Parent Resources

Sometimes parents or guardians can be overwhelmed by the behavior of a juvenile offender or an at-risk youth. There are many resources available that can help both individuals and families. Below is a brief list of potential resources that might be useful to parents and guardians. Individual facilities may be able to provide parents and guardians with additional resources.

Georgia Crisis & Access Line

The Georgia Crisis & Access Line is staffed with professional social workers and counselors 24 hours per day, every day to assist those with urgent and emergency needs. Those callers who need more routine services are directly connected with the agency of their choice and given a scheduled appointment.

National Suicide Hotline

National Center for Victims of Crime

Provides referral services to victims and information on all issues dealing with the criminal justice system.

Mentoring Programs:

The Georgia Mentoring Partnership

The Georgia Mentoring Partnership (GMP) is a coalition of public, private, non-profit and faith-based communities. Its aim is to serve as an advocate for the expansion of mentoring programs and a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives statewide. With Communities In Schools of Georgia serving as the lead agency, the primary objective of the GMP is to provide resources and services that will enhance all mentoring programs across the state of Georgia.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Located in all 50 states, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America provide a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun and friendship, and high-impact youth development programs on a daily basis during critical non-school hours. Club programs promote academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles. National headquarters are located in Atlanta.

Big Brother, Big Sister

Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers ("Bigs") and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country and in chapters throughout Georgia.

100 Black Men of America

100 Black Men of America, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, seeks to improve the quality of life within our communities and enhance educational and economic opportunities for all African-Americans and create environments where children are motivated to achieve. There are chapters throughout the state.

Georgia Sheriff's Boys Ranch

Georgia Sheriff's Boys Ranch provides quality child care for Georgia's children who need counseling, residential care, camping, independent living and alumni services as they work toward a lawful, productive and secure future.

Girls Inc.

Girls Incorporated is a national research, education and direct advocacy organization that inspires girls to be strong, smart and bold. Programs based on research gathered at the Girls Inc. National Resource Center encourage girls ages 6 to 18 to take risks and master physical, intellectual and emotional challenges. Programs are offered through a network of 1,000 sites nationwide and are facilitated by trained professional staff. There are chapters in Atlanta, Albany and Columbus.

Miscellaneous:

Georgia Truancy Project

Works to prevent school truancy.

Nurturing Parenting Programs

The Nurturing Parenting Programs are published by Family Development Resources,Inc. (FDR) which is headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina and has been promoting non-violent parenting practices since 1983. These programs are evidence-based programs recognized by SAMHSA and the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).

One Tough Job

The Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund created One Tough Job to support parents by providing them with current, reliable and practical information on a variety of parenting topics related to raising children from infancy through adolescence.

Kids Health

www.kidshealth.org KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use.

Positive Parenting

Positive Parenting provides parent education classes, parenting workshops, in service presentations and consultation to parents, early childhood education centers, schools, churches, businesses and others who provide services for parents and children.

National Parent Helpline

Get emotional support from a trained Advocate and become empowered and a stronger parent.

CDC Parent Portal

The CDC's Parent Portal offers a wealth of information from across all of CDC, covering everything from safety at home and the community to immunization schedules and developmental milestones.

Connect With Kids

Connect With Kids provides a community for parents and educators to obtain resources on how to connect with children and talk about important issues. Connect with Kids also creates videos on issues affecting your children.