House Resolution 308
By: Representatives Rice of the 139th, Ballinger of the 23rd, Dempsey of the 13th, Buckner of
the 137th, Townsend of the 179th, and others
A RESOLUTION
Honoring and commending the Multi-Agency Alliance for Children; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, the Multi-Agency Alliance for Children is a nonprofit entity that was founded
in Atlanta in 1996 by a group of nonprofit agencies serving at-risk children involved in the
child welfare system; and
WHEREAS, the Multi-Agency Alliance for Children is often called "MAAC"; and
WHEREAS, MAAC coordinates people, resources, information, and a network of quality
providers to create positive outcomes for vulnerable youth and families; and
WHEREAS, MAAC utilizes a seamless continuum of services and care in addressing the
unique needs of each child, adolescent, and family, including behavioral health services and
services that are trauma responsive and reflective of adolescent brain development,
individualizing treatment and care and reducing the number of placements of children and
youth in various out-of-home care settings while working towards ending duplication of
services; and
WHEREAS, MAAC focuses its work on filling service gaps, building innovative solutions
within the child welfare system, collaborating with partner agencies, and focusing on
providing care coordination and other services that emphasize youth voice and choice; and
WHEREAS, MAAC and its members provide a variety of services to these children,
adolescents, and families, including residential care through its child caring institutions, crisis
continuum, specialized family foster care through child placing agencies, group homes,
education success support, workforce development and career training, life skills training,
and intensive psychiatric care; and
WHEREAS, MAAC serves youth throughout Georgia with a permanency-focused,
collaborative, team-based approach through its Network Collaborative and high-fidelity
wraparound PACT/Thrive Program while providing young adults who have experienced
foster care with individualized development and skills in core areas, including leadership
through Georgia EmpowerMEnt, financial education and savings support through
Opportunity Passport® Matched Savings, career and employee development through
Workforce Development, young parenting skills through Teen Parent Connection, and
educational support through LEADS; and
WHEREAS, MAAC has achieved Council on Accreditation recognition, is a Sanctuary
Certified Organization, and each of its member entities and affiliates utilizes national best
practices and is accredited by a national accreditation body; and
WHEREAS, MAAC's current provider member entities are Creative Community Services
Inc., Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Georgia, Georgia Baptist Children's Homes and
Family Ministries Inc., Elks Aidmore, Goshen Valley, Hillside Inc., The Methodist Home,
Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services, and Youth Villages; and
WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this
distinguished organization, including its member entities and affiliates, be appropriately
recognized for the care it provides to Georgians.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that
the members of this body honor and commend the Multi-Agency Alliance for Children and
its member entities and affiliates for their tireless, efficient, effective, unselfish, and
dedicated public service to the children, adolescents, and families of this state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to the
Multi-Agency Alliance for Children.