Family Preservation
Intensive, in-home support that helps families stay safely together when stress, crisis, or agency involvement threatens to separate them.
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Who we are
A Georgia organization built around the people it serves
STAY of Georgia exists for the households that spend their evenings on hold with agencies, comparing paperwork, and hoping someone will finally explain the whole picture. We handle the complexity so families can spend their energy on each other.
Support
Steady guidance for the whole family, not just a service line item.
Empower
Every plan starts with the person's own goals, voice, and pace.
Include
Programs designed so nobody has to ask whether they belong.
Thrive
We measure success in confidence gained, not hours delivered.
What we do
Thirteen services, one coordinated team
Every support below can stand on its own or work together as one plan. Families change what they use as needs shift — no restart, no repeating your story.
Foster Care Support
Practical, steady help for foster, kinship, and adoptive caregivers — from placement day through permanency and beyond.
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Judgment-free classes and one-to-one coaching that build confidence in discipline, routines, communication, and child development.
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Mental Health Counseling
Individual, family, and group counseling with licensed clinicians who understand trauma, grief, anxiety, and the weight families carry.
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Domestic Violence Services
Confidential advocacy, safety planning, and shelter navigation for survivors and their children — at whatever pace feels safe.
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Substance Use Support
Recovery support that treats people as people: assessment, peer coaching, treatment referrals, and help holding a family together through it.
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Housing Assistance
Help staying housed or getting rehoused — rental assistance navigation, landlord mediation, and step-by-step housing search support.
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Food Resources
No family should ration meals. We connect households to pantries, SNAP, school meals, and our own weekend food boxes.
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Employment Assistance
Job readiness that respects real life — resumes, interviews, certifications, childcare, and transportation solved together.
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Youth Mentoring
Consistent adult relationships for young people ages 8–18, paired with tutoring, life skills, and college and career exposure.
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Crisis Intervention
When today is the emergency: rapid response, de-escalation, and same-week connection to the services that stabilize a household.
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Transportation Assistance
Rides and fare support so a missing car never becomes a missed appointment, court date, interview, or school day.
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Community Outreach
Showing up where families already are — schools, churches, housing communities, and neighborhood events across Georgia.
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Why choose STAY of Georgia
There are good organizations across this state. Here is what is specifically true about working with ours.
One business day, every time
Requests are read by a coordinator, not a queue. You hear back within one business day or we tell you why.
Georgia-rooted, not franchised
Our staff live in the counties they serve and know which door actually opens in each community.
One team, many services
Counseling, housing, food, and employment sit under one plan so you never repeat your story.
Licensed and accountable
Licensed clinicians, background-checked staff, and outcomes we publish rather than promise.
Where we serve
Find services in your county
Select a region to see the counties we cover, our office and partner sites there, and which resources are available locally.
Metro Atlanta
Tucker headquarters — 2302 Parklake Dr, Ste 511
- Counties served
- DeKalb · Fulton · Gwinnett · Cobb · Clayton · Rockdale · Henry
- Partner organizations
- DFCS Region 3 · Metro Food Bank · Housing Authority Partners
- Resources available here
- Full in-person servicesWalk-in intake TuesdaysWeekend food boxes
Our impact
The numbers behind the last twelve months
Reported figures, updated each quarter. Where we miss a target, we publish that too.
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Success stories
What changed for these households
Placeholder stories are shown below. Replace them with real family stories once you have written consent — the layout supports photos, quotes, and before-and-after detail.
Placeholder story — replace with a real, consented family story. Someone finally sat at our kitchen table and helped us make a plan instead of handing us a list of phone numbers.
Before
Eviction notice, open case, three kids in two schools
After
Housed 14 months, case closed, kids in one school
Placeholder story — replace with a real, consented participant story. My mentor showed up every week for two years. That is the reason I believed I could finish.
Before
Two grade levels behind, no graduation plan
After
Graduated on time, enrolled at a technical college
Placeholder story — replace with a real, consented survivor story. They never once told me what to do. They just made sure I had real options when I was ready.
Before
Unsafe housing, no income, no legal support
After
Own lease, full-time work, protective order in place
Social proof
What people say about working with us
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Placeholder review. They answered on the first call and had a plan by Friday.
Community member
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Placeholder review. The parenting class changed how our whole house runs.
Parent
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Placeholder review. When we refer a family here, we know they will be followed up with.
School social worker
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Placeholder review. Respectful, fast, and they never made us feel like a case number.
Caregiver
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Community partners
We do not do this alone
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Georgia DFCSState agency
County School DistrictsEducation
Regional Hospital NetworkHealthcare
Local Faith CoalitionFaith community
Metro Food BankFood security
Housing Authority PartnersHousing
Workforce Development BoardEmployment
Community Business AllianceBusiness
Leadership
Meet our executive leadership
Leadership of STAY of Georgia.
T. Ronn Ross
Executive Director
Leads STAY of Georgia's day-to-day operations and program direction, working alongside families, staff, and community partners across the state.
Upcoming events
Come see us in person
Resource days, volunteer shifts, and seasonal drives across Georgia.
August 8
Back-to-School Backpack Drive
Free backpacks, supplies, haircuts, and on-site enrollment help for 600 Georgia students.
Parklake Community Lot, Tucker
August 20
Volunteer Orientation & Training
Everything new volunteers need: roles, boundaries, safety, and background check paperwork.
Tucker office + Zoom
September 12
Family Fun Day in the Park
Games, food, resource tables, and a chance to meet our team with no appointment required.
Henderson Park, DeKalb County
Ways to help
Your gift becomes something specific
Every amount maps to a real cost in a real household. Choose an amount, or give what fits.
Tell us what your family needs
Whether today is a crisis or you are planning three months ahead, one conversation is enough to know where to start.