Our Goals
Foundation of Smiles
Identify Local city's current plan of action to see how our charities can improve the process and problem areas.
-Increase business participation to reach the goal of getting 98% of businesses to sponsor charities and become involved in the cause.
-Have doctors and medical professionals on call for mental health emergencies.
-Form Immediate Impact teams for non-emergency issues.
-To have off duty volunteers in the police force and first responders matched with mental health professionals for family calls.
-Have a committee consisting of (first responders, those on the streets, and mental health professionals) that focuses on mental health and safety matters.
-Provide education to kids in at-risk homes and the homeless on the reality of their situation, and how they can improve their living situations.
-Gather stories from the homeless and use this experience to improve the vetting process for the homeless receiving housing vouchers.
-Provide newly homeless individuals with education on their options
- Housing for individuals with dementia and mental health disorders with nowhere else to go.
- Transparency in the process of helping these individuals in need.
- Pinpoint problem areas and use this information to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse.
-Provide more resources to addicts to eliminate opportunities for their dealers
-Identify locations where these needs are high in order to provide similar assistance.
-Form teams of volunteers to hit the streets to gain perspective on the issues to provide a more tailored approach to solving the growing need for these resources.
-Identify the difference in resources offered to homeless individuals of different ethnicities.
-Provide better education to hospitals in cases of abuse, homelessness, veterans, addicts and at-risk living environments.
-Create a process to identify when individuals are newly homeless to provide resources quicker
-Form a team to advocate for homeless individuals.
-Gain more volunteers and sponsors to spread awareness and action.
-Education for at-risk children on safety, resources and tips for living on the streets and in at-risk homes.
-Identify the current immigration plan and find areas where charities can help and improve the process for those immigrating.
-Create a Sign Flyer plan
-Obtain leads from pertinent departments @uga, Athens Tech and Piedmont in areas such as social, music, health and mental studies and more.
-Get local high schools and homeless communities involved in cleaning up the streets.
- Provide intermediate and transitional housing for individuals between temporary and permanent housing.
-Provide help with crisis intervention and resources on the weekends.
-Create a plan for those left on the streets when all other avenues fail, or they refuse to accept the other options available to get housing.