We work to bring cutting-edge programs to Georgia that promote the development of healthy children and families.

Community programs that G-CAPP administers are listed below.

As recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (APA), with the prenatal and parenting help of her Doula, Allison has exclusively fed her son breast milk since the day he was born!

Allison received her high school diploma this year and is employed by Kroger supermarket. When her maternity leave was coming to an end, Allison, began pumping and storing her breast milk; by the time she returned to work she had twenty bags of pumped breast milk stored in her freezer. While at work, Allison’s son Ross is left in the care of his maternal grandmother who proudly provides him with the breast milk that Allison provides for him. Allison is proud that she has been able to continue providing the best food for her son.

• The Community-Based Doula Project
  This program provides first time pregnant teens ages 10-19 with a trained birth assistant to provide social and emotional support during pregnancy, labor and post delivery. Promoting positive development of mother and infant, this replication of a national model has demonstrated positive medical outcomes, lower incidence of complications during pregnancy, and an increase in bonding between mother and child - a measure that reduces risk of child abuse and neglect.

• Second Chance Homes Network
  This network of homes throughout Georgia provides young mothers with support to become self-sufficient parents. Based in non-institutional settings, teen mothers are provided with supportive relationships, counseling, educational incentives, and support for long-term economic independence, child development, and parenting and life skills.