Who We Are

History of Georgia Options, Inc.

Incorporated 1991

Began services 1992

The organization grew from a group of parents, people with disabilities, service providers, advocates, and other citizens who are concerned for the well being of adults with disabilities. Many of these adults are now living at home with parents who, in many cases, are elderly or ill and can no longer continue care giving. These persons with disabilities literally have no other place to go. They are among the thousands of Georgians with developmental disabilities who need residential support services. This is a crisis which grows daily and which has had woefully inadequate attention from legislators and other policy-makers.

The creation of Georgia Options was timely, given the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which bars discrimination against persons with disabilities in public accommodations, private employment, and government services. Georgia Options aids in implementing the letter and spirit of this law by supporting persons with disabilities in all aspects of community life.

Georgia Options hopes to be a leader for the rest of the state in the delivery of community living support services to people with disabilities. It is funded primarily through Medicaid waivers and supplemental state funding. Fundraising from private sources is now seen as an essential strategy for building financial strength to survive and thrive in the future.

The people we serve are persons with dignity and capacity, who not only have the right to live among us, but who also have untapped potential to contribute to our community in immeasurable ways.