Cobb Nonprofit Helps Youth with Life Skills
The Marietta-based Center of Children & Young Adults operates three long-term foster group homes serving Atlanta.
In Cobb County in 2010, there were 829 incidents of child abuse and/or neglect and 34,347 children living in poverty, according to Georgia Family Connection Partnership: Kids Count. Statewide, there were 20,675 incidents of child abuse and neglect and 613,581 children in poverty. The Center of Children & Young Adults was created in 1981 to serve as a home and shelter for youth in need of housing and supervision due to histories of severe neglect, abuse and abandonment. In 2007, the Center moved from operating as an emergency shelter in Cobb County to running as three long-term foster group homes serving Atlanta. “As the only organization serving homeless youth in Cobb County, CCYA is a valuable resource in our community filling a vital …
