Child Iss. E-L (Georgia)

Education/Schools/Scholarships

Charter Schools, Home Schooling & Distance Learning

Charter School Laws In DC & All 50 States

GA Public Policy Foundation (770)455-7600
Check out their educational links for information on charter schools and other child-related issues. May know of scholarship funds.

Christian and other Home Schooling Support Organizations (Georgia)

Home Schooling Laws & Defense Groups in DC & All 50 States

Home Schooling & Distance Learning
Teaching your kids at home, from grades K through College!

Georgia Home Education Association (770) 461-3657
Information on home schooling.

Child Care Facilities/Funding

The National Child Care Information Center
Their web site has a great deal of information including child care funding.

The GA Division Of Families & Children Services (DFACS)
Subsidy moneys are available to income eligible parents through DFACs. Parents may elect to have child care provided by a child care center, child care group home, family child care home, or a friend, relative or neighbor. Child care providers bill the local county DFACS for the cost of care.

Georgia Child Care Counsel (404) 352-6020
Administers government allotted child care funds. Has listings of grants for child care facilities and other child-related organizations.

Child Care Issues (GA)
Resources on child care, day care, tax credits and more.

Gifted Children (Advocates)
If your kid is gifted but placed in a program below his level, perhaps these groups can help.

Georgia Association for Gifted Children
Works with educators, parents, policy-makers, and the community to meet the needs of the gifted. Purpose is to stimulate among educational administrators, teachers, parents, legislators, the business community, and others of the general public, a deeper understanding of and interest in the needs of the gifted.

Advocates For Gifted Children in All 50 States
State By State plus regional advocates.

Grants Scholarships and Other Aid (Mostly Pre College)

Head Start (404) 656-3855
This federally funded program provides quality child development services to low-income families and children with disabilities. Head Start largely targets three and four year olds but also serves some infants and toddlers.*

The Hope Scholarship Program (GA) (770) 724-9030 or (800) 546-4673
Offers forgivable loans and grants for tuition and other educational expenses for students to attend colleges or technical schools. For more information, contact the admissions office at the college or technical school you are interested in attending.

The Atlanta Women’s Foundation (Georgia)
Grants serving Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties to prepare girls for economic empowerment in tomorrow’s world.

Georgia Department of Education (404) 656-5812
For information on early childhood scholarships, middle school and after school programs.

Atlanta Women’s Foundation (404) 577-5000
Foundation supporting charitable giving to women and girls. They distribute grants to organizations that deal with domestic violence and economic justice for women. Their Girls To Women program teaches teenagers valuable skills so they can become financially self-reliant.

Foundation Center (404) 880-0094 or (404) 880-0095
Lists grantors who tend to give to non-profits but also has resources for individuals esp. for higher education.

Immigrants, Learning Disabled or Delinquent

Southern Poverty Law Center
Fights hate and bigotry, and seeks justice for the most vulnerable members of our society.
Monitors hate groups, and defends the rights of Illegal Immigrants, delinquent or learning disabled kids treated unfairly by schools.

Public School Rankings

Ranking Public Schools In Georgia
Georgia Department of Education web site ranks the math and English scores of all public schools in Georgia. See how your school rates.

Students' Legal Rights

Georgia Appleseed Center For Law And Justice 404-685-6750
Advocates Against Overly Harsh School Discipline.

Parent To Parent of Georgia (Advocates and Referral for Kids With Disabilities)

When My Child Is Disciplined At School-A Guide For Georgia Families

Right & Responsibilities Of Parents And Students In GA Public Schools

Internet Guide For Students (And Adults Too)
Answers common questions concerning libel, privacy, liability issues, copyright and trademark for online media, independent student Web sites.

Student Press Law Center
Great resources on free speech, defamation and copyright law.

Blogger Legal FAQs
Covers privacy, libel, intellectual property rights and more.

Student Records-Your Right To Keep Them Private (ACLU)
Also learn what you can see and what's off limits to you.

Student Rights-Due Process & Fair Treatment (ACLU)

Student Rights To Free Expression (ACLU)
These Legal Principles Apply Even More So To State & Federal Supported Colleges.

Education Links In All The 50 States
Links vary from state to state with some going from preschool through college.

Other Education Advocates & Where To Get Helpful Info

Connect For Kids
Links to various web sites concerning child related issues.

United Way Help Line (For all 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
Choose your state, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!! Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can think of. Just type in the words "Children and (the name of your topic)".

Private Schools In Atlanta

Senior Citizens Services (404) 351-3889
Volunteers help children in schools, Head Start Programs, hospitals and agencies serving children with special needs.

Georgia Partnership Of Excellence in Education (404) 223-2280
Works with nonprofits, businesses and government to reform education in Georgia. President: Tom Upchurch

Georgians For Children 404-365-8948
Advocacy group for children on issues such as education, safety, health and family security. Each year they focus in on important child-related issues and then lobby for them in the Georgia Legislature.

Office of School Readiness (404) 651-7409
Offers a variety of information on pre-kindergarten programs and nutritional programs for day care.

The Atlanta Project (404) 881-3400
The Atlanta Project works with government agencies, public schools and businesses to provide assistance in the following areas:

Coordinating with employers and DFACS to give welfare recipients valuable employment skills; providing children with health care and immunizations; establishing after school programs in middle schools; and increasing the number of pre-kindergarten programs in TAP neighborhoods. While the Atlanta Project does not provide services for individuals, they can put you in touch

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Colleges/Financial Aid

Food, Clothing And Shelter

Can't Pay Your Rent, Mortgage or Utilities? (Consumer-SOS)
Step by step on what to do and where to go for assistance.

Food Research And Action Center (888) 544-5437
For groups in your state that fight child hunger.

United Way Help Line (For all 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
Choose your state, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!! Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can think of. Just type in the words "Children and (the name of your topic)".

Must Ministries (Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb,Douglas, North Fulton, Gwinnett, Paulding, Pickens)
A Christian organization that loves Jesus and loves people. They can help with groceries, hot meals, emergency shelter, supportive housing, clothing and employment services.

Paulding County Community Service Directory (GA)
Food, clothing Children, disability, seniors, housing, health & medical, crisis hotlines, and other social services.

North Georgia Community Action, Inc. (Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens, Walker, and Whitfield Counties unless noted otherwise.)

Family Resettlement Program (assists TANF recipients or individuals who are at the end of their eligibility, need additional services upon obtaining employment, with their rent and/or utilities. Their Supplemental Security Income Advocacy Program assists eligible TANF recipients to apply for benefits if they are disabled and provide childcare, if necessary, and travel to medical or Social Security appointments in order to complete the process
Financial (help with the cost of food and shelter and heating bills when you're having an economic emergency )
Food/Clothing/Housing
Job Training & Employment
Transportation
Information Referral

Directory Of Women's Groups By Subject & State (All 50 States & DC)
Use their search engine to locate over 9000 feminists groups and help agencies.

Children's Restoration Network (770) 649-7117
Provides homeless women and their children with food, shelter, clothing and job assistance. The Network can assist those leaving shelters with rent, utilities and household needs such as bedding and furniture.

Family Links (404) 876-0785
Provides short-term care in people’s homes for children at risk of being abused or neglected and whose parents need respite. They may be children of drug addicts who need a month of care while their mothers are in drug treatment or children of homeless parents who need temporary quarters.

Our House (770) 378-0938
Offers free day care for homeless children while their parents look for jobs and housing. Children at Our House range from 2 months to 5 years and the center can care for up to 42 children at a time. Children can stay at the center for up to four months and will receive health services, clothing and three meals a day. All applicants must come from the Metro Atlanta area and must be referred by a shelter or non-profit agency.

Youth Care EX-Xceptional (770) 509-0905
Cobb County based organization that provides shelter for abused, abandoned, neglected and homeless children.

For More See Consumer-SOS/The Homeless

Clothing for School

Atlanta Inner-City Ministry (404)-622-7931

Family Life Ministries (404) 761-6302
Gives clothing to needy kids. (Must live in East Point.)

Intown Community Assistance (404) 872-7644

North Georgia Community Action (706) 692-5644

Salvation Army (4-4) 352-3597

St. Vincent de Paul Society, Inc. (770) 458-9607

For More See Consumer-SOS/The Homeless

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Grandparents

Project Healthy Grandparents (404) 413-1125
Offers a variety of programs for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Services include counseling in parenting, legal and financial help and support groups.

Grandparents Visitation & Custody Rights (50 States & DC)

Grandparent's Rights In Georgia (Google Hits)
For other states, go to Google search box above and replace "Georgia" with the name of your state.

Free Senior Legal Hotlines For Those 60 & Over (Consumer-SOS)
Where you can get free legal help for almost any issue including raising or visiting your grandchildren.

Guardians

Appointment of Guardians for Children (GA)
8 brochures on the most commonly asked questions.

Family Law Forms (Consumer-SOS)

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Health &Medical

Healthcare For Children (GA)
Programs for children including insurance, Medicaid, vaccines, disabilities, etc.

Atlanta Area Hospitals (With links)

Paulding County Community Service Directory (GA)
Children, disability, seniors, housing, health & medical, crisis hotlines, and other social services.

United Way Help Line (For all 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
Choose your state, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!! Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can think of. Just type in the words "Children and (the name of your topic)".

Child Care Issues (GA)
Resources on child care, day care, tax credits and more.

Health Topics: Infants and Children (CDC Brochures)

*Birth Certificates (GA)
You can either fill out generate a printable form automatically or print out a PDF version. The form must be printed, signed and mailed to the Vital Records Office. Note: this form is for mail in requests only.

*Certificate of Ear, Eye and Dental Examinations (GA)
Form to be filed with school at time of child's enrollment and to be filled out by professional examiner.

GA Caring Program For Children Foundation (404) 842-8016
Provides primary and preventive health care coverage to underprivileged children in working GA families at no cost to their parents or guardians.

Foundation For The Medically Fragile (770) 953-3750
Provides for the health care needs of Georgia’s children with special medical needs.

Senior Citizens Services (404) 351-3889
Volunteers help children in hospitals and agencies serving children with special needs.

Related Topics
Health & Medical

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Homeless

Cr oss Roads Community Ministries 404-873-7650
Their Empowering Women of Atlanta, program provides special supportive services to women and children. All participants are also given food, medical help, job assistance.

United Way Help Line (For all 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
Choose your state, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!!
Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can think of. Just type in the words "Children and (the name of your topic)".

The Achor Center (404) 752-5654
Helps homeless families get back on their feet.

Children's Restoration Network (770) 649-7117
Provides homeless women and their children with food, shelter, clothing and job assistance. The Network can assist those leaving shelters with rent, utilities and household needs such as bedding and furniture.

Travelers Aid Of Metropolitan Atlanta (404) 817-7070
Offers free resettlement services for battered women with children who have been in metro Atlanta 30 days or less.

Youth Care EX-Xceptional (770) 509-0905
Cobb County based organization that provides shelter for abused, abandoned, neglected and homeless children.

Paulding County Community Service Directory (GA)
Children, disability, seniors, housing, health & medical, crisis hotlines, and other social services.

For More Help See Consumer-SOS/The Homeless

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Insurance

Low Cost Insurance For Children (State by State)

Healthcare For Children (GA)
Programs for children including insurance, Medicaid, vaccines, disabilities, etc.

Child Care Issues (GA)
Resources on child care, day care, tax credits and more.

Internet-Free & Low Cost Service Providers that Block Kids from Inappropriate Sites.

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United Way Help Line (For all 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
Choose your state, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!! Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can think of. Just type in the words "Children and (the name of your topic)".

See Consumer-SOS/Internet

Juvenile Delinquents

Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Delinquency (GA)
Frequently asked questions about juvenile rights, laws, courts and penalties.

Appointment of Guardians for Children (GA)
8 brochures on the most commonly asked questions.

Basic Rights of Children (GA)
Find out: how long do parental duties to their children last? What kind of support must parents provide for their children? And what kind of protection from abuse must parents provide for their children?

Basic Rights of Parents (GA)
Find out: What responsibilities and rights parents have towards their children? What is an "unruly child"? How you can deal with an "unruly child"?

Southern Poverty Law Center
Fights hate and bigotry, and seeks justice for the most vulnerable members of our society.
Monitors hate groups, and defends the rights of Illegal Immigrants, delinquent or learning disabled kids treated unfairly by schools.

The America's Promise Alliance For Youth (888) 559-6884
Headed By Colin Power, this group provides mentors for at-risk youngsters and can direct you to other child-related resources.

United Way Help Line (For all 50 States, DC & Puerto Rico)
Choose your state, select your city, and look up help agencies galore!!! Their stellar search engine can lead you to any social service topic you can think of. Just type in the words "Children and (the name of your topic)".

Laws of the Fifty States, District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico Governing the Emancipation of Minors

Consumer-SOS/Crimes/Children

Friend-To-Friend Mentor Project (404)688-4866
A collaborative effort between the NAACP and the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, the program provides juvenile offenders aged 12-17 with adult tutors and mentors.

For More See Consumer-SOS/The Homeless Back To Top Grandparents Project Healthy Grandparents (404) 413-1125 Offers a variety of programs for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Services include counseling in parenting, legal and financial help and support groups.

Guardians

For More See Consumer-SOS/The Homeless

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Grandparents

Project Healthy Grandparents (404) 413-1125
Offers a variety of programs for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Services include counseling in parenting, legal and financial help and support groups.