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Senior Services Abuse/Neglect Children’s Services Hall-Dawson CASA Dawson County Schools Family Services…....…...[PHONE REDACTED] Family Services 1736 Director of Youth Health Services 1125 Social Worker, serving children last name A-L 1042 Social Worker, serving children last name M-Z 1735 Div. of Child Support Services………..…………………..[PHONE REDACTED] Foster Care Support Foundation………..………….…….[PHONE REDACTED] Foster Parenting Opportunities…………...……..…....[PHONE REDACTED] Quality Care for Children……………………..………….….[PHONE REDACTED] The Way Home (Foster, Reunification, & Adoption Support) .[PHONE REDACTED] Thrive Together…………………………………………………..[PHONE REDACTED] (Foster Support, Therapy /Parenting Classes, Supervised visits) Wellroot Family Services…………………………………….[PHONE REDACTED] Adult Protective Services (Disabled/Senior Adults)….[PHONE REDACTED] Children’s Center for Hope & Healing…………...…[PHONE REDACTED] Div. of Family & Children Services…………….….….[PHONE REDACTED] Family Haven (Domestic Violence) (Cumming)…………...…....[PHONE REDACTED] Gateway House (Domestic Violence) (Gainesville)………...[PHONE REDACTED] No One Alone (Domestic Violence) (Lumpkin)………………..[PHONE REDACTED] Rape Response (Sexual Assault)…………………..………....[PHONE REDACTED] Basic Needs/Financial Assistance Div. of Family & Children Services…………….....….[PHONE REDACTED] (Adult Medicaid-eligibility, TANF/SNAP, child care assistance) Findhelp.org…………………………………………………………(internet site) KARE for Kids (Holiday & back to school assistance)…….….[PHONE REDACTED] Ninth District Opportunity………………………..…..…..[PHONE REDACTED] (Utilities & rental assistance, senior services) Saint Vincent de Paul (General financial assistance)……[PHONE REDACTED] Salvation Army (Homeless/rental assistance)……………..[PHONE REDACTED] Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Children’s beds)….[PHONE REDACTED] ext. 5710 Street Exit (Homeless assistance)……………………………..[PHONE REDACTED] The Place (Adult Medicaid-eligibility, TANF/SNAP, utilities & rental assistance) United Way (General financial assistance) ………….….………..[PHONE REDACTED] Counseling (*accepts adolescents) Access Grace Counseling……………………………...….…..[PHONE REDACTED] ACCARES Wellness Center..…………………………..…….…[PHONE REDACTED] ACE Community Support (Behavioral health)……………….[PHONE REDACTED] *Alpha Hope Counseling, Aruka Community Counseling Center……….….………[PHONE REDACTED] *Avita (Behavioral health)……………………………………..…..….[PHONE REDACTED] *Blue Ridge Counseling (In-home).…….………….……......[PHONE REDACTED] *Creative Play Solutions……………….…...…………….…....[PHONE REDACTED] Denise Houston, Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health…………………..[PHONE REDACTED] Eagle Overlook Recovery for Adolescents.….….........[PHONE REDACTED] Eagle *Family Counseling Associates of North [PHONE REDACTED] *Georgia *Georgia Mountains Healthy Kids (Age 10+)……………..[PHONE REDACTED] Jydes Family *Live Life Counseling, *MAM Counseling…………………...…………………….………...[PHONE REDACTED] New Name Ministries………………………………..……...…...[PHONE REDACTED] No Longer Bound (Recovery, men only)…………………...…...[PHONE REDACTED] *Positive Solutions for Life, Dr. Vance Wood…….….[PHONE REDACTED] Randall Overdoff, *Solutions for Growth…………………………..……………...[PHONE REDACTED] *Still Waters Counseling Center……………………….…..[PHONE REDACTED] site) *The Step Up Initiative (6-21 *The Way Counseling……………………..………………….…..[PHONE REDACTED] WINGeorgia (Behavioral health)………………….…..…………....[PHONE REDACTED] Developmental Services ARC of Avita (Developmental disabilities) Babies Can’t Wait (Screenings birth–age 3)…….….……..…..[PHONE REDACTED] ConnectAbility (Disability peer support)………………..……….[PHONE REDACTED] Creative Enterprises (Day program & job training) ……...[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Schools (Screenings ages 3-5)…….……....[PHONE REDACTED] Region Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities…...[PHONE REDACTED] Georgia Learning Resources System……………….….[PHONE REDACTED] Parent to Parent of Georgia (Support & training)....…..[PHONE REDACTED] Statewide Independent Living Council of GA……….[PHONE REDACTED] Walker Therapy (Equine therapy)…………………………..….…[PHONE REDACTED] Wiles Therapy for Kids (Occupational therapy)…………….[PHONE REDACTED] yellowpagesforkids.com/help/ga.htm…………………(internet site) This resource list is provided as a service by Dawson County Family Connection (DCFC). All information published herein is gathered from sources thought to be reliable and is not a complete list of all resources available to Dawson County citizens. Inclusion in this directory does not necessarily constitute an endorsement by DCFC. Requests for changes or inclusion in this directory are appreciated and should be sent to Transportation Dawson Transit……………………………………….……….[PHONE REDACTED] Support Groups Al-Anon/Alateen (Families of alcoholics)….……….….………..[PHONE REDACTED] Celebrate Recovery (Cross Bridge Community Church) .….[PHONE REDACTED] Divorce Care (Local [PHONE REDACTED] Divorce Care for Kids (Local [PHONE REDACTED] find.aageorgia.org (Alcoholics Anonymous)……………………(internet site) FOCUS (Families of children w/ disabilities)……..….………….…....[PHONE REDACTED] Grief Kinship (Caring for children when biological parents cannot)…..[PHONE REDACTED] NAMI (Individuals & families struggling w/ mental illness).……..[PHONE REDACTED] negana.org/en/meetings (Narcotics Anonymous) ………(internet site) Saprea (Adult sexual abuse survivors).…………….……………….[PHONE REDACTED] Survivors of Suicide…………………………….……..………..[PHONE REDACTED] The Full Circle (Young adults/teen & families) …………….….[PHONE REDACTED] Division of Aging Services………………………………......[PHONE REDACTED] Georgia Senior Legal Hotline………………….………..…..[PHONE REDACTED] Legacy Link Library (Homebound delivery)..……………………...……….......[PHONE REDACTED] North Georgia Assisted Living/Memory Care……...[PHONE REDACTED] Senior Center & Meals on Wheels……….……..….…...[PHONE REDACTED] Social Security Administration……………………........….[PHONE REDACTED] The Place (Food delivery, support, home repair)…………….…..[PHONE REDACTED] Updated 7/2024 Veteran Services About Face-USA (transition to civilian life)………………….[PHONE REDACTED] Combat Trauma Support Line…………………….……....[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson Vietnam Veterans Chapter…………….......[PHONE REDACTED] Georgia Dept of Veterans Services……..….…..…..[PHONE REDACTED] Georgia Mountains Health (VA CCN Urgent Care) …….[PHONE REDACTED] PTSD Foundation of America……...…………………..…..[PHONE REDACTED] US Dept of Veterans Affairs……………….……………..[PHONE REDACTED] ---PAGE BREAK--- Education Adult Education Center (GED/ESL)……………………………...[PHONE REDACTED] Angel Learning Center (Free Ga BMore Learning (Readiness skills for teens & parents)…….…..[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Board of Ed (Free Ga Pre-k)………………..[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Head Start (EHS, Fee Ga Pre-k)…………...[PHONE REDACTED] Georgia Youth Challenge Program (Alternative 16-18 y).[PHONE REDACTED] Jan’s Family Daycare (Free Ga Pre-k)…………………..……….[PHONE REDACTED] Lanier Technical College………………….…...……..………….[PHONE REDACTED] Mountain Education Charter High School…….……..….[PHONE REDACTED] SISU (Formerly Challenged Child & Friend)…………………...….…..[PHONE REDACTED] The Place (Free GED/ESL/Parenting/Literacy Classes) …………..[PHONE REDACTED] WEE Books (Free books ages White Oak Academy (Prominence Ct) (Free Ga Pre-k)………....[PHONE REDACTED] White Oak Academy (Grizzle Rd) (Free Ga Pre-k)………….......[PHONE REDACTED] Miscellaneous Employment Georgia Dept of Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency…………..……[PHONE REDACTED] Goodwill Career Center…………………………………..………...[PHONE REDACTED] Legacy Link The Place WorkSource Georgia Mountains……………………..………...[PHONE REDACTED] Enrichment/Youth 4-H Club (Dawson County Extension Office)………………….….……[PHONE REDACTED] Boy Scouts of America (NE Georgia Council)….……..…….....[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Parks and Recreation………..…….…....[PHONE REDACTED] Girl Scouts of Historic North Georgia………..….….........[PHONE REDACTED] Trusted V2 (Teen after-school program) Young Government/Local Dawson County Government…………...……………….……..[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Fire & EMT (Non-emergency)…………….....[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Environmental Health Dept…………...[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Humane Society………………….………….706- 265 9160 Dawson County Library Dawson County Sheriff’s Office (Non-emergency)…………….[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Tax Commission……………....................[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Voter Registration……….……….…….....[PHONE REDACTED] Dawsonville City Big Canoe Chapel Men's Fellowship……………………....[PHONE REDACTED] (Small home repairs, handicap ramps) Dawson County Animal Control ……………….…………..[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Chamber of Commerce……………....[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Health Dept (Birth/death certificates)……[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Humane Society…………………….….....[PHONE REDACTED] Disability Resource Center……………………………..…….[PHONE REDACTED] Family Law Information Center………………………...…...[PHONE REDACTED] Georgia Advocacy Office (For disabled/mentally ill)………..[PHONE REDACTED] Georgia Dept of Driver’s Services (Cumming)……….....[PHONE REDACTED] Georgia Legal Services Program……………….............[PHONE REDACTED] Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program……..[PHONE REDACTED] Healthy Paws for A Cause (Discounted veterinary needs).[PHONE REDACTED] Housing-Shelter Family Promise (Families only)…………………………..………..[PHONE REDACTED] Gainesville City Baptist (Men only) (Gainesville)..………......[PHONE REDACTED] Jars of Clay Jeremiah’s Place (Families only) (Dahlonega)………………....[PHONE REDACTED] My Sister’s Place (Women & children only) (Gainesville)………..[PHONE REDACTED] Salvation Army (Gainesville)…………………………....……........[PHONE REDACTED] Housing-Short Term/Hotel Amicalola Motel Holiday Inn Express…………………………………………………..[PHONE REDACTED] Super 8 by Quality Inn & Suites Housing-Long Term Rental Advenir at Dawson Hills………………………….………..…….[PHONE REDACTED] Alden Trace Apartments Cottages at Riley Place Covey Homes at Dawson Ridge…………………………..….[PHONE REDACTED] Dahlonega Rentals…………………………..…….…......[PHONE REDACTED] ext.2 Dawson Forest Apartments Dawsonville Courtyard Apartments..………..…..….....[PHONE REDACTED] Farmington Creek Farmington Woods Apartments………………..….…........[PHONE REDACTED] Gravitt & Dawsonville Apartments…………………..…...[PHONE REDACTED] Peaks of Pinewood Apartments………………………………..……...…..[PHONE REDACTED] Point Grand Dawsonville………………………………….…....[PHONE REDACTED] Shiloh Apartments………………………………………...….….….[PHONE REDACTED] The Crossings of Dawsonville………………………….….…..[PHONE REDACTED] Health Care Children’s Medical Services (Chronic conditions)……...[PHONE REDACTED] Dawson County Health Georgia Center of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing…. [PHONE REDACTED] Georgia Healthy Families Georgia Highlands Medical Services…….………….....[PHONE REDACTED] Georgia Mountains Health (Medical & counseling services available for uninsured patients) Georgiaoverdoseprevention.org………………..………..(internet site) Good Shepherd Clinic……………………………...….….…...[PHONE REDACTED] (Medical, dental, vision services for adults without insurance) Good Samaritan Health Clinic (Jasper)………..……....[PHONE REDACTED] Healthcare.gov (Affordable Care Insurance) ……………..…..(internet site) HopeLinc.org (Addiction Recovery) …………………………….[PHONE REDACTED] Laurelwood (Inpatient treatment)………..……..………….…...[PHONE REDACTED] (Katie Beckett Medicaid Waiver for children w/disabilities) …..[PHONE REDACTED] Northside Hospital Cancer Institute…..………………..[PHONE REDACTED] (Screenings available for low income or uninsured patients) North Cumming Dentistry (Medicaid & PeachCare)….....[PHONE REDACTED] North Georgia Pregnancy Services Center…..…..[PHONE REDACTED] PeachCare for Right from the Start Medicaid………………..…..………[PHONE REDACTED] (For children ages 0-19 & pregnant women) Urgent Medical Chestatee Emergent Medical Care……..………..[PHONE REDACTED] Northeast Georgia Physicians Group…………...[PHONE REDACTED] Northside Family Medicine & Urgent Care…….[PHONE REDACTED] Help Lines/Crisis Lines American Red Cross………………………………………….[PHONE REDACTED] American Red Cross (First Responder [PHONE REDACTED] CARES Warm Line/Help Line (Substance abuse)…….[PHONE REDACTED] Division of Family & Children Services………..…..[PHONE REDACTED] Georgia Crisis Text Line………………….…..…Text “Home” to 741741 Georgia Crisis & Access Line (GCAL)……………….…..[PHONE REDACTED] Poison Control Center……………………………...…….….[PHONE REDACTED] National Center Missing & Exploited Child……....[PHONE REDACTED] National Sexual Assault Hotline………………………..[PHONE REDACTED] No One Alone (Domestic abuse crisis line)………….…….....[PHONE REDACTED] Rape Response (Crisis line)……………………………...…….[PHONE REDACTED] SAMSHA National Helpline (Substance abuse)………...[PHONE REDACTED] The Trevor Project Monday Trinity Church 2685 Steve Tate Hwy Marble Hill, A 30143 4th Monday each month [PHONE REDACTED] Tuesday Dawson Community Foodbank 671 Lumpkin Campground Road Suite 30 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Every Tuesday 1pm-5pm [PHONE REDACTED] Thursday Christ Fellowship Church 139 Hightower Parkway Suite 100 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Every Thursday 4pm-6pm [PHONE REDACTED] Dawson Community Foodbank 671 Lumpkin Campground Road Suite 30 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Every Thursday 1pm-5pm [PHONE REDACTED] The Place 829 Highway 9 North Dawsonville, Ga 30534 Every Thursday 10am-1pm [PHONE REDACTED] Friday Dawson Community Foodbank 671 Lumpkin Campground Road Suite 30 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Every Friday 1pm-5pm [PHONE REDACTED] The Place 829 Highway 9 North Dawsonville, Ga 30534 Every Friday 10am-1pm [PHONE REDACTED] Saturday Dawson Community Foodbank 671 Lumpkin Campground Road Suite 30 Dawsonville, GA 30534 Every Saturday 11am-3pm [PHONE REDACTED] Hightower Baptist Association 8630 Wallace Tatum Rd Cumming, GA 30028 2nd Saturday of Month 8am-12pm [PHONE REDACTED] Under the Bridge Ministries 523 Ben Higgins Rd Dahlonega, GA 30533 2nd Saturday of Month 10am-1pm [PHONE REDACTED] Food Resource List Christ Fellowship Church (Delivery to shut –ins weekly. Contact Helyn Johnson) Dawson County Senior Service (Meals on Wheels) ……….[PHONE REDACTED] Meals by Grace (Home delivery 2nd Saturday of the month) …..[PHONE REDACTED] WIC (Nutritional program for Women, Infants, & Children)…………….[PHONE REDACTED]