Parents and Caregivers Resources

AgeWell Atlanta provides different counseling services for caregivers as support and advice in their caregiving journey.

Building Babies Brains highlights information and tools so that parents and caregivers can be their child's first and best teacher.

The Basics shares five science-based parenting and caregiving tenets that support social and emotional, cognitive development of children from birth to age five.

Caring Across Generations is working to build real, helpful, thoughtful care systems. They transform cultural norms and narratives about aging, disability and care; win policy change at every level; and unite a powerful coalition across the millions who are touched by care. There is a Georgia guide that can be found.

Center for Parent and Teen Communication helps parents raise teens prepared to thrive and they share practical tips for parenting teens today.

Child Mind Institute is dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders by giving them the help they need to thrive.

Family Caregiver Alliance: Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) seeks to improve the quality of life for caregivers through education, services, research, and advocacy. Through its National Center on Caregiving, FCA offers information on current social, public policy, and caregiving issues and provides assistance in the development of public and private programs for caregivers.

iChill App: This free app teaches six wellness skills from the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM)® and Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® to help you manage sensations associated with trauma and stress, enhancing your well-being.

Parent to Parent of Georgia: An organization that provides support to caregivers of individuals with disabilities. The organization has a multitude of programs for caregivers including the Parent to Parent is Georgia’s Parent Training Information Center (PTI) and parent support groups.

Parents Helping Parents: The Parent Stress Line offers a safe place for parents and caregivers to talk about the challenges of raising children and receive kindness, understanding, and the non-judgmental support needed to help prevent a situation from escalating into a crisis. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Parent Support Network:The Georgia Parent Support Network is dedicated to providing support, education, and advocacy for children and youth with mental illness, emotional disturbances, and behavioral differences and their families. These additional resources offer support, education and a source of community for parents and caregivers of children with mental health conditions.

PEACH Parenting shares resiliency building resources for parent/caregivers and their children.

Raising Resilience gives caregivers tips and tools to proactively build resilience in kids—all from Children's Health Care of Atlanta Strong4Life behavioral and mental health experts.

Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers: This organization focuses on helping family caregivers through advocacy and collaboration. This program provides free 24/7 crisis counseling for caregivers in need of support via a Crisis TEXT Line - text TOUGH to 741741. Additionally, RCI has partnered with Sharecare to offer a mini course through their mental wellbeing app, Unwinding with Sharecare, which is available to all caregivers for free on the website.

Strong 4 Life: “At Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, our mission is to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow. Strong4Life is one of the many ways we deliver on that promise”. Armed with a team of Children's doctors, therapists, nurses, registered dietitians and other wellness experts, Strong4Life has resources to help busy families raise healthy, safe, resilient kids.

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Parents and caregivers play an essential role in helping children and teenagers recover from traumatic events. These resources are for parents, adoptive parents, resource/foster parents, grandparents, caregivers, and all others who care for children and teens.