Resources for Parents
Hispanic Scholarship Fund http://www.hsf.net/
Colorin Colorado http://www.colorincolorado.org/
TESOL http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp
NABE http://www.nabe.org/
NCELA (National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition) http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/
Ga Department of Education http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/
Ga TESOL http://www.georgiatesol.wildapricot.org/
Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/
WIDA http://www.wida.us/
Georgia Standards https://www.georgiastandards.org/Pages/default.aspx
Pew Hispanic Center http://pewhispanic.org/
Universities
Kennesaw http://www.kennesaw.edu/
University of Georgia http://www.uga.edu/
Georgia State University http://www.gsu.edu/
Georgia Tech http://www.gatech.edu/
Chattahoochee Tech http://www.chattcollege.com/
Adult ESL Classes
Cobb Adult Education
Cobb Center 240 Barber Road Marietta,
GA 30060
Phone: 678-594-8011 ext. 245
Chattahoochee Technical College
North Metro Campus
5198 Ross Road
Acworth, GA 30102
Phone: 770-975-4271
Midway - A Five-Star Focused Church
3915 Carrollton Villa Rica Hwy
Villa Rica, Ga
Wednesday Nights 6:30-8:00 PM
URL:www.midwaychurch.com Phone: 770-776-6166
Paulding County Community Resources
Helping Hands of Paulding County- 240 Professional Court, Dallas, Ga 30132
770-443-1230, Monday-Friday 10:00am- 2:00pm.
This program provides services which include help with food, rent, utilities, and medication.
Warehouse of Hope- 100 Hunter Road, Douglasville, Ga 30134,
770-489-0509 www.warehouseofhope.org
ext.28, Food Bank: Tuesday & Wednesday 9:00am-1:45am, Thursday 9:00am-1:45pm and 4:30pm- 7:45pm Clothing: Tuesday-Wednesday 9:00am- 1:30pm, Thursday 9:00am- 1:30pm and 4:00pm-6:30pm. Our goal is to provide good quality clothing to families. We have women’s, children’s, and men’s clothing. First time visitors must complete a short orientation that describes our services and how it works.
Family Alliance of Paulding- 201 Oak St. Hiram, Ga.,
678-202-5777 www.familyallianceofpaulding.org
This organization is committed to promoting activities that enrich the lives and address the needs, issues, and concerns of women, men, and their families by providing community leadership, advocacy, education, vital social services, and opportunities for individual development.
Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. 1775 Clairmont Road, Decatur
404-325-3630 www.lionslighthouse.org
Vision and hearing services are provided for the needy throughout the state. Services include the Mobile Eye Clinic, a recycled glasses program, financial aid for services such as prosthetic eyes and surgery, low-cost glasses and recycle hearing aids. Income verification required.
Right from the Start Medicaid- 823 Macland Road, Dallas
770-443-7838 www.rsm.dhr.state.ga.us
Providing free and low cost comprehensive health care coverage to families.
Clothes Been- 551 Hardee Street Dallas, Ga
770-442-7490 Monday- Saturday 9:00am-1:00pm
This service of the Interagency Council provides clothing and some household items for low income families for a very low nominal fee. Also help with medical, dental and doctor expenses up to $100 a year. Help families for Christmas by providing donations of $100 per family for food.
Higher Ground Community Initiative- 4215 Jimmy Lee Smith Pkwy., Ste 19 #22 Hiram, Ga
770-621-2616
Services the educational, financial, personal growth |
