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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)".

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.

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

Child Abuse Prevention Alliance (770) 513-0032 Fax (770) 513-0627
This nonprofit organization works with teen moms and expecting teens in Gwinnett and Forsythe counties.  They provide moms with car safety seats and other baby supplies and also offer classes on good parenting.  Callers who need assistance with employment, food, Medicaid and shelter will be referred to other agencies that can help them.  

*Catholic Social Services-Project Aware (Atlanta) (404) 881-6571
Project Aware works to educate, prevent and heal child sexual abuse.  Other CSS projects serve women in prison and battered women.

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) (888) 227-2393
CASA’s goal is to interrupt the cycle of abuse and neglect and to quickly provide the child with a safe and permanent home.

CASA volunteers undergo FBI screening, and substantial training  (40 hours of pre-service training, then 12 hours of annual training) to speak as an independent voice in juvenile court deprivation proceedings for a child.

Dept. Of Family And Child Services (DFACS)
Provides adult and child protective services and helps needy families with Medicaid, food stamps and temporary assistance.

Cobb                               (770) 528-5000
Clayton                           (770) 473-2300
DeKalb                            (404) 370-5251
Fulton                             (404) 657-5217
Gwinnett                         (770) 995-2100

Families First (404) 853-2800
This Non-profit agency that places abused or neglected children in a temporary home with foster parents

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.

Georgia Center For Children (404) 876-1900
This non-profit organization gives free help to sexually abused children and those children suspected of being abused.  To qualify the child must either reside or have been abused in Fulton or DeKalb county.  Where there is strong evidence of abuse but no disclosure, the child will be interviewed in a child friendly environment by a trained psychotherapist.  This agency also offers support groups for the non-offending parent and weeks to months of free therapy for the child.  

Georgia Council On Child Abuse (800) 532-3208 or (404)870-6565   

Georgia Federation Of Women's Clubs  (770) 457-5655
Works to prevent child abuse, members serve as tutor/mentors in literacy and learning disability programs.  They also advocate for state and local legislation to protect children.

The National Committee For Prevention Of Child Abuse                          (800) 556-2722
They give advice on parenting, and how to identify and prevent substance abuse, sexual abuse and child abuse.  

Scottish Rite Advocate Center (404?) 250-2674
They deal exclusively with child sexual abuse incidents that occurred at least 72 hours before.  They take referrals only from physicians, police or DFACS.  Medicaid and most  insurance plans are accepted and clinic funding may be available to further cut down costs.

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.  

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 Addiction

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)".

Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children (404) 572-6170
To look for a provider near a particular location, simply select a program type from the pull-down list at left, then either type in a zip code or click on the region of Georgia in which you wish to search.

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

Bridge Family Counseling Center (404) 792-0070
Non-profit residential treatment facility for adolescents aged 12 to 17 which deals with a wide array of mental and emotional issues including drug and sex abuse.  Most referrals come from the courts, DFACS or clinics but private referrals and insurance are also accepted. 

DeKalb Addiction Clinic (404) 894-5771
The Clinic operates a special outpatient drug treatment program for pregnant women and women with children.  The goal is to improve children’s lives by getting their mothers off drugs.  Babies can receive food, clothing, toys and other baby supplies, while the moms are provided with things like toiletries, shoes and back-to-work clothing.

Mary Hall Freedom House (770) 522-9570
Volunteers spend time with young children while their mothers are treated for drug addiction.  They also provide food, furniture and other household goods to mothers involved with the program.

Project Prevent (404) 876-1337
Steers pregnant addicts into drug treatment to improve their babies’ outcome.

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 Aids          

*Mothers with AIDS*

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)".

Sister Love, Inc. (404) 753-7733
An aids prevention, education and support agency for affected families.

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

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