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Success Stories

Twenty-five refugee and immigrant women learn about skincare at a Refugee Women’s Network Wellness Group led by an Emory healthcare professional and translated by Community Healthcare Workers

Trusted voices, healthier futures

The Moulton Family celebrates moving home at last after a year of living in a motel.

Motel to Home: The Moulton Family

Governor Roy Barnes, supporter of the Georgia Early Learning Initiative (GELI), and his wife Marie Dobbs Barnes read to a classroom of students.

GELI to Smart Start

Tracye Neal, once a Motel to Home participant, now helps others find stability through St. Vincent de Paul’s housing services.

From Homelessness to Helping Others

Nadia Rahali, General Manager of Loudermilk Conference Center, started giving to United Way of Greater Atlanta’s 211 Contact Center just months before a call with them would transform her life.

Nadia’s 211 Story

Tamesha Buford didn’t let housing instability stop her from being a mom, student, and star employee — but now that she has a stable home through 211, she can finally breathe.

Tamesha’s 211 Story

Young learners play at the United Way of Greater Atlanta Learning Spaces grand opening at William Walker Recreation Center

Learning Spaces is growing!

Leah McLaurin speaks at a CareerReady ATL event, highlighting how apprenticeship opportunities can be life-changing for Atlanta youth.

Leah’s Apprenticeship Journey

Marietta sixth-grader Neal Dean Gilland has become a reader with support from his family, school, and Literacy and Justice for All for a system’s change approach made possible by the United Way of Greater Atlanta.

“He Knows His Self-Worth”

Cierra’s Story