what is georgia appleseed?

We keep kids in school, in healthy housing, and out of the criminal justice system.

Featured

FAIR Referral Program

Overview of FAIR – Fairness, Advocacy, Individualized Representation – and how to refer children for our services.

Online Advocacy Training

Free online courses for parents, foster parents, caseworkers, attorneys and schools staff to learn about advocating for children facing disciplinary…

Healthy Housing Toolkit

Practical guidance for advocating for stable, healthy housing for your family and communty.

initiatives

We advance justice for the most underrepresented children across the state through our housing and school justice initiatives.

School Justice

We work with schools to provide children with needed supports and reduce their risk of involvement with the juvenile justice system. Schools with effective discipline policies keep kids in class learning and create a safe and productive learning environment for all students.

School Justice

Housing Justice

Georgia Appleseed advocates for reforms large and small, local and statewide, that increase access for low-income children and their families to stable, healthy homes. Children in healthy homes do better in school, have lower levels of justice involvement, and can look to a brighter future.

Housing Justice

Behavioral Health

We work with local school climate committees that are required in each county across the state to improve children’s behavioral health services and to integrate these services with Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).

Behavioral Health

FAIR Project

Children in foster care face unique barriers to school success. Georgia Appleseed advocates for legal and policy innovations to the foster care system, grows the community of advocates for children in care, and provides direct legal representation for children in care facing suspension or expulsion from school.

FAIR Project

Our approach

We employ a three-pronged approach of direct connection, community and coalition building, and system reform.

Direct
Connection

Connecting directly with the children and families we serve is at the heart of everything we do.

Direct
Connection

Coalition
Building

Building a community of advocates across the state is vital to being able to advance justice.

Coalition
Building

System
Reform

Guidance, policy recommendations, and legal resolutions to address persistent systemic issues.

System
Reform

get involved

Support Georgia Appleseed

There are several ways to contribute.

We keep kids in school, in healthy housing, and out of the criminal justice system.

Featured

FAIR Referral Program

Online Advocacy Training

Healthy Housing Toolkit

We advance justice for the most underrepresented children across the state through our housing and school justice initiatives.

School Justice

Housing Justice

Behavioral Health

FAIR Project

We employ a three-pronged approach of direct connection, community and coalition building, and system reform.

Direct Connection

Coalition Building

System Reform

Support Georgia Appleseed

Direct
Connection

Coalition
Building

System
Reform