Families First: Parenting and Adoption Support Services
Families First provides a variety of parenting and adoption support services, including:
- parenting classes
- access and visitation- parenting time between residential and non-residential parents
- post adoption search and reunion
- and comprehensive support, training and access to community resources for adoptive, guardianship, kinship and foster parents.
Georgia Center for Resources and Support (GACRS)
The Georgia Center for Resources and Support (GACRS) was designed by the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services to assist in strengthening Georgia’s adoptive, foster, guardianship, and kinship families. GACRS is a statewide support service for all families parenting children in care. Managed by Families First, GACRS links families to an array of comprehensive supports and resources that has provided empowering solutions for Atlanta’s most vulnerable population by strengthening and sustaining families. https://gacrs.org
Impact Hub Classes
Families’ First IMPACT Hub Classes strengthen resilient families by supporting their commitment to be caregivers and/or forever families for children in foster care. Classes are taught by trained, experienced providers who understand the resources, information and guidance that is needed to learn how to respond to the unique needs of a child in foster care. Prospective caregivers who complete the training receive their certificates and move forward to complete additional requirements needed to help children in foster care thrive.
Access and Visitation
Access and Visitation services are for parents and guardians who are seeking legitimization and visitation services. The service also includes “Parenting Time”, a 90-day resource that includes both educational seminars and case management to assist custodial and non-custodial parents to work together and coparent in the best interest of their child(ren). In addition to visitation, mediation and community linkage to legal resources are available. These services are offered to all participants who have an active child support case with the Division of Child Support Services.
Partners in Parenting Services
Partners In Parenting (PIP) provides positive, supportive, and encouraging parenting approaches that can make all the difference in a child’s life. PIP aims to help parents put their best foot forward during the transitions of divorce and parental separation. The parenting curriculums address the developmental and emotional needs of children and emphasizes each parent’s responsibility to provide a nurturing and non-threatening environment for the child (ren); teaching parents how to best lead their changing families to a successful and positive outcome. https://partnersinparenting.org/. Whether it’s providing impactful training, classes, and workshops both virtual as well as in-person or meeting the requirements of a divorce or separation via an on-line curriculum, PIP offers several classes and trainings that best fit many family situations.