This family has been working for the last 6 months to find a new apartment. They finally secured a new apartment. YAY. However, due to having to pay an initial deposit, first months rent and last months rent, they are now struggling with obtaining household items. The family reports needing help with providing their children items to help with day to day functioning: food, diapers, clothing, cleaning product, dishes, silverware, etc. The family consists of 7 household members. 4 out of the 5 kids have successfully transitioned home and have been reunified with their parents. The Department continues to monitor the overall well-being of these 4 children. The reasons the children came into custody was due to a lack of clean living environment and enough food in the home. In order to continue having the children remain with their family safely, they are needing support with the items. ANY assistance with these items would beneficial. The family reports a Walmart Gift Card would be sufficient.

Foster dad needs assistance covering costs for a at-home dog trainer for his dog. In order for the puppy to stop biting the foster children in the home. Their are two foster children who play with the puppy and can get a little rough with him. The dog trainer will focus on the puppy and make sure all family members know how to read cues and respect boundaries he displays. This service is too expensive for the foster provider to be able to cover.

Mother has 3 children and was recently involved in a severe domestic violence relationship. Mother is raising her 3 children and rebuilding their lives. Mother recently gained employment and has been having difficulty with her car. The radiator keeps overheating. She need assistance with getting the radiator repaired. This repair would allow her to maintain her employment and continue to strengthen her family. The dollar amount on this request is approximate and confirmed with the family and repairperson.

The mother of a 9 year old boy is in need of rent assistance. She has completed all necessary steps to reunify with the child, but needs housing. She is in need of $500 to help pay an old bill before she is able to move into her new apartment. This will help the mother begin trial home placement with her son.

We have a youth in our independent living program at a placement who needs assistance with caring for her son who is 1 years old. The youth was in a ILP program that closed and did not receive her deposit that was supposed to reimburse her prior to closing. This caused a hardship for the mother and she needed to purchase items for the 1 y/o such as clothing, diapers, etc. The youth also got behind on expenses such as her car note and car insurance. We are trying to request a $300 visa gift card to help the youth recover from hardship.

This is a family with a single mother and 4 children - a 14 year old male, an 11 year old female, a 9 year old female, and an 8 year old male. The children's beds are in very bad shape and the frames are cracked and unsafe. The family has very limited income and unable to purchase beds for the children. The family needs 2 sets of bunk beds with mattresses OR 4 single mattresses with frames. Thank you.

The guardians are grandparents who are raising their grandchildren on a limited income. The heat has been unbearable for the family this summer. The family has a MasterCool AC unit that takes the largest pads in a 6500 CFM and are needing A/C pads. I did some google searching with this information and I found that the largest pads are 12 inches. They sell them per boxes and not individually. I found them listed on home depot.

The guardians are grandparents who are raising their grandchildren on a limited income. The heat has been unbearable for the family this summer. The family has a MasterCool AC unit that takes the largest pads in a 6500 CFM and are needing A/C pads. I did some google searching with this information and I found that the largest pads are 12 inches. They sell them per boxes and not individually. I found them listed on home depot.

One sweet little boy is wanting to go to summer camp before summer is over and we need help funding it. This sweet 7 year old boy has never been to summer camp and was barley in school while with his parents, so he is struggling being behind. This sweet boy is very kind, loving and adventurous and would love to make some friends and have a week to just be a kid.

2 of my sweet kids will be moving to their maternal uncle and his wife soon. The Uncle is coming home from the military with absolutely no baby/toddler items, as they do not have children of their own. The family has stepped up to take on 2 children who have been exposed to multiple drugs and domestic violence while in their parents care. These children are on their 3rd foster home and hoping this kinship will be their forever home. These kids have been through so much at such a young age and do not deserve to be bounced around house to house. Uncle and his wife will need the essentials for the children as soon as they come home. They need help with a double stroller, 2 car seat , 2 mattresses. I have pictures that I can send to help out, from Amazon. Anything is helpful for this sweet family.

We have a single woman who has taken in two young children who had nothing with them. She is struggling to meet their needs and is working on becoming a licensed foster home so she can start receiving funds and additional resources for them. She is currently struggling with being able to do laundry due to not having a washer and dryer and leaving to do laundry is cutting in to the time she is able to spend working and is adding to the amount of stress the caregiver has. We are asking for a washer and dryer for this family so that our caregiver is able to have one less thing to stress about every week on a very tight budget and with little help.

The Department is in need of urgent assistance in obtaining a UBER gift card to help a parent obtain transportation to court ordered visits her children beginning Saturday July 2nd. The parent is in need to travel from Dekalb County to Forsyth County every other Saturday for a round trip twice per month. Please help with a VISA/Master Card gift card to ensure parent is able to transport to see her children.

Who needs help? The Department is working with a single adoptive father of four children, ages 11, 13, 14, and 17 who were residing on a family member's property in a camper. The family member's property experienced fire damage and adoptive father had personal items for himself and the children stored in the home. Adoptive father receives retirement money but did not account for the extra expenses that have risen due to the fire damage. What do they need? Adoptive father could use assistance in $200 in order to pay for his 17 y/o child's missing retainer through Arango Ortho and approximately $455 for 30 Yard dumpster rental to remove fire debris from the property. What will happen if this need is met? If the need is met, this will help adoptive father use his limited income to continue to provide the basic needs of the children, such as food, clothing. Adoptive father is staying on the property while debris is cleaned up and is hoping to quickly clean up and being able to find a new property or permanent home for the family.

Children's Division has a report of concern for family of 5. Dad works outside the home and mom is a stay at home parent. There are two school age children 10 and 8, and one toddler 2yrs, in the home. Since COVID, the family is struggling financially. Dad reports they are pay check to pay check and with their medical and credit card debts, and increasing prices they are struggling to make ends meet. The family could use assistance with the following: Medical debt: $1700.00 Groceries: $350.00

Who needs help? Mother of 6 month old child What do they need? Mother of child needs help with gas because mother recently lost her job and is limited on finances. Mother of child is currently in the Family Treatment Drug Court Program and needs gas to be able to attend court, community support meetings, and therapy and currently has absolutely no gas their car. What will happen if this need is met? Mother of child will be able to complete all the court responsibilities to enhance the likelihood of mother getting and keeping custody of the child.

Who needs help? Mother of six month old child What do they need? Mother of child is in need of child necessities such as diapers, wipes, baby food, more interactive toys, baby oral gel, teething toys, baby shampoo and lotion. Mother of child is currently in the Family Treatment Drug Program, attends weekly treatment to work towards full supervision with child and graduation, but recently lost her job. What will happen if this need is met? The baby is turning seven months old in July and is currently teething and eating a more variety of baby foods. If this need is met then the mother of child will be able to provide the baby with more diapers, and have variety of toys to play and interact with the baby, be able to sooth her teething process, and buy bath time supplies.

Children's Division has a report of concern on a family of 3 (One adult and two children ages 8 and 4). Mom is a single parent who has recently lost her support network. Her grandfather passed and grandmother is in poor health. Mom is unemployed and has no reliable transportation. Mom is struggling to maintain an clean and sanitary home. She is in need of cleaning supplies and a carpet cleaner (made for pets). Mom needs mental health services; however, cannot obtain services until she pays her bill. The home also needs professional exterminator for bug issues, and the family could use groceries. The family is not using government assistance; however, mom plans to apply for Medicaid and food stamps next week. If able, the children could use tablets for school. Note: Family is participating in IIS as a preventive measure to protective custody. Medical Debt: $200.00 Burkhart family practice Carpet Cleaner: Hoover PowerDash Pet Compact Carpet Cleaner, Shampooer Machine $99 plus tax-Amazon Extermination Services: $200 Groceries: $200.00 2 Fire Tablets: Amazon Fire 7 tablet, 7" display, 16 GB, $49 plus tax Any assistance is appreciated. God Bless!

Single mother and daughter working on their relationship. Mother has trust issues working with DCCCA. Mother recovered from severe COVID recently and income has not been stable due to side effects of covid. Mother lost her job after being sick due to mental health of teen daughter. Mother recently started a new job and has missed a lot due to severe health issues. As a result mother has not been able to provide for home. DCCCA is looking for a donor willing to pay for daughters apple IPAD repair @ I Break U Fix. The daughter's birthday was a couple weeks ago and due to health issues and finances mother was unable to do anything for her. Having this IPAD repair bill paid would be a blessing and gift to both mother and daughter. The IPAD charging port was replaced and is ready for pickup when payment is made. This mother has had a lot of trust issues working with DCCCA and assistance with this would allow mother to know she is making good choices in taking care of her health. Mother has a lot of anxiety about not working and paying bills as she has never been behind or late on bills. As a result, she tends to focus on these things vs. her and daughter's health concerns.

Mother is currently in sober living and has 45+ days of sobriety. This has been a challenging road for mom and the team is excited and proud of her and her progress and feels this would be an appropriate reward and incentive her mom to continue her progress. Mom is requesting a donation for her to take the children to the zoo and have a family day. Mom is currently unemployed and does not have the financial resources that would allow her to have this excursion. Mom was previously in inpatient for 30 days and was discharged successfully. Mom is engaged in unsupervised visitation. The children have been in placement for the past five months.

CASA has a case with three children who are living with grandparents locally after getting in the middle of a severe domestic violence incident between their mom and her significant other. The children have asked to go to rock climbing camp at the end of this summer. CASA has used our scholarship fund to fund $250 to each child, but the remaining balance for camp is $50 for each child. CASA is asking a community member to please consider paying the remaining $150 so the children may attend this camp. Thank you!