Community Resources
If you have any questions about any of the resources, please feel free to contact Ashley Thomas.

 

DACULAACADEMY OF PRESCHOOL
AND CHILDCARE, INC.
 
Community Resources
Updated 8/1/2008
 
            A variety of counseling, testing, and referral services are offered through Gwinnett County. Additionally, the following is a list of some of the community agencies (most of which are non-profit) that have been helpful to Gwinnett County students and their families. This listing is not an endorsement or recommendation of any agency or service. School social workers, nurses, counselors, psychologists, and/or care teams are typically involved in linking families to outside agencies. There may be fees for some services, and any such fees are the responsibility of the parent or guardian. 
 
Individual, Marital, & Family Counseling
Partnership Against Domestic Violence                                  770-963-9799
Mary E. Gordon, Ph.D./Lawrenceville                                   770-381-2712
Gwinnett County Mental Health (sliding fee scale)                 770-963-8141
                               After hours emergency number                 770-985-2494
The Link Counseling Center (sliding fee scale)                      404-256-9797 (Atlanta)
Trudy Post-Sprunk/Tucker                                                      770-491-7423
 
Play Therapists
Trudy Post-Sprunk/Tucker                                                      770-491-7423
Joanna White/Atlanta                                                              404-413-8010
Kim Vescovo                                                                          770-498-6300
Jennifer Hamlin                                                                       770-492-0005
Jayne Smith                                                                             404-310-8811
 
Academic Tutoring
Accel Tutoring/Lawrenceville                                                770-715-5814
River Exchange Knowledge Points/Lawrenceville                 770-682-0200                                    
 
Financial Assistance/Food/Housing
Bread of Life Food Ministry – New Lift Fellowship              770-513-0492
Consumer Credit Counseling Services                                    404-527-7630
Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry                                      770-339-7887
Salvation Army                                                                       770-963-8802
St. Vincent DePaul (St. Lawrence) Lawrenceville                  770-963-8992
Economic Opportunity Atlanta                                                770-822-2860
American Red Cross                                                               770-963-9208
Angel Food Ministries                                                            770-267-7015
Gwinnett County DFACS Food Stamps AFDC                       678-518-5500
ADHD
Snellville Pediatrics                                                               770-972-0860
Georgia Katsitadze                                                                  770-923-6400
Gwinnett Pediatrics – Lawrenceville/Duluth                          770-995-0823
 
Gwinnett Community Services & Support Groups
Alcoholics Anonymous                                                           1-800-510-2437
Alan on / Alateen                                                                    1-800-344-2666
AID Gwinnett                                                                          770-962-8396
Atlanta Legal Aid Society                                                       404-377-0701
Eldercare System                                                                    770-496-5735
Gwinnett County Juvenile Court                                              770-822-8340
Gwinnett Extension Service                                                    678-377-4010
Gwinnett Rape Crisis                                                              770-476-7407
Navigating Family Change-Divorce
                     Diane Sherer (English)                                       770-985-2201
                     Ilia Jones (Spanish)                                            770-831-5759
Partnership Against Domestic Violence                                  770-963-9799
Guardian Ad Litem                                                                  770-822-8045
First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville                    770-963-0386
            Rainbows – A loss group for K-6th grade
            Divorce Care
            AA, AI-Anon, NA
WIC (Women, Infants & Children)                                          770-339-4260
 
Helplines
Crisis Center Hotline                                                              404-616-4861
United Way 211                                                                      404-614-1000
United Way Behavioral Link                                                   1-866-821-0465
Georgia Helpline                                                                    1-800-338-6745
Gwinnett Helpline                                                                   770-995-3339
 
Hospitals
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Referral                              404-250-KIDS
Gwinnett Medical Children’s Emergency Center                    678-442-4382
Summit Ridge                                                                          678-442-5800
 
Medical Assistance
Children’s Medicine-Lawrenceville                                       770-921-7386
Gwinnett Health Department-Lawrenceville                           770-339-4283
                                                 Dental Clinic                          770-339-5642
Peach Care for Kids                                                                1-877-427-3224
Miles Mason Clinic-Lawrenceville                                        678-442-2025            
Medicaid, Right from the Start                                                404-292-2329
 
 
 
RESOURCE COORDINATOR: ASHLEY THOMAS
2303 ALCOVY ROAD DACULA, GA 30019
PHONE: 770-962-4128 FAX: 770-962-4158
E-MAIL: THOMAS.ASHLEY84@YAHOO.COM