ISDD
is the recipient of the
2023 Janet Sainer Award
for the commitment to excellence in providing supportive services to relative caregivers and their families from Brookdale Foundation Group
ISDD is dedicated to empowering, educating and equipping kinship caregivers of disadvantaged children in Metro Atlanta.
History
Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage & Disability (ISDD) was founded in 2004 by a group of Atlanta education and health professionals to accomplish the mission of creating healthier outcomes for vulnerable children and families. Over the years the agency has piloted a number of programs to address the issue which have been refined to a single focus on kinship families, which include some of the most disadvantaged children in our community, and focused on the mission of empowering, educating, and equipping kinship caregivers of disadvantaged children in Metro Atlanta.
AWARDS
2023 - Janet Sainer RAPP (Relatives As Parents Program) Award in recognition for the commitment to excellence in providing supportive services to relative caregivers and their families from Brookdale Foundation Group
2022 - United Way of Greater Atlanta Gwinnett Spark Prize for improving economic stability, strong learners and racial equity
2021 - Brookdale Foundation Grandfamilies Award for outstanding contributions to the field of grandparents and other relatives raising children from Generations United
2013 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award from the Rollins School of Public Health and the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.
Board of Directors
Tonya Holody, MBA, Chair
Breanne West, Vice-Chair
Matthew Sales, Secretary
Jacob Rumery, Treasurer
Lauren Caldwell
Nichelle Mitchem
Jessica Nix
Jacqueline "Jacki" L Payne
Matthew Sales
Macie Thompson
Makina Wallace
Staff Members