Building resilient families in our community takes collaboration, creativity and innovation. The Families First and The Urban League of Greater Atlanta collaboration which began in February 2020 to provide young, incarcerated fathers the opportunity to ...
At TechBridge, this idea drives our work. All our products, services, and programs reflect our vision of creating predictable pathways out of poverty. There are many nonprofits out there doing incredible work but not operating ...
By Dr. Valentin, director of Clinical Services at Families First. How important is the state of wellness? In America, we put strict values in working hard, maintaining and providing for our families. We also tend ...
The month of August is National Immunization Awareness Month and Families First is encouraging all Atlanta families to get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible. Families First recently partnered with the Community Organized Relief ...
By Comer Yates, Renée Boynton-Jarrett & Maryanne Wolf Comer Yates is the executive director of the Atlanta Speech School, which houses the free and universally accessible Cox Campus. Renée Boynton-Jarrett is a social epidemiologist and ...
When untreated mental health issues led to unemployment for Ebony Williams, she and her children became homeless. Despite the profound effects that this life experience had on all of their lives, with the help of ...
By: Edward M. Valentin, Ph.D., LCSW Children across the nation are very excited to see their teachers and friends and parents are certainly ready for them to get back to a “normal” routine and be ...
The Back-to-School Bash on Saturday, July 24 brought together Families First, Starbucks, Kroger and Target to provide families with many of the essential resources needed to head back to the classroom safely and prepared including ...
With the 2021 school year around the corner, it is vital that families in the Greater Atlanta area have essential resources available to them so that they can return to school as safely and healthy ...
The past year and a half of COVID-19 changed our Atlanta community and brought with it many hurdles in providing the necessary resources and supplies for our children and their schooling experience. On July 24, ...
July 1 marks the start of Families First’s new fiscal year. As the world continues to open up post-COVID, a common thread that emerged is the true power of resilience. Families First believes that resilience is ...
By Comer Yates, Renée Boynton-Jarrett & Maryanne Wolf Comer Yates is the executive director of the Atlanta Speech School, which houses the free and universally accessible Cox Campus. Renée Boynton-Jarrett is a social epidemiologist and ...
By Grant T. Michelle, Families First Summer Intern Growing up can be hard. The world seems so big and there is an endless list of options and directions your life can go, making the journey ...
Hosted by Atlanta’s CBS46 Meteorologist Ella Dorsey, Unity for a Difference was an ambitious event that recognized distinguished contributors to Families First’s mission of building resilient families so all children can thrive. Honorees included: CEO ...
Families First supports clients at various points across the continuum of care including adoption, foster care, parenting, mental and behavioral health, supportive housing, and healthy starts. Our work is a team effort including staff, the ...
“Always believe in yourself and never give up.” – Ms. Rose, a Shelter-A-Family resident. Ms. Rose is discovering the importance of mental health to build resilience and successfully navigate life’s challenges. At the age of ...
Families First has been “Stomping the Stigma” around mental health throughout the month of May. We started by rallying our staff and volunteers and putting their sneakers to the street to spread the word throughout ...
In tandem with finding stable employment, many caregivers and heads of household are dealing with trauma and other socioemotional challenges. That is where Families First comes in. We have developed a screening tool to assess ...
No one anticipated the myriad of events of the past 14 months. Some may have anticipated one or a few, but no one saw them all coming down on us seemingly at once. For many ...
For Troya Lusand Underwood Jackson, Families First Program Manager, the power of resilience to change lives is very personal. Troya has been part of Families First for more than 15 years but admits that it ...
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