Resources

Click HERE for a full list of outside service providers of the Columbia County School District

Georgia Crisis and Access Line 

911

Child Abuse and Neglect

^{The Department of Human Services Division of Family and Children Services’ (DFCS) Child Protective Services (CPS) After-Hours Call Center was established to ensure reports of abuse/neglect are received, accessed and handled timely and efficiently during the times that local DFCS offices are closed. The CPS After-Hours Call Center is currently ONLY for reporting child abuse/neglect during the times that local DFCS offices are closed, but will eventually move towards a statewide CPS Call Center that is operational 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.}

 

24/7 Crisis Text Line 

^{Reach a trained counselor by text message. Youth and teens are especially welcome.}  

 

Suicide Prevention Lifeline

 ^{The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.}

 

Disaster Distress Helpline

1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.

Spanish Speakers: Call 1-800-985-5990 and press "2" or text Hablanos to 66746

 

The Disaster Distress Helpline is 24/7, 365-day-a-year, national hotline dedicated to providing immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. This toll-free, multilingual, and confidential crisis support service is available to all residents in the United States and its territories. They help people dealing with stress, anxiety, and other depression-like symptoms (all common reactions after/during a disaster). They are responding to calls and providing crisis support related to fears and stress over the current coronavirus outbreak. 

SAMHSA (The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) has a Disaster Distress Helpline.

 

 

The Columbia County School District, working with dozens of local businesses, churches, and other organizations, will provide food resources for our students in need through the present shutdown.

Seven schools will serve as pickup sites for “grab and go” breakfasts and lunches, Monday – Friday, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. beginning Monday, March 23 – Friday, April 3, 2020. In addition, CCSD will continue to provide school lunches up to Spring Break, April 6 - 13, 2020.

After Spring Break, our food site distribution schedule will resume starting Wednesday, April 15, 2020. At that time, we will begin serving grab and go breakfasts and lunches on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. On Monday and Wednesday, we will provide breakfasts and lunches for the following days. This schedule will provide meals for every day of each week while reducing the number of times our families have to pick up their meals. We will continue with our Monday and Wednesday drop off service to those families in need.

Items will be prepared by school nutrition staff and will be distributed by curb-side pickup or delivered to students who have no means of transportation.

All Columbia County School District students in need may receive a lunch safely packaged in a sack to go, along with breakfast for the next day, at any of the following sites:

• Grovetown Elementary
• Grovetown Middle
• Martinez Elementary
• Parkway Elementary
• North Harlem Elementary
• South Columbia Elementary
• Lakeside High

Parents of students in need of food resources, please complete the request form. 

We are extremely grateful for the community organizations that are helping us provide this service to needy families during this difficult time. Groups or organizations interested in supplying food resources please complete the volunteer registration form.

If families need meals before or after that time and schools are still shut down, please check back for a list of community resources that stand ready to provide meals for families in need. 

Contact these organizations for families in need of food assistance

Donation drop-off locations: