Program areas at Atlanta Care Center
With gentleness and respect, Atlanta Care Center serves pregnant women in Atlanta and surrounding area zip codes with medical services, evidence-based medical information, empowering support, nurse consultations, and constructive resources that promote life-affirming decisions and healthy pregnancies. During 2023, the center continued its pursuit of AAAHC Accreditation, the gold standard of patient care. The center expects to achieve this in 2024. The center performed approximately 750 pregnancy tests and about 250 ultrasounds. The center upgraded its patient management and electronic medical records software. The center increased its medical personnel to meet an increase in patient activity. Also, the center hired a social worker, MSW, to develop programming that helps patients prepare for pregnancy and motherhood. All personnel attended continued education seminars on subjects like post abortion support, adoption availability, nutrition and fetal development, identifying postpartum depression, human trafficking, the crisis of poverty, child abuse, and domestic violence support.Routinely, the center provided, free of charge, thousands of maternity, baby and infant clothing items, blankets, coats, car seats, cribs, diapers and other accessories. The center provided resources to homeless mothers, provided resources for addiction, food assistance, prenatal care, government assistance programs, provided adoption referrals, childcare referrals, provided information on nutrition during pregnancy, provided information and referrals to transitional housing and emergency shelters and information on employment opportunities.