Atlanta is one of three cities designated by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
as a civic site, a place where the Foundation has a long-term commitment
to improving the futures of at-risk children.

Many of the most vulnerable families live in five of Atlanta's oldest neighborhoods
located just south of Downtown, in Neighborhood Planning Unit V.  These neighborhoods - Adair Park, Mechanicsville, Peoplestown,
Pittsburgh, and Summerhill/Capitol Homes - comprise a once-thriving African-American community that has experienced a great deal of property disinvestment, population decrease, and general economic decline over the past 30 years. To be a catalyst to strengthen families in these neighborhoods, the Foundation has been working to promote neighborhood-scale programs, policies, and activities that contribute to strong, family supporting neighborhoods.

We are working with partners (Quality Care for Children, Salvation Army, Sheltering Arms, Mayor's Next Step Program, Gideons Elementary and Parks Middle Schools) to ensure that children are prepared when they enter school, succeed in school, graduate from high school and go on to college or good paying jobs.

We are working with The Center for Working Families, Inc. to ensure that families
move along a pathway to family-supporting jobs, careers and homeownership.

We are working with community leaders (Pittsburgh Community Improvement Association and the Neighborhood Data Advisory Group) to ensure increased s
ocial capital and renewed pride, affordable, quality housing, good neighborhood
jobs, and increased economic development.