Volunteers
Volunteers are vital to the service delivery and support that each JJF program provides. Some volunteers may be required to complete training,
submit to a criminal background check, and sign a Volunteer Agreement prior to service. If you are interested in volunteering with the Juvenile Justice Fund,
please contact Allison Hood at allisonhood@juvenilejusticefund.org.
Volunteer opportunities at JJF include:
1. CEASE Program
For a list of volunteer opportunities, click here.
To volunteer for the CEASE Program, please contact:
Keisha Head
Voices Project
404.613.4576
keisha@juvenilejusticefund.org
2. Visitation Centers
- Site Coordinators: Coordinate visitation schedules and supervise volunteer visitation monitors at faith-based visitation center locations.
- Visitation Monitors: Supervise visits between foster children and birth family members at faith-based visitation center locations; draft observation court reports.
To volunteer for the Visitation Centers, please contact:
Kei Breedlove
Program Coordinator
Family Visitation Program
404.612.4633
keibreedlove@juvenilejusticefund.org
3. Project Ready, Set, Go!
- Coping Workshop Instructors: Share information about topics of concern with Parents who are participating in the Family Drug Court program. Sample workshop topics include: Anger Management, Work readiness and interviewing skills, stress management, parenting skills, budgeting and financial assistance, relapse prevention.
- Youth Track Instructors: Spend an afternoon leading an art project, writing activity, play session, or craft with the children and adolescents in our program.
To volunteer for the Project Ready, Set, Go!, please contact:
Melissa Rochester
Youth Track Coordinator
Project Ready, Set, Go!
404.613.4611
melissarochester@juvenilejsuticefund.org
4. A Future. Not A Past: Stop Prostitution of Children in Georgia Campaign
- Community Ambassador: Attend quarterly volunteer trainings to learn how to lend your voice to help fight the prostitution of Georgia's children by raising awareness in your own community.
To volunteer for A Future. Not A Past., please contact:
Jennifer Swain
Statewide Coordinator
A Future. Not A Past.
404.613.4555
jenniferswain@juvenilejusticefund.org
5. Event Volunteers
- Volunteer to work a shift at one of JJF’s annual events, or serve on the planning, set up, or clean up committees for an event.
CEASE Advocates
Raina Brooks
Susan Rogers
Kenya Tajadillo
Erin Wassel
Eliza Reock
Lynda Kapsch
Sarah Holik
Elizabeth Turner
Event Volunteers
David Borna
Andrea Arceneaux-Coleman
Charlotte Dretler
Careatha Daniels
Virginia Decoudreaux
Alex Dretler
Patricia Howard
Mesky Lechebo
Larry McCrary
Mark Brooks
Ron Tillman
Janet Wright
India Wright
Victor Brown
Family Visitation Centers: Site Coordinators
St. John's Episcopal Church, College Park
Kei Breedlove
Site Coordinator
Big Bethel A.M.E. Church, Atlanta
Rev. Bessie Robinson
Site Coordinator
Kingdom of God Evangelistic Outreach Ministry, Atlanta
Patricia Reed
Site Coordinator
Central UMC Church, Vine City
Gloria Daniel
Site Coordinator
First Presbyterian Church (Art Center), Atlanta
TBA
Site Coordinator
Iman Park UMC Church, Iman Park
Tom Baldwin
Site Coordinator
Northminister Presbyterian, Roswell
Leslie Jones
Site Coordinator
New Hope Baptist Church (Mechanicsville), Atlanta
Gloria Jackson
Johnny Jackson
Site Coordinator
