Family Advocates of Georgia, Inc

Family Support Organization (FSO) We are a family-run, county-based organizations that provide direct family-to-family peer support, education, advocacy and other services to family members of children with emotional and behavioral problems. 

Family Advocates of Georgia, Inc (FAOGA) also a Georgia Local Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health  non-profit 501(c)3 which is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, advocacy, support for families and children, and resource referral.

Our Mission:

To offer comprehensive services, support & trainings to families raising children with emotional, behavioral, and/or mental health/ substance abuse challenges and their children that will result in the successful accomplishment of their life goals. We will serve as advocates to insure that services of family and child serving agencies, are viable to meeting the needs of these groups.

Our Goals:

To improve the quality of life for all families and children through the promotion of strong, healthy, educated, informed, and successful families.

We Believe:

• Many Families are " Multi-stressed" not disfunctional."
• Practicing a strenghts based approach.
• Children need positive family, school, & community support.
• All children can learn and must be assisted in reaching their full potiential.
• Home, School, & Community Partners will foster productive and contributing citizens.

The people that work at the Family Support Organization are parents or guardians whose children have experienced the same challenges and successes as the families we serve.