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Contacts

Independent Living Program Director
Ebony Lyons Harris
phone: (404) 657-0014
Fax: (404) 657-3486
email: ebharris@dhr.state.ga.us
Georgia Department of Human Services Website

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Additional Resources

Websites of interest:

Georgia Department of Human Resources Parent and Children Services Page

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Youth Boards

Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Opportunities Initiative (MAYOI)
Akilah Watkins
Email: awatkins@atlcf.org
Phone:(404)688-5525

MYAB--MAAC Youth Advisory Board
Fecelia Holt

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Higher Education

Education Training Vouchers
You may be eligible for funding of up to $5000 per year while you are in college or a vocational or technical training program!
You may qualify if:

1. You are 18, 19 or 20 years old.

2. You are in foster care or you were in foster care as a teenager and you are a US citizen or qualified non-citizen

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Statistics

There are 13,965 children in foster care in the state of Georgia.


Who are Georgia's children waiting in the foster care system?

13,965 children in foster care
37.5% of foster children are between ages of 0 and 5
30.7% of foster children are between ages of 6 and 12

Independent Living

Ebony Lyons Harris
Independent Living Program Director
2 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
phone: (404) 657-0014
Fax: (404) 657-3486
email: ebharris@dhr.state.ga.us

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