http://www.edgeforwomen.org/?page_id=15
The EDGE Program
Spelman College
Box 270
Atlanta, GA 30314
The EDGE Program (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) was launched in 1998 by Bryn Mawr and Spelman Colleges, with the goal of strengthening the ability of women students to successfully complete graduate programs in the mathematical sciences, with particular inclusion of women from minority groups. The recent establishment of regional Mentoring Clusters addresses the need for continued mentoring for advanced graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty.
Commitment to Diversity
A distinguishing characteristic of the EDGE summer program has been its unwavering commitment to diversity, both among its participants and its faculty and staff, and even among its host institutions. A long-term goal of the EDGE Program is the creation, identification and dissemination of programs and strategies that improve the persistence of women and minority graduate students, and contribute to the development of a diverse mathematical community.
National Partnerships
During 1998 to 2002 the EDGE program was alternately conducted on the campuses of the two founding institutions, Bryn Mawr and Spelman Colleges. Since 2003, the Program has been held at a variety of other institutions committed to the goals of the program. In 2003 and in 2008, the summer program was held at Pomona College, with Local Coordinator Dr. Ami Radunskaya; in 2005, at North Carolina A & T State University, with Local Coordinators Dr. Janis Oldham and Professor Patricia Shelton; and in 2006, at New College of Florida, with Local Coordinator Dr. Eirini Poimenidou.
Sources of Funding
The EDGE Program has received major funding from the National Science Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and, in its early stages, the National Security Agency. In addition, all of the hosting institutions have contributed resources to the program. Thank you!
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
The College Women's Shelter
A satellite of A Beacon of Hope centers.
For a nearly a decade, we have offered accurate information and education to women considering abortion. Our services are compassionate, understanding and sensitive....Our services are compassionate, understanding and sensitive.
The laws of the United States have given you the right to choose. The State of Georgia has added that law with the right to be informed. Having a choice assumes that you are fully aware of all your options.
We can provide you with the information you need to make that informed choice.
"We recognize the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision whether to bear or beget a child. That right necessarily includes the right of a woman to decide whether or not to terminate her pregnancy..." United States Supreme Court, January 22, 1973
Resources:
Options Consulting
Georgia law recognizes the importance of obtaining accurate information before making a choice about your pregnancy.
Support Systems
It may be helpful to speak with other women who have made a decision about their pregnancy. In addition, ongoing groups are available to porovide further support.
Community Resources
Local resources and refferals are available to meet the following needs.
* Financial Planning and Consulting,
* Housing Placements
* Prenatal Care
* Medical Referrals
* Scholarship
* Licenced Professional Counseling Scholarship
* Education Planning
* Childcare referrals
Options:
Abortion: If you feel that your career, education, financial stability and relationships will be negatively impacted, abortion seems the obvious choice. You deserve accurate information to help you make an informed choice, we can discuss this option with you.
Adoption: Many women think they would never consider it, but adoption has changed a great deal. Now, you can set the terms, you can choose the family. We can explore this option with you--without pressure.
Parenting: Am I ready? Can I still finish school? What about my career? Will he be there? Can I do this alone?
For a nearly a decade, we have offered accurate information and education to women considering abortion. Our services are compassionate, understanding and sensitive....Our services are compassionate, understanding and sensitive.
The laws of the United States have given you the right to choose. The State of Georgia has added that law with the right to be informed. Having a choice assumes that you are fully aware of all your options.
We can provide you with the information you need to make that informed choice.
"We recognize the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision whether to bear or beget a child. That right necessarily includes the right of a woman to decide whether or not to terminate her pregnancy..." United States Supreme Court, January 22, 1973
Resources:
Options Consulting
Georgia law recognizes the importance of obtaining accurate information before making a choice about your pregnancy.
Support Systems
It may be helpful to speak with other women who have made a decision about their pregnancy. In addition, ongoing groups are available to porovide further support.
Community Resources
Local resources and refferals are available to meet the following needs.
* Financial Planning and Consulting,
* Housing Placements
* Prenatal Care
* Medical Referrals
* Scholarship
* Licenced Professional Counseling Scholarship
* Education Planning
* Childcare referrals
Options:
Abortion: If you feel that your career, education, financial stability and relationships will be negatively impacted, abortion seems the obvious choice. You deserve accurate information to help you make an informed choice, we can discuss this option with you.
Adoption: Many women think they would never consider it, but adoption has changed a great deal. Now, you can set the terms, you can choose the family. We can explore this option with you--without pressure.
Parenting: Am I ready? Can I still finish school? What about my career? Will he be there? Can I do this alone?
Hope Lodge
http://atlantahopelodge.org
American Cancer Society
Winn-Dixie Hope Lodge
1552 Shoup Court
Decatur, GA 30033
Mission
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy and service.
The Atlanta Hope Lodge is a tangible reflection of the American Cancer Society's commitment to improving the quality of life for cancer patients and their loved ones. Hope Lodges are a "home away from home" made available at no cost to patients undergoing active outpatient treatment for cancer.
The Atlanta Hope Lodge offers:
• 34 guest suites with private baths
• A common kitchen area with six ovens, sinks, and stovetops
• A living room with piano, a game room, and a television room
• Computer work stations and a library
• Private sitting areas and a courtyard garden
• Washers and dryers on each floor
• Transportation to and from treatment
• Cancer support programs and services
While the facility offers many of the comforts of home, the true magic of the Hope Lodge is the inviting atmosphere. Other guests, facing similar circumstances, rally around each other, offering strength and support. The volunteers and staff, many of whom are cancer survivors, strive to create an environment where guests can relax and concentrate on getting well.
Services provided:
The Atlanta Hope Lodge offers free transportation to and from treatment, free laundry facilities including soap, kitchen facilities, and complimentary dinners at least once a week.
In addition to these practical services, the Atlanta Hope Lodge offers programs to help you learn how to manage the physical, emotional and practical challenges cancer brings.
The following are some of the programs regularly held in the Atlanta Hope Lodge. Unless otherwise stated, all programs are open at no cost to all cancer patients, their families and friends, and to cancer survivors as well.
Look Good...Feel Better (for women only)
Learn how to overcome the physical side effects of cancer treatment. A professional cosmetologist will show you on how to enhance your appearance with make-up lessons, skin care, and wigs and scarves.
Caregiver Support Group (for caregivers only)
Led by a professional therapist, this group discusses many common issues. This is a safe environment for caregivers to share openly and receive encouragement to care for their loved one.
Men's Support Group
Each week we hold a support group for men hosted by the guests of the Hope Lodge. The group is a place where male cancer patients, survivors, or caregivers can get support from other men who understand what they are going through.
Yoga
Yoga is a great way to renew the body, lower stress, and bring an inner calm and sense of well-being. It can also be an important aid to your body in its fight for recovery. Please wear comfortable clothing.
Community-hosted Dinners
Volunteer groups regularly provide dinners for all Hope Lodge guests. Join us for good food, friendship, and fun.
Graduation Ceremonies
We have one ceremony per week for all of the guests who will finish their cancer treatment that week. There is hope of life with no cancer and we want to celebrate the beginning of it with you!
The Atlanta Hope Lodge is available for adults receiving outpatient cancer treatment who live more than 40 miles away from their treatment center. Their treatment must require a three-day or longer stay in that area. Patients must be able to care for themselves, and are allowed one adult guest to stay with them in their room.
American Cancer Society
Winn-Dixie Hope Lodge
1552 Shoup Court
Decatur, GA 30033
Mission
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy and service.
The Atlanta Hope Lodge is a tangible reflection of the American Cancer Society's commitment to improving the quality of life for cancer patients and their loved ones. Hope Lodges are a "home away from home" made available at no cost to patients undergoing active outpatient treatment for cancer.
The Atlanta Hope Lodge offers:
• 34 guest suites with private baths
• A common kitchen area with six ovens, sinks, and stovetops
• A living room with piano, a game room, and a television room
• Computer work stations and a library
• Private sitting areas and a courtyard garden
• Washers and dryers on each floor
• Transportation to and from treatment
• Cancer support programs and services
While the facility offers many of the comforts of home, the true magic of the Hope Lodge is the inviting atmosphere. Other guests, facing similar circumstances, rally around each other, offering strength and support. The volunteers and staff, many of whom are cancer survivors, strive to create an environment where guests can relax and concentrate on getting well.
Services provided:
The Atlanta Hope Lodge offers free transportation to and from treatment, free laundry facilities including soap, kitchen facilities, and complimentary dinners at least once a week.
In addition to these practical services, the Atlanta Hope Lodge offers programs to help you learn how to manage the physical, emotional and practical challenges cancer brings.
The following are some of the programs regularly held in the Atlanta Hope Lodge. Unless otherwise stated, all programs are open at no cost to all cancer patients, their families and friends, and to cancer survivors as well.
Look Good...Feel Better (for women only)
Learn how to overcome the physical side effects of cancer treatment. A professional cosmetologist will show you on how to enhance your appearance with make-up lessons, skin care, and wigs and scarves.
Caregiver Support Group (for caregivers only)
Led by a professional therapist, this group discusses many common issues. This is a safe environment for caregivers to share openly and receive encouragement to care for their loved one.
Men's Support Group
Each week we hold a support group for men hosted by the guests of the Hope Lodge. The group is a place where male cancer patients, survivors, or caregivers can get support from other men who understand what they are going through.
Yoga
Yoga is a great way to renew the body, lower stress, and bring an inner calm and sense of well-being. It can also be an important aid to your body in its fight for recovery. Please wear comfortable clothing.
Community-hosted Dinners
Volunteer groups regularly provide dinners for all Hope Lodge guests. Join us for good food, friendship, and fun.
Graduation Ceremonies
We have one ceremony per week for all of the guests who will finish their cancer treatment that week. There is hope of life with no cancer and we want to celebrate the beginning of it with you!
The Atlanta Hope Lodge is available for adults receiving outpatient cancer treatment who live more than 40 miles away from their treatment center. Their treatment must require a three-day or longer stay in that area. Patients must be able to care for themselves, and are allowed one adult guest to stay with them in their room.
Atlanta Children's Shelter
http://www.atlantachildrensshelter.com/
607 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-0322
Imagine That You are a Homeless Child
Your day begins early — the night shelter where you and your mother are staying wakes you up, feeds you breakfast — then you are out the door, carrying all that your family owns. Perhaps your mother has found a part-time job, but can't afford childcare. You are scared to death when she goes off to work, for there's no place to go. There's little money for food, no place to wash your hands, no clean clothes. You spend your day wandering the streets until one of the night shelters opens again. If there is room, you and your mom will have a place to sleep one more night.
It is no wonder that homeless children are seriously at risk for an array of physical and emotional problems. The Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless estimates that there are 13,000 homeless people in metro Atlanta, 25% of which are homeless families — and they especially need the services of shelters.
Making a Difference in a Child's Life
Our loving, professional child care workers, social workers and volunteers believe in the vulnerability of the child and the hope for their future. We provide comfort, safety, love, reassurance . . . and a hug when needed. We also provide the more tangible life threads:
Daily nutritional meals and snacks, served piping hot with a smile,
Clean clothing and large doses of individual attention to make each child feel special,
Biweekly, on-site well-child checks, plus immunizations and referrals for primary health care,
Cultural and enrichment activities, including weekly field trips to Fernback, the Atlanta Zoo and other fun places children love and thrive on, and
Educational opportunities that are customized to the particular needs of homeless children.
Ours is a safe haven, completely free of charge, for as long as a child needs us!
Comprehensive Social Services for the Family
The Atlanta Children's Shelter recognizes that breaking the cycle of homelessness requires an intensive, whole family approach. Our professional social workers are skilled at working with homeless families and their unique situations and needs. Families who come to our Shelter are assisted in finding jobs, locating affordable housing, interacting with other social service agencies, and dealing with personal, legal or domestic difficulties. We provide a full range of social services for our families, including:
Housing Aid
Job Search Help
Parenting Classes
Legal Aid
Self Esteem Classes
Medical Attention
Personal Counseling
Financial Management Counseling
Our goal is to help families achieve long term self sufficiency - to break the cycle of homelessness permanently, so they never again need to turn to Atlanta homeless shelters.
Service to Atlanta Homeless Children Since 1986
Since 1986, the Atlanta Children's Shelter, Inc. has provided loving day shelter for Atlanta homeless children and support for their family's efforts to be self-sufficient. As the first year-round childcare program for homeless families in the state, the Shelter is a model program whose programs are oriented around: 1) the care of children, 2) support of families, and 3) advocacy and networking. The Shelter's child care staff, social workers, and volunteers provide hope, love and reassurance along with daily meals, nutritional snacks, clothing, medical attention, enrichment activities, field trips and educational activities for up to 40 children a day. The goal is to help families achieve long term self-sufficiency - to break the cycle of homelessness permanently. The comprehensive range of services offered by the Atlanta Children's Shelter includes the following:
Early Child Care
Our Early Childcare Program is for the children of homeless families aged one month to five years old. This program was accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children in March of 2000. Less than 7% of all early child care programs in the United States have received this accreditation. Our developmentally-appropriate program focuses on the four developmental domains, good nutrition and preparing the children for school. For many of our children, it is the first stable and loving place they can go each day.
Counseling
The Shelter provides counseling to homeless parents on issues that include but is not limited to loss of employment, housing, relationships with a child or a significant other, setting goals, substance abuse, and self-esteem. Counseling sessions also center on health maintenance, legal issues and budget implementation.
Parent Support Group
The Parent Support Group helps parents deal with the overwhelming anxiety and frustration caused by homelessness, and focuses on developing coping skills related to good parenting techniques, such as effective parent-child communication, or what to expect from the ages and stages of child development. The support group strengthens the entire family and increases positive functioning.
Children's Nurturing Group
All children, especially the homeless, need to express feelings that result from an often confusing and stressful environment. The Nurturing Group allows Atlanta homeless children to explore and discuss their feelings. Puppets, paper dolls, songs, stories, role play, and other fun activities generate group interaction and appropriate responses. Nurturing Group activities help:
Increase awareness of feelings in self and others
Increase children's awareness of self and self within family
Reinforce appropriate child/adult interactions
Increase children's knowledge of the concepts of praise and criticism
Identify feelings associated with praise and criticism
Increase children's ability to give and receive praise
Increase the awareness of children to exercise personal power to manage their own lives.
Medical Services
Medical staff from CAPN visit the Shelter weekly to provide well-child checks, immunizations, and referrals.
Information and Referral Services
At times, ACS social service staff find that a client's needs are best addressed by another agency. In this case, staff members provide information and referral to the most appropriate organization. The staff has developed extensive resource files and established networks and agency contacts that are helpful to ACS families.
Job Track
Job skills development is an essential component of the Shelter's overall plan to help homeless families become and remain self-sufficient. Job Track provides a centralized location where parents can achieve job readiness by gaining the essential pre-training components of skill assessment, job counseling and education. The program gives homeless parents access to employment counselors, job search materials, resume help, and a voice mail box to follow up on job leads. Job Track also provides clothing for interviews, transportation to and from interviews, and meals while the parents are seeking jobs.
Furniture Bank
The Metro Atlanta Furniture Bank, a separate organization, distributes furniture to families who have previously been homeless. The Atlanta Children's Shelter relies on funds donated specifically to help families to pay the modest Furniture Bank fees for its clients.
Home Starter Kit
Each family that secures housing receives a "Home Starter Kit" containing linens, lamps, iron, dishes, eating utensils, toaster, and cleaning supplies. The Shelter also accepts donations of household goods from individuals and groups in the community.
Education and Training
After a family establishes stable living arrangements, the social service staff helps parents clarify and focus their educational plans. Community support programs, especially those offering free or low-cost child care, are essential for these parents. ACS provides information and resource lists, and parents are referred to community organizations for services.
The Sunshine Fund
The Sunshine Fund, a discretionary cash account for necessary client-related expenses, provides help for homeless families facing critical financial needs. Funded by private donations, the fund covers rent and utility deposits, MARTA cards/tokens, shoes and emergency clothing needs for children, work-related clothing for parents (such as uniforms), medicines, and emergency food.
Transitional Child Care
To ensure post-homeless stability for families who have found work and housing, the Shelter offers a Transitional Child Care Program. Designed to provide free child care and social support during a family's transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency, the service is available to families for up to five months following eligibility determination.
Interagency Collaboration Activities
Homeless families with children have a number of needs that our program alone cannot meet. To ensure that these diverse needs are met, the Shelter embraces a strategy that promotes family strength and integrity. Through collaboration and partnerships with other service providers, we are able to respond to the depth of the problems our clients have. It is common practice for the executive director, social worker, and other professional staff to communicate frequently with other groups serving homeless families and to coordinate services with other "mainstream" programs not specifically targeted to homeless families. The intent is to avoid the pitfall of further segregating and stigmatizing families through separate systems for the homeless or formerly homeless.
Our collaboration activities and partnerships have helped improve the effectiveness and efficiency of services to our families in the following areas:
Integrated client support (such as transportation, employment, or health care)
Case consultation or conferencing
Information exchange
Joint proposal development
Staff training
Student internship/practicum
Alliances for advocacy and legislation
Shared resources
Volunteers
List of current volunteer opportunities
607 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-0322
Imagine That You are a Homeless Child
Your day begins early — the night shelter where you and your mother are staying wakes you up, feeds you breakfast — then you are out the door, carrying all that your family owns. Perhaps your mother has found a part-time job, but can't afford childcare. You are scared to death when she goes off to work, for there's no place to go. There's little money for food, no place to wash your hands, no clean clothes. You spend your day wandering the streets until one of the night shelters opens again. If there is room, you and your mom will have a place to sleep one more night.
It is no wonder that homeless children are seriously at risk for an array of physical and emotional problems. The Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless estimates that there are 13,000 homeless people in metro Atlanta, 25% of which are homeless families — and they especially need the services of shelters.
Making a Difference in a Child's Life
Our loving, professional child care workers, social workers and volunteers believe in the vulnerability of the child and the hope for their future. We provide comfort, safety, love, reassurance . . . and a hug when needed. We also provide the more tangible life threads:
Daily nutritional meals and snacks, served piping hot with a smile,
Clean clothing and large doses of individual attention to make each child feel special,
Biweekly, on-site well-child checks, plus immunizations and referrals for primary health care,
Cultural and enrichment activities, including weekly field trips to Fernback, the Atlanta Zoo and other fun places children love and thrive on, and
Educational opportunities that are customized to the particular needs of homeless children.
Ours is a safe haven, completely free of charge, for as long as a child needs us!
Comprehensive Social Services for the Family
The Atlanta Children's Shelter recognizes that breaking the cycle of homelessness requires an intensive, whole family approach. Our professional social workers are skilled at working with homeless families and their unique situations and needs. Families who come to our Shelter are assisted in finding jobs, locating affordable housing, interacting with other social service agencies, and dealing with personal, legal or domestic difficulties. We provide a full range of social services for our families, including:
Housing Aid
Job Search Help
Parenting Classes
Legal Aid
Self Esteem Classes
Medical Attention
Personal Counseling
Financial Management Counseling
Our goal is to help families achieve long term self sufficiency - to break the cycle of homelessness permanently, so they never again need to turn to Atlanta homeless shelters.
Service to Atlanta Homeless Children Since 1986
Since 1986, the Atlanta Children's Shelter, Inc. has provided loving day shelter for Atlanta homeless children and support for their family's efforts to be self-sufficient. As the first year-round childcare program for homeless families in the state, the Shelter is a model program whose programs are oriented around: 1) the care of children, 2) support of families, and 3) advocacy and networking. The Shelter's child care staff, social workers, and volunteers provide hope, love and reassurance along with daily meals, nutritional snacks, clothing, medical attention, enrichment activities, field trips and educational activities for up to 40 children a day. The goal is to help families achieve long term self-sufficiency - to break the cycle of homelessness permanently. The comprehensive range of services offered by the Atlanta Children's Shelter includes the following:
Early Child Care
Our Early Childcare Program is for the children of homeless families aged one month to five years old. This program was accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children in March of 2000. Less than 7% of all early child care programs in the United States have received this accreditation. Our developmentally-appropriate program focuses on the four developmental domains, good nutrition and preparing the children for school. For many of our children, it is the first stable and loving place they can go each day.
Counseling
The Shelter provides counseling to homeless parents on issues that include but is not limited to loss of employment, housing, relationships with a child or a significant other, setting goals, substance abuse, and self-esteem. Counseling sessions also center on health maintenance, legal issues and budget implementation.
Parent Support Group
The Parent Support Group helps parents deal with the overwhelming anxiety and frustration caused by homelessness, and focuses on developing coping skills related to good parenting techniques, such as effective parent-child communication, or what to expect from the ages and stages of child development. The support group strengthens the entire family and increases positive functioning.
Children's Nurturing Group
All children, especially the homeless, need to express feelings that result from an often confusing and stressful environment. The Nurturing Group allows Atlanta homeless children to explore and discuss their feelings. Puppets, paper dolls, songs, stories, role play, and other fun activities generate group interaction and appropriate responses. Nurturing Group activities help:
Increase awareness of feelings in self and others
Increase children's awareness of self and self within family
Reinforce appropriate child/adult interactions
Increase children's knowledge of the concepts of praise and criticism
Identify feelings associated with praise and criticism
Increase children's ability to give and receive praise
Increase the awareness of children to exercise personal power to manage their own lives.
Medical Services
Medical staff from CAPN visit the Shelter weekly to provide well-child checks, immunizations, and referrals.
Information and Referral Services
At times, ACS social service staff find that a client's needs are best addressed by another agency. In this case, staff members provide information and referral to the most appropriate organization. The staff has developed extensive resource files and established networks and agency contacts that are helpful to ACS families.
Job Track
Job skills development is an essential component of the Shelter's overall plan to help homeless families become and remain self-sufficient. Job Track provides a centralized location where parents can achieve job readiness by gaining the essential pre-training components of skill assessment, job counseling and education. The program gives homeless parents access to employment counselors, job search materials, resume help, and a voice mail box to follow up on job leads. Job Track also provides clothing for interviews, transportation to and from interviews, and meals while the parents are seeking jobs.
Furniture Bank
The Metro Atlanta Furniture Bank, a separate organization, distributes furniture to families who have previously been homeless. The Atlanta Children's Shelter relies on funds donated specifically to help families to pay the modest Furniture Bank fees for its clients.
Home Starter Kit
Each family that secures housing receives a "Home Starter Kit" containing linens, lamps, iron, dishes, eating utensils, toaster, and cleaning supplies. The Shelter also accepts donations of household goods from individuals and groups in the community.
Education and Training
After a family establishes stable living arrangements, the social service staff helps parents clarify and focus their educational plans. Community support programs, especially those offering free or low-cost child care, are essential for these parents. ACS provides information and resource lists, and parents are referred to community organizations for services.
The Sunshine Fund
The Sunshine Fund, a discretionary cash account for necessary client-related expenses, provides help for homeless families facing critical financial needs. Funded by private donations, the fund covers rent and utility deposits, MARTA cards/tokens, shoes and emergency clothing needs for children, work-related clothing for parents (such as uniforms), medicines, and emergency food.
Transitional Child Care
To ensure post-homeless stability for families who have found work and housing, the Shelter offers a Transitional Child Care Program. Designed to provide free child care and social support during a family's transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency, the service is available to families for up to five months following eligibility determination.
Interagency Collaboration Activities
Homeless families with children have a number of needs that our program alone cannot meet. To ensure that these diverse needs are met, the Shelter embraces a strategy that promotes family strength and integrity. Through collaboration and partnerships with other service providers, we are able to respond to the depth of the problems our clients have. It is common practice for the executive director, social worker, and other professional staff to communicate frequently with other groups serving homeless families and to coordinate services with other "mainstream" programs not specifically targeted to homeless families. The intent is to avoid the pitfall of further segregating and stigmatizing families through separate systems for the homeless or formerly homeless.
Our collaboration activities and partnerships have helped improve the effectiveness and efficiency of services to our families in the following areas:
Integrated client support (such as transportation, employment, or health care)
Case consultation or conferencing
Information exchange
Joint proposal development
Staff training
Student internship/practicum
Alliances for advocacy and legislation
Shared resources
Volunteers
List of current volunteer opportunities
Gateway Center
http://www.gatewayctr.org
275 Pryor Street SW
Atlanta, GA 30303-3638
Vision
The 24/7 Gateway Center is committed to bringing together the entire community to end homelessness. We strive to provide a supportive and compassionate setting where individuals can end their homelessness and maximize their self-sufficiency.
Mission
To end homelessness through a collaborative effort, providing basic therapeutic services that stabilize individual conditions and promote self-sufficiency.
Core Values
We value:
• The worth and dignity of every person in our community
• Providers, partners, volunteers, donors, and staff
• Hospitality
• Self-determination
• Respect
• Integrity
* Spirituality
• Accountability and transparency
• Efficient use of resources
• Approaching solutions with an objective and open point of view
• Achieving measurable, lasting impact
Essential Elements of Effective Collaboration
• Respect
• Partnership
• Cohesiveness
• Communication
• Planning
• Flexibility
• Compromise
• Shared Leadership
• Selflessness
• Inclusion
• Diversity
Drop-in services are available on the first floor of the Gateway Center and are encouraged for all individuals in need. The first floor is seen as a low-impact, safe, and trusting place for engagement. In many ways this point of entry will be a “triage center”for homelessness. The first floor of the building will include toilets, showers, a laundry, food and water, a place to come in from the elements and rest, limited temporary storage for personal belongings, telephones, general information and referral resources.
What services are available on the other floors of the Center?
Specialized services include:
•chapel
•outreach, intake, and assessment
•assistance in accessing mainstream benefits
•a separate, safe, and secure area for women and children
•referrals for internal and external homeless services, including housing and jobs
•counseling to promote reunification with family/friends and support community
•a full-service production kitchen with galleys on each residential floor with capacity to serve all residents in the building and produce meals for outside agencies
The second and third floors have:
•45 transition beds for men, designed to reach out to the chronic homeless, especially those with dual diagnosis, special needs, and frequent incarceration
•23 beds reserved for respite care
•a medical clinic for primary care
•22 assigned emergency beds (7 to 14 days) with a stated goal of the Housing First model
•22 beds of housing for men in job training programs, including a food service training program run in connection with the kitchen; participants in other employment or training programs may also be housed here
23 beds reserved for Re-Entry referrals for short-term stays for homeless men discharged for misdemeanors
45 beds for men with full-time employment in transition to permanent housing
The fourth floor have:
•46 beds of transitional housing for homeless veterans (in collaboration with Atlanta VA)
•45 pretreatment beds for men awaiting entry into substance abuse treatment programs, with access to support services such as AA meetings and drug/alcohol education classes
•a gymnasium which can be utilized for additional beds during a weather emergency
Why are 270 beds provided for men and only 30 beds provided for women and children?
Prior to obtaining the Gateway Center facility, the earliest design concepts provided for only a drop-in center for both men and women. Housing for men, women, and families was expected to be in separate and secure facilities away from the drop-in center. However, the Gateway Center site design was altered by the need to adapt renovations to the current building layout. The renovation costs of separate men’s and women’s facilities on the upper floors of the building were prohibitive in the development process.
The 30 beds reserved for women and children in the separate and secure Women and Children’s Center are neither transitional beds nor residential program beds. These beds are accessible to women and children for the duration of the time necessary to refer them to the appropriate partner agencies. This period will be brief but can possibly last more than 24 hours in certain situations. The Gateway Center works to ensure that women and children are secure in its facilities throughout that time period.
275 Pryor Street SW
Atlanta, GA 30303-3638
Vision
The 24/7 Gateway Center is committed to bringing together the entire community to end homelessness. We strive to provide a supportive and compassionate setting where individuals can end their homelessness and maximize their self-sufficiency.
Mission
To end homelessness through a collaborative effort, providing basic therapeutic services that stabilize individual conditions and promote self-sufficiency.
Core Values
We value:
• The worth and dignity of every person in our community
• Providers, partners, volunteers, donors, and staff
• Hospitality
• Self-determination
• Respect
• Integrity
* Spirituality
• Accountability and transparency
• Efficient use of resources
• Approaching solutions with an objective and open point of view
• Achieving measurable, lasting impact
Essential Elements of Effective Collaboration
• Respect
• Partnership
• Cohesiveness
• Communication
• Planning
• Flexibility
• Compromise
• Shared Leadership
• Selflessness
• Inclusion
• Diversity
Drop-in services are available on the first floor of the Gateway Center and are encouraged for all individuals in need. The first floor is seen as a low-impact, safe, and trusting place for engagement. In many ways this point of entry will be a “triage center”for homelessness. The first floor of the building will include toilets, showers, a laundry, food and water, a place to come in from the elements and rest, limited temporary storage for personal belongings, telephones, general information and referral resources.
What services are available on the other floors of the Center?
Specialized services include:
•chapel
•outreach, intake, and assessment
•assistance in accessing mainstream benefits
•a separate, safe, and secure area for women and children
•referrals for internal and external homeless services, including housing and jobs
•counseling to promote reunification with family/friends and support community
•a full-service production kitchen with galleys on each residential floor with capacity to serve all residents in the building and produce meals for outside agencies
The second and third floors have:
•45 transition beds for men, designed to reach out to the chronic homeless, especially those with dual diagnosis, special needs, and frequent incarceration
•23 beds reserved for respite care
•a medical clinic for primary care
•22 assigned emergency beds (7 to 14 days) with a stated goal of the Housing First model
•22 beds of housing for men in job training programs, including a food service training program run in connection with the kitchen; participants in other employment or training programs may also be housed here
23 beds reserved for Re-Entry referrals for short-term stays for homeless men discharged for misdemeanors
45 beds for men with full-time employment in transition to permanent housing
The fourth floor have:
•46 beds of transitional housing for homeless veterans (in collaboration with Atlanta VA)
•45 pretreatment beds for men awaiting entry into substance abuse treatment programs, with access to support services such as AA meetings and drug/alcohol education classes
•a gymnasium which can be utilized for additional beds during a weather emergency
Why are 270 beds provided for men and only 30 beds provided for women and children?
Prior to obtaining the Gateway Center facility, the earliest design concepts provided for only a drop-in center for both men and women. Housing for men, women, and families was expected to be in separate and secure facilities away from the drop-in center. However, the Gateway Center site design was altered by the need to adapt renovations to the current building layout. The renovation costs of separate men’s and women’s facilities on the upper floors of the building were prohibitive in the development process.
The 30 beds reserved for women and children in the separate and secure Women and Children’s Center are neither transitional beds nor residential program beds. These beds are accessible to women and children for the duration of the time necessary to refer them to the appropriate partner agencies. This period will be brief but can possibly last more than 24 hours in certain situations. The Gateway Center works to ensure that women and children are secure in its facilities throughout that time period.
Partnership Against Domestic Violence
http://www.padv.org/
619 Edgewood Ave SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
Mission
- Supporting women and their children in their efforts to live violence free.
History
- For more than 30 years, PADV, the largest nonprofit domestic violence organization in Georgia, has provided professional, compassionate, and empowering support to battered women and their children in metro Atlanta.
- PADV began as an all-volunteer agency in 1975 and incorporated in 1977. Today, the agency has more than 40 full- and part-time staff with an administrative office and two 24-hour emergency shelters in Fulton and Gwinnett counties.
- PADV works to end domestic violence by:
- offering safety and shelter for battered women and their children;
- restoring power, self-sufficiency and control to domestic violence survivors; and
- educating the public on the dynamics of domestic violence.
Values
- Always do the right thing.
- Provide programs built on best practice.
- Embrace diversity as an essential component of all we do.
- Create a work environment built on trust and mutual respect.
Our Vision
- A community free of domestic violence.
Programs
24-Hour Crisis Line
The crisis line is often times the only link to safety available for battered women and their children. The crisis line provides safety planning, information, and support to callers in immediate danger, and to those with questions about people who may be battered. Additionally, the crisis line offers referrals to community resources available throughout Georgia.
Emergency Shelters
Two emergency shelters provide a safe haven for women and their children during crisis. During their stay, the shelters are home to battered women and their children, providing them with legal advocacy, support groups, clothing, food, and referrals for housing, childcare, and jobs opportunities.
Parenting Groups
A series of programs are offered to help women in the shelters improve communication and to exchange ideas on effective parenting and nonviolent disciplinary techniques.
Children and Youth Program
PADV provides a comprehensive program to help children deal with their feelings about domestic violence. It becomes a safe place where young people can share their feelings individually and with each other. Through an outstanding curriculum, the program emphasizes education and recreational activities.
Community-Based Services
PADV provides an array of community-based services as described. These services are available for survivors who may not need shelter-based services but do need one or all of the resources listed below, which help them in their quest to live violence free.
The Transitional Program is designed to assist battered women in their efforts to gain independence from their abusers. Specifically, the program offers rental, utility, childcare, employment, legal and educational financial assistance as well as transitional housing to battered women working to live independently.
Legal Advocacy
These services include preparing TPOs (temporary protection orders), assisting clients in completing necessary paperwork, and advocating for the domestic violence survivor in the intimidating and complex judicial system.
Support groups provide assistance to women who have left violent relationships or continue to live with their abuser. These groups provide a safe place for survivors to come together and share experiences, offer encouragement, support, and generate ideas on ways to live violence free.
Public Benefits Assistance
TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) is Georgia’s welfare program. PADV interviews and assesses welfare applicants who show signs of being victims of domestic violence, and provides them with service coordination and referrals for community services, employment, and housing opportunities. Domestic violence survivors receive a temporary waiver from certain TANF requirements without losing financial assistance.
Teen Dating Violence Program
Partnering with local schools, PADV is implementing a teen dating violence curriculum that increases their knowledge of nonviolence conflict resolution, communication, and problem-solving skills.
FACE TO FACE®
A life-altering program for domestic violence survivors, FACE TO FACE® surgically repairs facial and dental injuries that are a result of domestic abuse. In conjunction with counseling, domestic violence survivors who need facial plastic and reconstructive surgery will receive treatment at no cost helping to heal their psychological and physical scars. FACE TO FACE® can help women rebuild their lives by eliminating the constant reminders of their painful past.
Outreach to the Community at Large
Education is the key to ending domestic violence. Battering is a serious crime and should not be ignored. Towards this end, PADV offers programs to educate police officers, judges, hospitals, businesses, legislators, child protection agencies, clergy, schools, the business community, and media about the issue of domestic violence and the toll it exacts on society. Call today to schedule a presentation for your group.
619 Edgewood Ave SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
Mission
- Supporting women and their children in their efforts to live violence free.
History
- For more than 30 years, PADV, the largest nonprofit domestic violence organization in Georgia, has provided professional, compassionate, and empowering support to battered women and their children in metro Atlanta.
- PADV began as an all-volunteer agency in 1975 and incorporated in 1977. Today, the agency has more than 40 full- and part-time staff with an administrative office and two 24-hour emergency shelters in Fulton and Gwinnett counties.
- PADV works to end domestic violence by:
- offering safety and shelter for battered women and their children;
- restoring power, self-sufficiency and control to domestic violence survivors; and
- educating the public on the dynamics of domestic violence.
Values
- Always do the right thing.
- Provide programs built on best practice.
- Embrace diversity as an essential component of all we do.
- Create a work environment built on trust and mutual respect.
Our Vision
- A community free of domestic violence.
Programs
24-Hour Crisis Line
The crisis line is often times the only link to safety available for battered women and their children. The crisis line provides safety planning, information, and support to callers in immediate danger, and to those with questions about people who may be battered. Additionally, the crisis line offers referrals to community resources available throughout Georgia.
Emergency Shelters
Two emergency shelters provide a safe haven for women and their children during crisis. During their stay, the shelters are home to battered women and their children, providing them with legal advocacy, support groups, clothing, food, and referrals for housing, childcare, and jobs opportunities.
Parenting Groups
A series of programs are offered to help women in the shelters improve communication and to exchange ideas on effective parenting and nonviolent disciplinary techniques.
Children and Youth Program
PADV provides a comprehensive program to help children deal with their feelings about domestic violence. It becomes a safe place where young people can share their feelings individually and with each other. Through an outstanding curriculum, the program emphasizes education and recreational activities.
Community-Based Services
PADV provides an array of community-based services as described. These services are available for survivors who may not need shelter-based services but do need one or all of the resources listed below, which help them in their quest to live violence free.
The Transitional Program is designed to assist battered women in their efforts to gain independence from their abusers. Specifically, the program offers rental, utility, childcare, employment, legal and educational financial assistance as well as transitional housing to battered women working to live independently.
Legal Advocacy
These services include preparing TPOs (temporary protection orders), assisting clients in completing necessary paperwork, and advocating for the domestic violence survivor in the intimidating and complex judicial system.
Support groups provide assistance to women who have left violent relationships or continue to live with their abuser. These groups provide a safe place for survivors to come together and share experiences, offer encouragement, support, and generate ideas on ways to live violence free.
Public Benefits Assistance
TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) is Georgia’s welfare program. PADV interviews and assesses welfare applicants who show signs of being victims of domestic violence, and provides them with service coordination and referrals for community services, employment, and housing opportunities. Domestic violence survivors receive a temporary waiver from certain TANF requirements without losing financial assistance.
Teen Dating Violence Program
Partnering with local schools, PADV is implementing a teen dating violence curriculum that increases their knowledge of nonviolence conflict resolution, communication, and problem-solving skills.
FACE TO FACE®
A life-altering program for domestic violence survivors, FACE TO FACE® surgically repairs facial and dental injuries that are a result of domestic abuse. In conjunction with counseling, domestic violence survivors who need facial plastic and reconstructive surgery will receive treatment at no cost helping to heal their psychological and physical scars. FACE TO FACE® can help women rebuild their lives by eliminating the constant reminders of their painful past.
Outreach to the Community at Large
Education is the key to ending domestic violence. Battering is a serious crime and should not be ignored. Towards this end, PADV offers programs to educate police officers, judges, hospitals, businesses, legislators, child protection agencies, clergy, schools, the business community, and media about the issue of domestic violence and the toll it exacts on society. Call today to schedule a presentation for your group.
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