FAMILIES FIRST INC
80 JOSEPH E LOWERY BOULEVARD NW, ATLANTA, GA 30314 www.familiesfirst.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: FAMILIES FIRST WORKS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, COACHING, EARLY EDUCATION, PARENTING SKILLS, AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING VIA PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION TECHNIQUES THAT HELP STRENGTHEN FAMILIES, AS WELL AS BUILD RESILIENCY, NO MATTER WHAT CHALLENGES THEY MAY BE FACING.

FOR ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO BE RESILIENT, MOVING FROM SURVIVAL TO STABILITY TO SUCCESS.

CHILD AND YOUTH PERMANENCY PROVIDES SERVICES IN ADOPTION, FOSTER CARE, REUNIFICATION, COOPERATIVES (GROUP HOMES), AND INDEPENDENT LIVING (ILP). FAMILIES FIRSTS ADOPTION SERVICE TEAM INCLUDE 24 FINALIZED ADOPTIONS AND 12 MONTHLY "IMPACT" CLASSES FOR PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS. OUR GEORGIA CENTER FOR RESOURCES AND SUPPORT PROVIDED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO 1,691 ADOPTIVE FAMILIES AND 875 NON/ADOPTIVE FAMILIES. DURING THE YEAR, 3,882 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN A TRAINING CLASS, AND OUR ADOPTIVE FAMILY JOURNEY SUPPORT GROUP MEMBERSHIP GREW TO 516. SHELTER- A-FAMILY, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM, WHERE 92% OF CLIENTS THAT TRANSITIONED FROM AN EMERGENCY SHELTER TO SAF (PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING) REMAINED STABLY HOUSED, 94% OF CLIENTS RECEIVED A TRAUMA SCREENING USING THE ACE (ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE) ASSESSMENT, 85% OF CLIENTS PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST THREE COUNSELING SESSIONS, 75% OF CLIENTS MADE "GOOD- OR "SOME PROGRESS" ON THEIR MOST RECENT QUARTERLY TREATMENT PLAN GOALS, AND 85% VISITED THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. OUR SECOND CHANCE HOME SERVING PREGNANT AND PARENTING TEENS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR IN FOSTER CARE SAW 95% OF ELIGIBLE STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, 70% OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES PURSUED POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION (I.E., COLLEGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TECH SCHOOL, ETC.), 100% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL, 80% OF YOUNG MOTHERS DID NOT HAVE AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY WHILE IN THE PROGRAM AND TWO YEARS POST- DISCHARGE, AND 85% OF YOUNG MOTHERS COMPLETED DISCHARGE GOALS: RETURNED HOME, TRANSITIONED TO AN INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM, OBTAINED A HOUSING VOUCHER, ETC..

HEALTHY FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIP PROGRAMS PROVIDED AFFORDABLE COUNSELING SERVICES THAT EQUIP PARENTS AND CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL SKILLS FOR BUILDING AND MAINTAINING STRONG INDIVIDUAL FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. WE SERVE AND IMPACT OVER 17,000 CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ANNUALLY WITH 80% IN METRO-ATLANTA AND THE REMAINING 20% STATEWIDE; 90% LOW INCOME FAMILIES; 90% AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO POPULATION; YOUTH AGES 0-21 IN FOSTER CARE AND YOUTH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY; 4,000 PARENTS IN NEED OF THE "ACTIVE PARENTING" CURRICULUM; AND MORE THAN 500 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS IN NEED OF COUNSELING. WE HAD OVER 35,000 INSTANCES OF DISTINCT CLIENT ENGAGEMENT SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES INCLUDE: YOUNG MOTHERS WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH OUR TEENAGE PREGNANCY AND PARENTING (TAPP) PROGRAM, WHERE 100 PERCENT OF PREGNANT CLIENTS DELIVERED A HEALTHY BABY AND 91 PERCENT SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN PARENTING SKILLS; IN OUR INDIVIDUAL, COUPLES, AND FAMILY COUNSELING PROGRAM, 90 PERCENT OF CLIENTS SHOWED IMPROVEMENT IN THE GOALS ESTABLISHED IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL SERVICE PLAN. WE SERVED 85 CHILDREN AGES 0-5 IN OUR EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS.

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