The slab has been poured at Gigi's House (photo, left)! The concrete and labor are generously provided by Ernst Concrete. Gigi's House in Clayton County is dedicated to serving girls ages 13-19 who are victims of sex trafficking, providing a safe home in a faith-based, loving environment, trauma-informed therapy, home school, mentoring, life skills, and more.

HomeAid is currently helping construct a new building at Gateway Domestic Violence Shelter, adding 55 beds for women fleeing domestic violence, plus rooms for support groups, a dining room, offices, laundry, kitchen, overnight staff bedroom, storage, computer lab, quiet common rooms, lobby, and playroom. This project is expected to wrap up in late spring. Design2Sell will donate services and furniture items to help decorate a Teen Counseling Room and a family lobby/living space.

HomeAid Atlanta’s renovation project for Ascensa Health at St. Jude’s Women’s Recovery Home will soon kick-off, with immense gratitude to the architects at BLUR Workshop and Builder Captain Bradley Hall of Hall Design Build. The project will provide much needed updates to the kitchen and bathrooms, as well as creating a new laundry space, plus overall improvements. When complete, the house will be home to 9 to 11 women working to rebuild their lives after overcoming addiction.

We're looking for volunteers for our Essentials Drive and CareKits Task Forces!

Interested in learning more? Contact Karen McLane, HomeAid Atlanta Director of Community Engagement. Email karen@homeaidatlanta.org or call 678.775.1450.

On January 28, volunteers from Juneau Construction Company joined HomeAid Atlanta for a Care Day at Trinity Community Ministries for a major painting workday, transforming two hallways, a laundry room, and a workout room. Located in the Sweet Auburn District of downtown Atlanta, Trinity Community Ministries’ (Trinity) mission is to help homeless men reclaim their lives and return to their families and communities as mentors and leaders. The new paint provides a calming, unified look throughout the historic building. Volunteers also replaced numerous damaged ceiling tiles.

After 10 years of service to HomeAid Atlanta, Jean Hilyard is moving on with her career at the end of this month. She has held multiple positions at HomeAid including Executive Director. She joined HomeAid in 2012 at a crucial time as the industry was emerging from the Great Recession. Under Jean’s leadership, HomeAid grew its Care Day efforts and in 2014, completed the first major project since having to pull back from large scale projects in 2010. Most recently, in addition to serving as Director of Project Development, Jean was almost single-handedly responsible for developing the Salesforce database that all 19 HomeAid Affiliates nationwide now use. Her passion and heart are irreplaceable. We appreciate all the ways that Jean has helped build a future without homelessness with HomeAid Atlanta.

Please consider a donation in support of HomeAid Atlanta's 2022 Annual Giving Campaign. Thanks to help from people like you, families and individuals achieve the strength, stability and the independence they need to build a better life.