As the holiday season approaches, the Fulton County Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities (BHDD) in collaboration with the Fulton County Board of Health will launch the Community Linkage Adherence Support Services (CLASS) Holiday Food & Care Package Drive on Monday, November 15, 2021 to supply CLASS members with non-perishable food items and toiletry packages.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a shortage of viable resources, especially within food pantries making challenging times even more difficult to fulfill members’ expressed needs. As such, the Department of BHDD and the Board of Health are committed to improving the quality of life of all CLASS members by collecting durable food items and toiletry packages. 

Collections will take place November 15, 2021 through December 10, 2021 to be distributed to CLASS members December 13-17, 2021.  

Participants are encouraged to donate some of the following non-perishable food items:

• Canned Vegetables 
• Canned Fruits 
• Rice
• Beans
• Pasta 
• Instant Potatoes 
• Evaporated Milk
• Soups
• Canned meat
• Stuffing Mix
• Canned Yams
• Peanut Butter
• Spaghetti Sauce
• Cranberry Sauce 
• Box Mac & Cheese
• Boxed Cornbread

In addition, CLASS Navigators will also collect the following personal care items:

• Socks
• Deodorant
• Soap
• Toothbrushes/toothpaste
• Disinfecting wipes
• Toilet Paper

The CLASS Holiday Food & Care Donation boxes will be located at the following locations:

November 15 – December 10, 2021

 Adamsville Regional Health Center
3700 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, SW
Atlanta, GA 30331

The Center for Health & Rehabilitation
265 Boulevard, NE Atlanta, GA 30312

Oak Hill Child Adolescent & Family Center
2805 Metropolitan Parkway, SW

Fulton County Board of Health
10 Park Place South SE
Atlanta, GA 30303

Fulton County Government Center
141 Pryor Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303

CLASS utilizes a team of Social Service Coordinators or Navigators to provide social service supports and referrals for housing, job placement, food, mental health and substance use disorder treatment along with linkages to HIV care and treatment.   

For more information about the CLASS program, please contact Shaniqua Gordon-McFadden, CLASS Navigator at: (470) 372-2869, or email Shaniqua.Gordon@fultoncountyga.gov, and Crystal Carreras, CLASS Navigator at: (470) 471-4380, or email Crystal.Carreras@fultoncountyga.gov.