Vidalia, Georgia, for young men ages 15 to 21. The young men live on campus, go to school, get counseling and help with drugs or alcohol, learn work skills, and study the Bible. Families can call or fill out an online form to ask about getting in.
This is the DeKalb County office of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. It handles community-based work for young people in the juvenile justice system, such as intake, case management, and probation. The state agency also runs mental health, substance use, victim, and volunteer programs.
Youth Emporium is a nonprofit in the Metro Atlanta area that works with young people and families. Its biggest focus is teaching school-age children about human trafficking. It also offers mentoring, tutoring, career help, and youth leadership programs on request.
A. is a nonprofit that helps young people ages 13 to 25 who are struggling in school, in the court system, or facing hard times. Each young person can be matched with a mentor and join programs on money skills, job training, and staying out of trouble.
Gwinnett County Juvenile Court hears cases about young people under 17 who are accused of delinquent, unruly or runaway behavior, and cases about children who are neglected or dependent. It also handles some custody, child support and parental-rights cases. Families can use its intake office, probation unit and juvenile traffic court, and the court lists several treatment and diversion programs and a way to volunteer.
Georgia Appleseed is a Georgia nonprofit that works to keep kids in school, in healthy housing, and out of the justice system. Parents and caregivers of children facing long-term suspension, expulsion, or other school problems can ask for free help, such as coaching, training, and sometimes a lawyer. It also offers a free online chatbot and a healthy housing toolkit.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is a private foundation based in Baltimore that works across the country to improve life for children, young people and families. It shares research, data and guides, and it makes grants to agencies and community groups. It also runs an Atlanta Civic Site that works with families in Southside Atlanta's NPU-V neighborhoods.
