Economic Success
The Emmaus House Muriel Lokey Help Center provides a ladder to economic success by stabilizing individuals in crisis and supporting opportunities for increased household income.
The Peoplestown Family Initiative
The Peoplestown Family Initiative promotes economic success through intensive case management using an evidence-based model to assess and measure progress toward economic self-sufficiency.
Drop-in Lokey Help Center Services
Georgia State ID Vouchers
Referrals to the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta
Emergency rent and utility assistance
Medical crisis aid
Help with applications for SSDI and other earned benefits
A client-choice food pantry that offers produce, dairy, meats, and baby supplies
Academic Achievement and Youth Development
Our two-generation approach engages children, youth, and parents through academic and personal support, cultural programming, leadership development, and organizing.
Child-focused programs with adult elements
The CDF Freedom Schools® Program aims to shape children's futures by developing strong, literate, and empowered children through six weeks of summer reading enrichment.
The Arts Club at BaMO provides high quality visual arts education for students at Barack and Michelle Obama Academy
Youth on the Move, an out-of-school time program, prepares middle and high school students for success as adults through enrichment, education, empowering experiences, and peer support.
Parent-focused programs with children and youth elements
Fostering Family Leaders teaches parents how to lead at home and in their communities through peer-to-peer coaching.
Grassroot Leadership and Social Justice
Social justice is both an imperative of our faith and an opportunity to invite others into our ministry. We recruit and train neighborhood leaders and faith-based allies to improve public policy, dismantle racism, and change conditions of oppression.
We seek to strengthen our current work by creating formal volunteer and leadership development opportunities for Peoplestown residents and others to contribute to economic success, academic achievement, and social justice for Peoplestown residents.
Our growing edge is our ability to train and mobilize Episcopal churches and parishioners to support advocacy campaigns that seek to dramatically alter conditions for low-income people in Peoplestown and beyond.
Priorities include addressing racism, the success of local schools, and preventing displacement and improving affordable housing options.