The TPO Court Road Trip: Best Practices Based on Observation and Experience was created by the Metro Atlanta TPO Forum. Joel Correa presented the manual at a conference this month.

We’ve hired four new staff attorneys – two on the Safe and Stable Families team, and two on the Safe and Stable Homes team. Meet the newest members of our community!

We’re thrilled to welcome our three 2019 Cristo Rey interns: Hasana, Angelica, and Oscar! We can’t wait to see what they achieve this year.

On August 1st, leadership from the Kresge Foundation – one of our major grantors – visited one of our Standing with Our Neighbors schools.

The 2019 Annual Campaign Steering Committee gathered in the Safe Families Office to meet staff and learn about their work with survivors of intimate partner abuse.

Commissioner Marvin S. Arrington Jr. spoke with our Safe Families Office Managing Staff Attorney Joel Correa about our work in the courthouse.

Walt Davis, President of our Board of Directors and partner at Jones Day, will sit as the judge of Georgia’s statewide business court beginning in 2020.

In honor of Georgia Paralegal Week, the Atlanta Paralegal Association stepped up to support our client in her transition from abuse to stability.

At the annual Beer Tasting event on June 14th, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation and Atlanta Legal Aid raised over $80,000 for pro bono legal services for Atlanta families in need.

On June 6th, our Steering Committee visited Hollis Innovation Academy – one of our Standing with Our Neighbors™ schools – to learn more about the work we’re doing at the intersection of health, housing, and intimate partner abuse.

The Shriver Center’s Racial Justice Institute trains each cohort on racial equity in anti-poverty advocacy. The Fellows’ advocacy covers issues such as criminal justice reform, consumer protection, and immigrants’ rights, and more.

The Fulton County Family Violence Task Force was create to address any and all institutional barriers survivors of family violence face when seeking safety and stability.