BE A VOLUNTEER:
Find out how you can participate in this program and help someone who needs you! You will receive basic training, will be able to lift someone's spirit and provide a link to their community.

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If you are short on time, please consider supporting Compeer with your dollars. Your generosity allows us to continue the many programs we provide for our clients.

OUR MISSION:
To assist individuals who have a mental illness, a developmental disability and the eldery, to live succesfully in the community.

Mental Health Sites:

  • Compeer, Inc - This site is the International headquarters of Compeer. It has a listing of all Compeer Programs with links to their web sites and e-mail addresses.

  • Skyland Trail - Skyland Trail promotes recovery from mental illness. Our programs foster reintegration into the community and empower adults to live with dignity and independence. In partnership with families, providers, and the community, we deliver excellence in treatment, education and research, and provide a model for replication.

  • National Mental Health Association of Georgia - This site is the Georgia chapter of the National Mental Health Association. The mission of the National Mental Health Association of Georgia is to serve people with mental illness and their families by promoting mental health, preventing mental illness and ensuring access to appropriate treatment through advocacy education and training, research, service provision and the reduction of stigma.

Developmental Disabilities Sites:

  • Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities - The mission of the Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities is to collaborate with other individuals, families, advocacy organizations, policy makers and service providers to promote public policies that enhance the quality of life of people with developmental disabilities and their families through advocacy and education, funding and project implementation, and research.

Aging Sites:

  • Atlanta Regional Commission - Information and referral, follow up. Referrals to personal care homes, senior housing, nursing homes, senior centers, adult in-home services, home-delivered meals, adult day care, Medicaid and waivered programs, transportation, support groups. Advocacy:

  • American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) - AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association dedicated to shaping and enriching the experience of aging for our members and for all Americans. Founded in 1958 by retired educator Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, we are today the nation's largest organization of midlife and older persons, with more than 30 million members.
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