The Atlanta Children's Shelter provides services to stabilize homeless families with young children, including early childcare, case management, life skills workshops, employment assistance, and housing resettlement. It is mostly funded through private donations, with 92% of revenue coming from private sources and only 8% from government. The Country Club of the South Charity Guild has provided substantial funding to the shelter over the years to help support its mission of guiding families to independence.

1. Atlanta Children’s Shelter
Guiding families to independence

2. Atlanta Children’s Shelter
At Work
Atlanta Children’s Shelter stabilizes homeless
families with young children (self-sufficiency
boot-camp)
Mostly single moms, in poverty, unemployed,
living in homeless shelters, approximately half
fleeing domestic violence
Early childcare, case management, life skills
workshops, employment services, housing
resettlement, mentorship

3. CCOS Charity Guild Support
Makes A Direct Difference
Funding NAEYC-accredited Early
Childcare designed to prepare each child
to succeed in school.
Less than 2% of early childcare in GA and
7% nationally reach NAEYC-accreditation

4. Shelter Revenue Model
92% Privately Funded
Only 8% from Government
Especially:
Mrs. Sarah Kennedy & The Spray Foundation
Williams-Sonoma
The Home Depot
Herbalife Family Foundation
and
Country Club of the South Charity Guild
+ =

5. Country Club of the South Charity Guild
and
Atlanta Children’s Shelter
2010 $20,000 2005 $38,000
2009 $40,000 2004 $50,000
2007 $40,000
Effectively stabilizing homeless families
Together

6. Agency Expenses
Program Services
$833,608 68% of total expense
Management and General
$208,200 17% of total expense
Fundraising
$188,597 15% of total expense

7. Atlanta Children’s Shelter
Strengths
Awarded First Finalist in 2008 Managing for
Excellence by the Community Foundation
for Greater Atlanta
Has cared for nearly 8,000 children and
served over 5,000 families in 23 years
Effectively prepares young children in
homeless families to succeed in school

8. Meeting the Challenges
Atlanta Children’s Shelter is examining how to
responsibly increase capacity to serve more
families
10% unemployment rate challenges
employment services momentum
Planning the Executive Director retirement and
succession, June 30th 2010