Dear RBWO Providers: 

The Well-Being Section has identified current resources and funding opportunities for youth in care. Please find this information below.

GA RYSE Pandemic Relief (for Young People)

Website: https://garelief.dhs.ga.gov/#/home

Georgia Resilient, Youth-Centered, Stable, and Empowered (GARYSE) Program is Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services Independent Living Program (ILP). Our mission is to provide eligible youth with opportunities to successfully prepare for adulthood through appropriate referral resources and connections provided by community partners. With adequate outreach and support, we hope to improve outcomes for youth/young adults who are still in or have left the foster care system by addressing their critical financial needs.

GARYSE received federal funding through the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (CAA) to provide direct financial assistance and resources for youth and young adults between the ages of 18 and 22 who are currently in or have experienced foster care within Georgia. CAA was signed into law in December 2020. This assistance is intended to provide relief for those youth and young adults who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will be used to support the immediate needs of eligible youth and young adults who may lack access to stable housing, income, and other resources. The funding and flexibilities provided by the CAA are critical to ensuring current and former foster youth/young adults are protected and supported during this most uncertain time.

Child Well-Being Mission Fund: Learning Loss (Strengthening Academic Support: Direct Service Approach) (for Organizations)

Website: https://www.unitedwayatlanta.org/college-and-career-ready-rfp/

United Way of Greater Atlanta (United Way) and Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (Georgia DFCS) will collaborate to strengthen academic support by reducing learning loss (located on Learning Loss RFP). Learning Loss?refers to any specific or general loss of knowledge and skills or to reversals in academic progress, most commonly due to extended gaps or discontinuities in a student’s education. (Learn more about Learning Loss.) Through the strategy of Academic Support, organizations will provide one or more of the following components: tutoring, mentoring, literacy programming, youth development programming or any activities that complement and reinforce the educational needs.  

• Open to community-based organizations across the state of Georgia who serve children and youth who are furthest from opportunity across the state of Georgia and provide program services and/or supports to reduce learning loss. 
• Program participants must meet the DCFS eligibility requirements: (1) serve youth and families within low-to-moderate income communities and the foster care system within the state of Georgia specifically U.S. citizens or legal immigrants, Georgia residents, families who are currently receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/Food Stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), families who have a household income 300% or less of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) and youth who are 5 - 17 years old. 

Thank you.

Well-Being Services