One of Georgia’s largest family services agencies returned to its roots Thursday.
Families First, a nonprofit organization that provides adoption, foster care and mental health services, moved its headquarters from Midtown Atlanta to a new, $13 million facility in Washington Park. The organization was Georgia’s first licensed adoption agency when it first opened its doors on the campus of Spelman College in 1890.
The new center is housed in the former E.R. Carter Elementary School. It now has an upscale, urban look with exposed brick walls and meeting spaces with modern sofas and chairs.
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