Our Partners

LaAmistad, Inc is  a community-supported non-profit organization working to empower Latino students and families to achieve their dreams. They provide a holistic programming structure that includes after school tutoring, parent education, English language courses, and educational summer enrichment programs.

The Department of Public Health in Georgia oversees the Part C, Early Intervention program, called Babies Can't Wait. Babies Can't Wait provides family-centered services to children birth through three who have developmental delays. Our team holds a contract with Babies Can't Wait – which allows us to partner with key administrators and to think about the best way to support providers and the system in using high quality autism services.

PEAAK is a community board invested in increasing access, understanding, and acceptance for autistic and neurodivergent children and their families in Georgia, with an emphasis on the Atlanta metropolitan area. PEAAK has recently received an Organization for Autism Research (OAR) grant for website and handout development in the hopes of improving accessibility of autism resources and distributing resources that are both readable and relevant! Check out the website here.

The Southeastern Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (SEMHTTC) is housed within the Rollins School of Public Health. The SEMHTTC serves the eight states in HHS Region IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Their mission is to promote the adoption of evidence-based mental health services by providing training and technical assistance in the region, with a vision to increase widespread access to evidence-based mental health services throughout the region.

ABEJAS is a Latino Spanish-speaking and bilingual community board composed of self-advocates, families, students, and providers who work together to increase access to supports and services for Latino autistic children and their families. There are currently 20 Spanish-speaking members with the shared goal to: 1) grow a Spanish-English bilingual autism workforce; 2) disseminate educational resources through growing network; 3) increase access and specialized supports for Latino children; and 4) continue conversation on community-informed research and intersectionality.

Atlanta Public Schools (APS) is a large urban public school district supporting students in under resourced learning environments and who are more vulnerable to learning disparities. APS operates within an urban community setting where the vast majority of students come from economically disadvantaged households. Through our existing partnership with the APS Office of Early Learning and the APS Office of Special Education, we have partnered with 22 sites containing 31 early childhood classrooms.