Committed to Community
Remember COVID-19? We do. It paused some of our programming and shifted what we were doing in other areas. Despite slowly returning to normalcy, it forced us to evaluate who we were serving and how we were serving them. We partnered with others and changed our approach, not our commitment to serve our neighbors. As we emerged from the pandemic, here are some ways we’ve pivoted our services to continue to impact our community.
CHALLENGE
The pandemic created staffing hurdles due to the transition to virtual operations and a spike in the demand for our services.
Change
We fully-staffed our program teams and reopened our downtown walk-in clinics.
CHALLENGE
Survivors of abuse couldn’t safely come to our courthouse office or get immediate access to emergency resources.
Change
Our Standing With Survivors Mobile Advocacy program received a Mercedes Sprinter van! The first of its kind in Atlanta, the retrofitted van will allow us to assist survivors in need where they are.
2022 by the Numbers
clients served
volunteers
raised through donations
provided in direct financial assistance to tenants and survivors
CHALLENGE
The shortage of free legal representation left thousands of Atlanta renters facing eviction alone.
Change
By partnering with the city government, we launched an access-to-counsel pilot program to supply more residents with a free lawyer and to help them navigate a fast-moving process they often don’t understand or have the resources to respond to.
CHALLENGE
After years of living in deplorable and dangerous conditions, residents of Forest Cove apartments were forced to relocate.
Change
We joined Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and a team of local nonprofits to help relocate over 200 families.