WHAT WE DO
WE BUILD SKILLS, STRENGTHEN SERVICES, AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITY.
MAC works alongside families, professionals, and service providers to strengthen services, expand access to information and resources, and create new opportunities.
We train rehabilitation specialists and help them develop the practical skills needed to provide high-quality services. We strengthen psychologists’ ability to assess and support children and adults with disabilities, learning differences, and other needs. We help families access reliable information, resources, and support. We create educational opportunities for young people, strengthen locally led organizations, and help introduce tools and approaches that can improve the quality of services available in Georgia.
Across this work, our goal is not simply to provide support ourselves, but to build the knowledge, skills, and local capacity that allow better services and opportunities to continue and grow.
DISABILITY SERVICES & INCLUSION
Building stronger rehabilitation and psychological services
MAC supports locally led efforts to strengthen the services that children and adults with disabilities and other needs rely on. Through our partners, we invest in the development of rehabilitation specialists and psychologists, helping expand access to practical training, hands-on learning, mentorship, professional exchange, and other opportunities to build stronger professional skills.
This work includes areas such as occupational therapy, wheelchair seating and positioning, feeding and swallowing, psychoeducational assessment, early childhood development, and other areas where stronger professional capacity can directly improve the quality of services people receive.
FAMILY INFORMATION & SUPPORT
Helping families access reliable information, resources, and support
MAC supports efforts that help families better understand disability, child development, available services, and the resources that can help them make informed decisions and advocate for their children.
Through its support of initiatives such as Mshoblis Skivri (“Parent’s Shelf”), parent education, regional conferences, and other family-focused resources, MAC helps locally led programs put practical, trustworthy information into the hands of families across Georgia.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING & LEADERSHIP
Building the professional expertise communities need
MAC supports the development of teachers, rehabilitation specialists, psychologists, and other professionals whose knowledge and skills directly affect the lives of children and adults with disabilities, their families, and their communities.
Through our partners, we help expand access to high-quality training, mentorship, hands-on learning, and professional exchange. Our goal is to help build a strong community of skilled professionals in Georgia so that people can access the high-quality services and support they need, close to home.
EDUCATION & RURAL OPPORTUNITY
Expanding opportunity for young people who need the chance
MAC supports educational opportunities for young people whose financial circumstances might otherwise limit their ability to continue their education. Our focus has been particularly strong on economically vulnerable students from rural communities in Georgia.
Through university scholarships and other educational opportunities, we help remove financial barriers and give young people the chance to pursue higher education and build a future for themselves. We believe that access to education can change the course of a young person’s life—and create opportunities that extend to their families and communities.
COMMUNITY-LED INITIATIVES
Supporting people working to improve life in their communities
MAC supports parent groups, local associations, and community initiatives working to improve the lives of children, families, persons with disabilities, and others in their communities.
Sometimes that means helping a parent group respond to a need they have experienced firsthand. In other cases, it means supporting a local association or emerging initiative with funding, resources, expertise, or connections that can help its work take root and grow. We look for people who care deeply about their communities and help give them the support they need to make a difference.
HELP BUILD LASTING CHANGE.
Your support helps strengthen professionals, equip families, expand educational opportunities, and support local initiatives working to improve lives in communities across Georgia.