Lydias Place

Lydia'Lydias's Place provides assistance with food,clothing,household itemstransportationtuitioncounsel... and medical bills in its mission to provide basic living needs for program participants. Lydia'Lydias's Place provides this assistance to aid students during this period of transition in their lives so that they can focus their time and energy and resources on their personal development and growth towards becoming independent and successful adults.

Lydia'Lydias's Place also supports those students that are attending college and living in a dorm environment. Lydia'Lydias's Place does an annual provisions of hope basket drive where they encourage the public and other local churches to fill laundry baskets with essentials for students living in a dorm such as bedding, shower curtains, towels, school supplies,toiletry items, gift cards, and other basic necessities. This year lydia'Lydias's Place provided approximately 250 such baskets to students across the state of Georgia.

Lydia'Lydias's Place provides housing in its mission to meet basic living needs for program participants. Four units are operational at lydia'Lydias's homeplace, a quadiplex building rented by lydia'Lydias's Place through agreeement with the local habitat for humanity organization. Four other units are operational at the arch village, through sublease agreements between lydia'Lydias's Place and a local homeless shelter organization. The housing provides a secure and steady environment as students begin their path to living independently without having to deal with co-signers, deposits, and high rent costs.