About the Georgia Alliance
Great Futures Start Here
The Georgia Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs is a nonprofit organization formed to maximize the impact of Clubs across Georgia and drive partnerships with state government.
Georgia Clubs impact the lives of young people in vital areas such as academic success, healthy drug-free lifestyles, and good character and citizenship.
We help kids and teens become productive, caring, and responsible adults. Club kids develop the skills needed for academic success, get the experiences needed to enter the workforce, and build the character to actively engage in their communities.
It is not an overstatement that an investment in the Boys and Girls Clubs of Georgia is an investment in the future social and economic success of our state.
In 2021, we worked with over 79,000 Georgia youth to help them succeed in school, work, and life. Leveraging the partnership between private and public investment, Georgia Clubs serve more kids than any other youth focused organization outside of the public school system. We aspire to provide school age youth, particularly those who are at risk, with a quality out-of-school experience.
Goals
To provide guidance and promote development of Georgia youth served by Boys & Girls Clubs by:
- Securing resources and funding to strengthen the state-wide effectiveness of Boys & Girls Clubs;
- Promoting and strengthening Boys & Girls Clubs relationships with public and private agencies throughout the state;
- Providing a mechanism for joint decisions, communication and exchange of ideas among Clubs;
- Developing and expanding quality youth development throughout the state;
- Promoting public awareness of youth development and the problems youth face throughout the state.
What We Do
The Georgia Alliance is focused on securing resources that result in measurable outcomes for academic achievement, career skill building, workforce development, safer neighborhoods, juvenile crime reduction, prevention of opioid abuse, improved mental health, and positive civic engagement.
We organize our collective body of clubs into a single force of leverage and influence, and secure state and private funding to make a real impact across Georgia.
WHAT OUR CLUBS PROVIDE
There is no silver bullet to success. It takes an army of people, a safe environment, high-quality programs and unique experiences to level the playing field for all kids.
We make sure we provide the following at every Boys and Girls Club:
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A Safe Place to Learn and Grow
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Ongoing Relationships with Caring Adult Professionals
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Enriching experiences and programs that develop character
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Hope and Opportunity
Our History
Our movement has deep roots.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of America began in 1860 as the Boys Club in Hartford, Conn. After that, the movement quickly spread throughout the United States. In 1956, Boys Clubs of America celebrated its 50th anniversary and received a U.S. Congressional Charter. And, in 1990, the national organization’s name was changed to Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
The Georgia Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs has been advocating for youth of the state. Each Club has its own story, but they all lead to #GreatFuturesGeorgia.
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WHATEVER IT TAKES
Boys & Girls Clubs never take a single approach when it comes to helping kids succeed.
It takes passionate people, a safe environment, high-quality programs, and unique experiences to ensure kids have a great future. For more than 150 years, Boys & Girls Clubs have relentlessly provided young people with the guidance to be innovative, brave and confident. We are boys, girls, tech, tutoring, fitness, STEM, arts, music, fun and so much more.
We do whatever it takes to build great future.
Congratulations to our Youth of the Year 2023-2024 Candidates!
