The Georgia

Radio Reading Service, Community Advanced Practice Nurses Inc., the Helping

Hands Holiday Dinner Inc., and other community-based agencies were recommended

to the board by the Human Services Coordinating Committee.

Selected non-profit

agencies in north Fulton County Commission District 3 will receive a total

of $276,000; Sandy Springs District 4 will receive $471,400; northwest

Atlanta/southwest Fulton District 5 will receive $875,000; central/east

Atlanta District 6 will receive $2.02 million; and southwest/south Fulton

District 7 will receive $817,695.

The HSCC consists

of representatives from county departments and councils specializing in

the funded categories. The Fulton County Human Services Department administers

the grants.

Here, by district,

are the agencies that will receive funding:

District 3

(Commissioner Bob Fulton) Housing Initiative of North Fulton; Mary Hall

Freedom House; North Fulton Community Charities; The North Fulton Child

Development Association, Inc.; The STAR House Foundation Inc.; and YMCA

of Metropolitan Atlanta (Ed Isakson/Alpharetta Branch).

District 4

(Commissioner Tom Lowe) Absolutely Positive+, Inc.; American Red Cross,

Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter; Auditory-Verbal Center of Atlanta Inc.;

Center for Pan-Asian Community Services Inc.; Community Action Center

Inc.; Georgia Council on Child Abuse Inc.; Georgia Radio Reading Service;

Hillside Inc.; Jerusalem House Inc.; Latin American Association; LIFESPAN

Resources Inc.; Literacy Volunteers of America ­ Metropolitan Atlanta;

Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta Inc.; Project Open Hand; Quality

Care for Children Inc.; Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services Inc.; and The

Adaptive Learning Center for Infants and Children Inc.

District 5

(Vice Chairman Emma I. Darnell) Achor Center Inc.; Atlanta Community Food

Bank; Communities in Schools of Atlanta; Community Advanced Practice Nurses

Inc.; Compeer Atlanta Inc.; Cool Girls Inc.; Furniture Bank-Fulton Collaborative

Transitional Housing; Furniture Bank of Atlanta; Genesis Shelter, Inc.;

Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc.; Northwest Youth Power Inc.; Senior

Citizen Services of Metropolitan Atlanta Inc.; SERO-NSSFNS; Sickle Cell

Foundation of Georgia Inc.; The Bridge; The Young Adult Guidance Center

Inc.; Transition House Inc.; Viewpoint of Metropolitan Atlanta Inc.; and

Wholistic Stress Control Institute Inc.

District 6

(Commissioner Nancy A. Boxill) AIDS Survival Project; Alternate Life Paths

Program Inc.; Antioch Urban Ministries Inc.; APPLE Corps Inc.; Atlanta

Children's Shelter Inc.; Atlanta Enterprise Center Inc.; Atlanta Legal

Aid Society; Atlanta Union Mission; Atlanta Urban League Inc.; Atlanta

Volunteer Lawyers Foundation Inc.; Atlanta/Fulton Commission on Children

and Youth; Beacon of Hope Inc.; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta;

Butler Street YMCA; Carver Workers Cooperative; Center for the Visually

Impaired; Childkind Inc.; CHRIS Homes Inc.; Community Concerns Inc.; Consumer

Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta Inc.; Crossroads Community

Ministries; Fulton Atlanta Action Authority Inc.; Georgia Center for Children,

Inc.; Georgia Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty Inc.; Hands On Atlanta;

Literacy Action Inc.; Living Room; Men Stopping Violence Inc.; Meridian

Education Resource Group Inc., dba Whitefoord Community Program; Metro

Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless; Midtown Assistance Center Inc.; National

AIDS Education & Services for Minorities Inc.; National Black Men's

Health Network Inc.; Nicholas House Inc., dba Boulevard House; Pathways

Community Network Inc.; Progressive Redevelopment Inc. ­ The Welcome

House; Project Connect of Jewish Family & Career Services; Samaritan

House of Atlanta Inc.; SCLC WOMEN Inc. (Women's Org. Movement for Equality

Now); Southeast Family YMCA; St. Jude's Recovery Center Inc.; The Council

on Aging; The Partnership Against Domestic Violence; The Sheltering Arms;

The Sullivan Center Inc.; Travelers Aid-Stepping Ahead! Program; Travelers

Aid Battered Women and Children/Outreach Program; Turning Point Enterprises

Inc.; YES!Atlanta (Youth Experiencing Success); and YWCA of Greater Atlanta.

District 7

(Commissioner William "Bill" Edwards) Aniz Inc.; Community Opportunity

Centers Inc.; Families First (formerly Child Service & Family Counseling);

Genesis Prevention Coalition Inc.; Helping Hands Holiday Dinner Inc.;

Metro Atlanta Respite & Developmental Services Inc.; Metropolitan

Atlanta Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc.; Nonprofits for Nonprofits

Inc.; Providence Learning Center & Development Corporation ­

Father's Resource Center; Quality Living Services Inc.; Rehabilitation-Exposure

Inc.; Restoring Individuals and Society Thru Empowerment (RISE); South

Fulton Community Coalition Inc.; Spectrum Technical Institute Inc.; Tapestry

Youth Ministries Inc.; Teens at Work Inc.; The National Urban Coalition

for Unity and Peace Inc.; Women's Crisis Center Inc.; YMCA of Metropolitan

Atlanta Inc.

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