Lydia's Place - Fostering Futures

We serve young adults age 17-24 who have experienced foster care or homelessness.

“If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “ Come stay at my house.” – Acts 16:15

LYDIA’S PLACE IS HERE TO HELP

Lydia’s Place demonstrates God’s love by providing basic care for young adults who have experienced foster care or housing insecurity while promoting their growth to independence.

Elevate

Independent living skills training

Our Independent living skills training helps our students cultivate healthy skills, habits, and coping mechanisms so they can be successful independent adults who raise healthy families.

Skills – Mentorship – Community

Housing 

Home Place and Arch Village

Housing plays a crucial part in ones ability to succeed. We provide our students with warm, safe, monitored, affordable housing so they can study and rest in peace. We are blessed to have 8 apartments in partnership with Habitat For Humanity and with The AAHS Arch Village.

Mentorship 

One on one mentorship 

Our mentors spend 4 hours a month with our students, helping the skills they’ve be taught come to life. They also help our student navigate tricky relationships, connect to job opportunities, and help them develop healthy and productive responses to life

Provisions of Hope 

Boutique and Baskets

Provisions of Hope is the area of Lydia’s Place that provides felt needs. Under the provisions of Hope umbrella we have the Lydia’s Place Boutique which provides free clothing, housewares, and furniture to anyone involved in the foster care system. We also donate around 300 baskets a year to foster youth starting their first year of college across the state

400 – 700

CHILDREN “AGE OUT” OF FOSTER CARE ANNUALLY IN GA

3%

WILL GRADUATE FROM SECONDARY EDUCATION

7 out of 10

YOUNG WOMEN WHO AGE OUT WILL REPORT ONE PREGNANCY BY THE TIME THEY ARE 21

20%

OF FOSTER CHILDREN WILL BECOME HOMELESS THE DAY THEY TURN 18