Healing Hearts of Families USA Ministries Inc. provides services to support single mothers, children, and families impacted by incarceration. The organization aims to promote family stability through counseling, mentoring, education, and other programs. Services address issues like domestic violence, housing, job training, and support groups for children with incarcerated parents. Healing Hearts was founded in 2000 in Georgia to help families struggling with the emotional and practical challenges of having a parent in prison.

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About Us
HEALING HEARTS OF FAMILIES USA MINISTRIES INC is located in DeKalb County Georgia it
was organized in 2000. We received our official tax exempt status in 2005 after the IRS advance ruling.
We are organized to provide services to single mothers and their families during a time when there was a
significant increase of mothers the primary caregivers to children were going to prison for not cooperating
in drug conspiracy. These cases were leaving young children to be cared for by relatives or causing more
children to be place in foster homes.
The emotional trauma related to the parent's absence along with the trauma of having to relocate
sometimes making various relocations before the parent is released and reunited cause a significant
increase in children with abandonment and bonding issues. The increase in women going to prison also
increased the number of youth having a first encounter with the juvenile system because of unruly and
delinquent behaviors due to their instability and lack of attachment due to parental absence.
During this time, Healing Hearts of Families was organized to support children and the caregivers in
absence of the parents and parents wanting stabilization. We found through research that most women
that go to prison have a prior history of sexual abuse or domestic violence.
Our Mission
Our mission is to help families find solutions for children to live in homes and communities
which are healthy whole and stable.
How We Do It
We partner with families, communities and stakeholders to provide family stabilization services
for children. Through various approaches of advocacy, support, outreach, counseling, and using
a team approach to strengthen families and promote family stabilization and parental self-
sufficiency.

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Our Values
Accountability- We take responsibility in providing the best solutions possible to youth
and their families.
Commitment- We keep our commitment to help meet the individual needs of every family
member where youth are at risk of destabilization.
Compassion-We believe youth destabilization issues affect the social, emotional long term
stability and growth of children and our youth deserve attention, care, communication, and love
to help them learn crisis management and self healing skills. This is good for the family and
community.
Integrity- We believe in being honest with our youth, families, and stakeholders as we deal
with the family's needs.
Respect-We are committed to respecting and supporting our families/clients, and believe
respect is due to every person, regardless of age, sex, or differences in belief systems.
Our Programs
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE- Safety Moves, Safety Work, Safety Living, Court Ordered
MENTORING- DIVAS Don't Do That! in school girls 9-17, GED Tutorial Assistance -for
out of school youth, Youth Stabilization Program, youth suspension and family support ,
REENTRY- Reentry 32 hours reintegration, F.I.P.- Formerly Incarcerated Speakers Bureau-
"Don't Take a Twenty Year Detour" , YDA- Youth Discipline Academy- Summers ( As
Scheduled)
Workshops
-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVAL (DVS) - Signs, trauma, child impacts, and safety
planning. How to safely leave a domestic violence crisis
-HOUSING COUNSELING -- FAMILIY STABLIZATION- Money management, business
start up counseling, for(DV/REENTRY), Transitional & Renter
-FAMILY ORIENTATION- Stop the Cycle-Family help for successful reentry

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Our Services
PROMOTES CHILD HEALTH
Our Purpose:
Promotes healthy lifestyle choices for at-risk youth, young adults, and families in between the
times it is proven that delinquent behaviors and illegal activities occur.
Our goal is to support education and social development and raise awareness through prevention or
intervention programs that target negative involvement which declines the quality of life and
sustainability of our families, businesses and communities.
We help children in Be-Tween the time a child is suspended from school for one day or more the effect
on the family is a decrease in family income. Single parent stress less, when the parent has to take off
from work to supervise the child or the child is left at home unsupervised for a period of one day up to
two weeks or more, they can become involved in more delinquent behaviors. We provide mentoring,
nontraditional education learning activities and discipline all day for suspended youth allowing the
parents to continue their employment and family routine.
We prevent these risks within the community by offering a host of services that
bring peace to the community and comfort to parents while they are at work.
Youth Discipline Academy (Summer)
An integrated 3 or 12 week program that provides extensive discipline training for youth. The
participants develop discipline through military and athletic-style physical fitness and students
receive training on how to respond to and respect authority figures in their lives even when they
disagree with the interaction of the adult. Our overall goal is to improve social development,
timing to respond, getting adult support in difficult interactions with other adults, teaching youth
responsibility to self, family, and the community. *3 weeks (Suspended Youth)
N-B Tween Life Supports
It's Your Business /Computer Literacy Training
For adult men and women who want to learn more about how to use computer efficiently for
personal and business matters. Sessions are scheduled ** Requires 5 participants enrolled

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Our- N-B-Tween Adult Services
Intertwined- Housing for adults in between life transitions who need a downsized space
temporarily while they save to move into P.A.L.M (Personal Life Assessment Management) 32
hours reentry classes. FISA Family Independence Stabilization Counseling for home
ownership, personal credit, parenting, relationships, barrier removals. Housing Counseling for
adults living in hotels we offer Renters and Transitional Housing counseling.
Our-Circle of Love Support Groups
These support groups are structured for women and girls, children from 10-18 years designed to
foster self-awareness and self-esteem, help youth maintain an authentic connection with peers
and adults in their community, center trends toward self-doubt, and allow for genuine self-
expression through verbal sharing and creative activities. The Circle of Love Support Groups has
a sub group for youth with parents that are incarcerated (C.O.I.P.) helps youth deal with
caregivers, peer and authority communications, expression of feelings, fears, bonding, transition
and anger. "Sandals and Pearls" group helps adult women deal with the stress of life transitions
due to domestic violence, other transitions or reentry if the parent has been incarcerated.
Objective
Our organization offers a host of different life/community/family improvement activities and
educational tools through interactive workshops and seminars. They are designed to cater to the
needs of the participants and help in healing and the re-bonding of the family unit. Workshops
and seminars are age appropriate. Topics includes social, life skills, community projects.
Contact Us
Healing Hearts USA Ministries, Inc.
2071 McAfee Road Suite 1- Decatur, GA 30032
Mail Us: Healing Hearts of Families USA Ministries, Inc.
P O Box 2033
Lithonia, GA 30058
Phone: 404-289-5277 Fax: 404-890-5644
Email Us: healinghearts_us@yahoo.com
Web: www.healingheartsus.org