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Atlanta Map of Services
Highlighted in this map is Atlanta Council District 2 and the services within (not exhaustive).
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Consumer Credit Counseling Services
www.cccsatl.org
100 Edgewood Avenue Suite 1800
Atlanta, GA 30303
Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS) of Greater Atlanta has provided confidential debt-related counseling to individuals since 1964.
Atlanta business and community leaders headed by Mills Lane, president of Citizens & Southern National Bank, led the effort to establish CCCS of Greater Atlanta in the early 1960s. The agency was created as credit cards gained popularity to provide help for consumers having trouble managing debt. Incorporated in 1963, CCCS of Greater Atlanta opened its doors in Atlanta in 1964 as one of the first few such counseling services in the country. It is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization.
CCCS of Greater Atlanta dedicated itself to educating consumers in the wise use of credit. The agency’s mission was also to provide an impartial forum to help people manage and resolve debt problems. The agency quickly put in place a professional staff to offer free budget counseling, set up Debt Management Plans as deemed appropriate, and sponsored educational seminars.
CCCS of Greater Atlanta has always been governed by a community-based board of directors. Non-affiliated dignitaries who have endorsed the agency’s mission over the years include President Jimmy Carter, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron.
The agency has maintained a partnership with the United Way and earned accreditation from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling and the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services.
For most of its history, the agency focused on in-person counseling offered in its offices spread around the Atlanta area. However, changes in technology and in federal law have greatly impacted the agency’s operations since the new millennium.
In 2000 CCCS of Greater Atlanta made substantial investments to upgrade its phone systems and improve its Internet accessibility. The new technology paved the way for the agency’s rapid growth in the ensuing years. In 2000 the agency provided counseling to 16,000 clients by phone and 5,000 over the Internet. In 2007, the agency’s bankruptcy clients alone accounted for more than 137,000 Internet counseling sessions. More than 28,000 people filing for bankruptcy received phone counseling from the agency.
A key reason for the agency’s increase in bankruptcy counseling during this time was the passage of the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act. The law changed several of the rules for personal bankruptcy and added a new counseling requirement. To show they have received bankruptcy counseling, people must acquire a pre-filing and pre-discharge certificate from an agency approved by the Executive Office for United States Trustees. CCCS of Greater Atlanta was one of the first counseling agencies to receive approval to issue these certificates.
Since 2000, CCCS of Greater Atlanta has also expanded its face-to-face counseling capability outside its long-time home in Georgia. In 2001, the agency assumed responsibility for operations of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Palm Beach County/Treasure Coast in Florida. In 2004, the agency acquired the consumer credit counseling program of the Mississippi Children’s Home Services in Jackson, Miss. Also in 2004, the agency initiated a merger with Consumer Credit Counseling Service of East Tennessee in Knoxville. To better reflect the agency’s growing footprint, in 2004 Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta began using the name CredAbility and the phrase “A Member of the CredAbility™ Network” to describe its family of agencies.
CCCS of Greater Atlanta also expanded its cultural outreach in recent years. The agency began increasing its services to Spanish-speaking consumers in 2003 with the support of grants from the Goizueta Foundation and the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta. With the new funding, the agency increased bilingual staff, published materials in Spanish and developed a Spanish-language version of its Web site.
In October 2007 the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced CCCS of Greater Atlanta as a member of a new national alliance created to help homeowners who may not be able to pay their mortgages. The alliance reaches out to borrowers in distress to advise them to contact their lenders or a nonprofit credit counseling agency through the hotline number, 1.888.995.HOPE.
100 Edgewood Avenue Suite 1800
Atlanta, GA 30303
Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS) of Greater Atlanta has provided confidential debt-related counseling to individuals since 1964.
Atlanta business and community leaders headed by Mills Lane, president of Citizens & Southern National Bank, led the effort to establish CCCS of Greater Atlanta in the early 1960s. The agency was created as credit cards gained popularity to provide help for consumers having trouble managing debt. Incorporated in 1963, CCCS of Greater Atlanta opened its doors in Atlanta in 1964 as one of the first few such counseling services in the country. It is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization.
CCCS of Greater Atlanta dedicated itself to educating consumers in the wise use of credit. The agency’s mission was also to provide an impartial forum to help people manage and resolve debt problems. The agency quickly put in place a professional staff to offer free budget counseling, set up Debt Management Plans as deemed appropriate, and sponsored educational seminars.
CCCS of Greater Atlanta has always been governed by a community-based board of directors. Non-affiliated dignitaries who have endorsed the agency’s mission over the years include President Jimmy Carter, former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron.
The agency has maintained a partnership with the United Way and earned accreditation from the National Foundation for Credit Counseling and the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services.
For most of its history, the agency focused on in-person counseling offered in its offices spread around the Atlanta area. However, changes in technology and in federal law have greatly impacted the agency’s operations since the new millennium.
In 2000 CCCS of Greater Atlanta made substantial investments to upgrade its phone systems and improve its Internet accessibility. The new technology paved the way for the agency’s rapid growth in the ensuing years. In 2000 the agency provided counseling to 16,000 clients by phone and 5,000 over the Internet. In 2007, the agency’s bankruptcy clients alone accounted for more than 137,000 Internet counseling sessions. More than 28,000 people filing for bankruptcy received phone counseling from the agency.
A key reason for the agency’s increase in bankruptcy counseling during this time was the passage of the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act. The law changed several of the rules for personal bankruptcy and added a new counseling requirement. To show they have received bankruptcy counseling, people must acquire a pre-filing and pre-discharge certificate from an agency approved by the Executive Office for United States Trustees. CCCS of Greater Atlanta was one of the first counseling agencies to receive approval to issue these certificates.
Since 2000, CCCS of Greater Atlanta has also expanded its face-to-face counseling capability outside its long-time home in Georgia. In 2001, the agency assumed responsibility for operations of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Palm Beach County/Treasure Coast in Florida. In 2004, the agency acquired the consumer credit counseling program of the Mississippi Children’s Home Services in Jackson, Miss. Also in 2004, the agency initiated a merger with Consumer Credit Counseling Service of East Tennessee in Knoxville. To better reflect the agency’s growing footprint, in 2004 Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta began using the name CredAbility and the phrase “A Member of the CredAbility™ Network” to describe its family of agencies.
CCCS of Greater Atlanta also expanded its cultural outreach in recent years. The agency began increasing its services to Spanish-speaking consumers in 2003 with the support of grants from the Goizueta Foundation and the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta. With the new funding, the agency increased bilingual staff, published materials in Spanish and developed a Spanish-language version of its Web site.
In October 2007 the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced CCCS of Greater Atlanta as a member of a new national alliance created to help homeowners who may not be able to pay their mortgages. The alliance reaches out to borrowers in distress to advise them to contact their lenders or a nonprofit credit counseling agency through the hotline number, 1.888.995.HOPE.
NeighborWorks America
www.hddc.net
522 Auburn Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30312
404-215-9095
OUR MISSION
The Historic District Development Corporation (HDDC) is a community-based, nonprofit organization whose mission is to facilitate the preservation and revitalization of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic District and other historic/preservation communities.
OUR HISTORY
Historic District Development Corporation (HDDC) was organized in 1980 as an all volunteer neighborhood-based organization with a charge to rehabilitate and revitalize the residential and commercial properties in the Sweet Auburn/Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic District. As a non-profit community development corporation, HDDC is comprised of neighborhood residents, community leaders, community business people, and professional advisors. HDDC’s goal is to restore the area to the proud, economically diverse, and viable community that once existed as it maintains its historic character while preventing displacement of long-term residents.
The Historic District lies within the Old Forth Ward which was settled in the early 19th century by whites and free blacks. Residents came from all walks of life from physicians to Pullman porters, maids to ministers, contractors to cooks. One of the oldest neighborhoods in the City of Atlanta, its historic significance is greatly enhanced by the fact that Dr. King was born, lived and preached here. Dr. King’s family lived on Auburn Avenue until l94l and continued to live in the neighborhood until 1948. Dr. King returned to Atlanta in 1960 and served as co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, with his father MLK, Sr., until his untimely death in 1968.
OUR COMMITMENT
Our neighborhood, once the mecca of African-American prominence in Atlanta, is now making a dramatic comeback because of the collaborative revitalization efforts of community residents, concerned citizens, and civic, corporate and governmental leadership. Historic District Development Corporation is proud to lead the way in rebuilding, restoring, and revitalization this vitally historic neighborhood. Our commitment encompasses 3 ideals:
1. Historic preservation—retraining the historic and cultural character of the existing community;
2. Non-displacement—maintaining neighborhood diversity by intervening and improving life opportunities for residents; and
3. Sustainability—linking mixed-income, mixed-use development to sustainable economic growth, thereby creating an environment where families can be self-sufficient.
HDDC is a charter member of NeighborWorks® America which is comprised of local NeighborWorks organizations and Neighborhood Housing Services of America. The mission of NeighborWorks is to create opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives and strengthen their communities. HDDC’s other affiliates are:
* Metropolitan Atlanta Community Development Corporation (MACDC)
* Atlanta Housing Association of Neighborhood Developers (AHAND)
* Georgia State Trade Association of Nonprofit Developers
(G-STAND)
* Enterprise Community Partners
* Atlanta Bureau of Housing
If you are interested in finding out more about any of theses organizations, click on the appropriate link.
Links:
NeighborWorks® America
www.nw.org
Georgia State Trade Association of Nonprofit Developers
www.gstand.org
Atlanta Housing Association of Neighborhood Developers
www.ahand.org
522 Auburn Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30312
404-215-9095
OUR MISSION
The Historic District Development Corporation (HDDC) is a community-based, nonprofit organization whose mission is to facilitate the preservation and revitalization of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic District and other historic/preservation communities.
OUR HISTORY
Historic District Development Corporation (HDDC) was organized in 1980 as an all volunteer neighborhood-based organization with a charge to rehabilitate and revitalize the residential and commercial properties in the Sweet Auburn/Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic District. As a non-profit community development corporation, HDDC is comprised of neighborhood residents, community leaders, community business people, and professional advisors. HDDC’s goal is to restore the area to the proud, economically diverse, and viable community that once existed as it maintains its historic character while preventing displacement of long-term residents.
The Historic District lies within the Old Forth Ward which was settled in the early 19th century by whites and free blacks. Residents came from all walks of life from physicians to Pullman porters, maids to ministers, contractors to cooks. One of the oldest neighborhoods in the City of Atlanta, its historic significance is greatly enhanced by the fact that Dr. King was born, lived and preached here. Dr. King’s family lived on Auburn Avenue until l94l and continued to live in the neighborhood until 1948. Dr. King returned to Atlanta in 1960 and served as co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, with his father MLK, Sr., until his untimely death in 1968.
OUR COMMITMENT
Our neighborhood, once the mecca of African-American prominence in Atlanta, is now making a dramatic comeback because of the collaborative revitalization efforts of community residents, concerned citizens, and civic, corporate and governmental leadership. Historic District Development Corporation is proud to lead the way in rebuilding, restoring, and revitalization this vitally historic neighborhood. Our commitment encompasses 3 ideals:
1. Historic preservation—retraining the historic and cultural character of the existing community;
2. Non-displacement—maintaining neighborhood diversity by intervening and improving life opportunities for residents; and
3. Sustainability—linking mixed-income, mixed-use development to sustainable economic growth, thereby creating an environment where families can be self-sufficient.
HDDC is a charter member of NeighborWorks® America which is comprised of local NeighborWorks organizations and Neighborhood Housing Services of America. The mission of NeighborWorks is to create opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives and strengthen their communities. HDDC’s other affiliates are:
* Metropolitan Atlanta Community Development Corporation (MACDC)
* Atlanta Housing Association of Neighborhood Developers (AHAND)
* Georgia State Trade Association of Nonprofit Developers
(G-STAND)
* Enterprise Community Partners
* Atlanta Bureau of Housing
If you are interested in finding out more about any of theses organizations, click on the appropriate link.
Links:
NeighborWorks® America
www.nw.org
Georgia State Trade Association of Nonprofit Developers
www.gstand.org
Atlanta Housing Association of Neighborhood Developers
www.ahand.org
1 Economy
www.one-economy.com
100 Edgewood Avenue
Suite 1009
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 474-1412
One Economy Corporation is a global nonprofit organization that uses innovative approaches to deliver the power of technology and information to low-income people, giving them valuable tools for building better lives.
We help bring broadband into the homes of low-income people, employ youth to train their community members to use technology effectively, and provide public-purpose media properties that offer a wealth of information on education, jobs, health care and other vital issues.
Our mission is to maximize the potential of technology to help low-income people improve their lives and enter the economic mainstream.
100 Edgewood Avenue
Suite 1009
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 474-1412
One Economy Corporation is a global nonprofit organization that uses innovative approaches to deliver the power of technology and information to low-income people, giving them valuable tools for building better lives.
We help bring broadband into the homes of low-income people, employ youth to train their community members to use technology effectively, and provide public-purpose media properties that offer a wealth of information on education, jobs, health care and other vital issues.
Our mission is to maximize the potential of technology to help low-income people improve their lives and enter the economic mainstream.
Georgia Consortium for Personal Literacy
www.georgiaconsortium.org
* Approaches financial literacy without any age barriers
* Participates as one of 46 state affiliates of the national Jump$tart Coalition in Washington, D.C. which focuses on your financial literacy
* Serves as a clearinghouse for materials and resources designed to promote personal financial literacy
* Coordinates a state-wide consortium of individuals and organizations committed to educating Georgians about life-long financial issues
* Operates as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation
* Works to raise awareness and educate Georgians of important financial literacy issues that impact their lives
* Creates an environment for people to come together, discuss, and learn about important financial issues
* Approaches financial literacy without any age barriers
* Participates as one of 46 state affiliates of the national Jump$tart Coalition in Washington, D.C. which focuses on your financial literacy
* Serves as a clearinghouse for materials and resources designed to promote personal financial literacy
* Coordinates a state-wide consortium of individuals and organizations committed to educating Georgians about life-long financial issues
* Operates as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation
* Works to raise awareness and educate Georgians of important financial literacy issues that impact their lives
* Creates an environment for people to come together, discuss, and learn about important financial issues
Hillside Cottages
http://www.hside.org/history.asp
1301 Monroe Drive
Atlanta, GA
690 Courtenay Drive
Atlanta, GA
About Us
More than 100 years ago, three women - Mrs. Levi B. Nelson, Mrs. Edgar Poe McBurney, and Mrs. J.P. Averill - took the initial steps to form Atlanta's first social service agency, later to become Hillside.
- In 1888 following a severe winter storm, these pioneering women called a meeting to discuss the tragic situation of homeless women and needy children. A sponsoring group of 28 women petitioned Fulton County, Georgia and the Home for the Friendless was formed.
- The Atlanta Community Chest, now United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, was organized in 1924. The Home was a founding member.
- In 1926, eight acres of rolling woodland on Courtenay Dr. in Atlanta were purchased, and plans created for cottage-type residential buildings. Kiwanians had a log rolling at the new site, Kiwanis wives brought a picnic lunch, and the first building was constructed - a log hut for the children.
- With the move to Courtenay Dr. in 1930, the agency's name was changed to Hillside Cottages - A Friendly Home for Children. The cottages provided short-term care for school-aged children during periods of family emergency.
- In response to growing community needs, residential treatment for emotionally disturbed adolescents was introduced in 1970. Facilities were remodeled and staff restructured to conform to standards needed for this type of program.
- In 1987, Hillside was licensed as a specialty psychiatric hospital. As we entered the second century of service to the community, the cottages remained filled to capacity and the waiting list grew.
- Hillside expanded services again in 1995. Recognizing that some children who have been in residential treatment are not ready or able to return to their home communities, the Therapeutic Foster Care program was launched. The program:
- Enables children to live with specially trained foster families
- Participate in community activities
- Utilize community resources
- Bridging the transition back to the home community is also a key factor in treatment success. The Hillside Community Intervention Program (HCIP) was created in 1998 to provide family-based treatment services and intervention for:
- Children who have been in institutional treatment for behavior disorders and/or substance abuse, or
- When a child is at high risk for being placed out of the home
1301 Monroe Drive
Atlanta, GA
690 Courtenay Drive
Atlanta, GA
About Us
More than 100 years ago, three women - Mrs. Levi B. Nelson, Mrs. Edgar Poe McBurney, and Mrs. J.P. Averill - took the initial steps to form Atlanta's first social service agency, later to become Hillside.
- In 1888 following a severe winter storm, these pioneering women called a meeting to discuss the tragic situation of homeless women and needy children. A sponsoring group of 28 women petitioned Fulton County, Georgia and the Home for the Friendless was formed.
- The Atlanta Community Chest, now United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, was organized in 1924. The Home was a founding member.
- In 1926, eight acres of rolling woodland on Courtenay Dr. in Atlanta were purchased, and plans created for cottage-type residential buildings. Kiwanians had a log rolling at the new site, Kiwanis wives brought a picnic lunch, and the first building was constructed - a log hut for the children.
- With the move to Courtenay Dr. in 1930, the agency's name was changed to Hillside Cottages - A Friendly Home for Children. The cottages provided short-term care for school-aged children during periods of family emergency.
- In response to growing community needs, residential treatment for emotionally disturbed adolescents was introduced in 1970. Facilities were remodeled and staff restructured to conform to standards needed for this type of program.
- In 1987, Hillside was licensed as a specialty psychiatric hospital. As we entered the second century of service to the community, the cottages remained filled to capacity and the waiting list grew.
- Hillside expanded services again in 1995. Recognizing that some children who have been in residential treatment are not ready or able to return to their home communities, the Therapeutic Foster Care program was launched. The program:
- Enables children to live with specially trained foster families
- Participate in community activities
- Utilize community resources
- Bridging the transition back to the home community is also a key factor in treatment success. The Hillside Community Intervention Program (HCIP) was created in 1998 to provide family-based treatment services and intervention for:
- Children who have been in institutional treatment for behavior disorders and/or substance abuse, or
- When a child is at high risk for being placed out of the home
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