Necco

We specialize in services to those who are dealing with the challenges of an unplanned pregnancy. See our web page entitled Our Services for an Unplanned Pregnancy under the link I am Pregnant to read in more detail about the many ways we provide assistance. We understand that not everyone needs the same kind of help nor will they make the same decisions along the way. We are here to work with each individual to help them meet their needs, whatever they may be. Adoptions We provide adoption services for infant children through our private placement program and for older children who are placed through our foster care program. Adoption services provided in our private placement program involves sensitive and comprehensive work with birth parents and adoptive parents in order to meet their needs and comply with legal and licensing requirements. Adoptions through our foster care program are primarily done in conjunction with the State of Georgia, Department of Family and Children Services, when they hold legal custody of the children. The services and procedures for each program are different. We provide foster care services through our private placement program and through our contracted services with the State of Georgia, Department of Human Resources. Through this program we serve children between the ages of newborn to 18. Our licensing rules and regulations provide the guidelines for what services and procedures need to be followed in each type of care. We are available to provide seminars and workshops for the enrichment of family life on a variety of topics. Fees are negotiated for this on a case-by-case basis. Contact AGAPE to discuss desired topics or to schedule a presentation.

Founded in 1980, Georgia MENTOR is one of the leading national providers of home- and community-based services for individuals with mental and developmental disabilities. The organization offers a variety of services for children and youths with behavioral, emotional and medical disabilities. It provides residential and nonresidential services. The organization supports a core treatment foster care model that is based on one-to-one placement for individuals at homes of trained paraprofessionals. Georgia MENTOR offers adoption, educational, in-home, employment, small group care and supported living services. The organization provides therapeutic foster care, family preservation, reunification, wraparound and medical services. It supports juvenile offender and alternative school programs.

In 2007 Childkind began offering Family Support Services to its foster families after they had adopted the child in their home. It was a means to continue serving the family and to help support permanency. The program provides assistance accessing Medicaid waiver services, grants for equipment or minor home accessibility modifications, emergency medical supplies, coordination of school-based, community and other neighborhood programs and supports. In an effort to reduce the number of medically fragile and developmentally disabled children entering foster care, Childkind began offering its Transition Support Services Program in December 2008. This program provides placement prevention and early intervention services, targeting families that are having trouble parenting children with medical or developmental challenges, families being reunited with their children after a period of out-of-home care or hospitalization, and families in crises as the result of a major life changing event. Today, Childkind's three program initiatives ' Family Support Services, Transition Support Services, and Placement Services ' form a continuum of care that aim towards a common goal: that children with medical and developmental disabilities live with their own families in a safe, stable, and nurturing environment.