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HISTORY & MILESTONES
(1986-2007)
[See Our Building Pictures Below]

From One Room to a Mansion, “In My Father House, There Are Many Mansions”

The founding Board of Directors met on January 14, 1984 met at the A. D. Williams Recreation Center under the leadership of Mr. Marion L. Simpson.

Over the years the Young Adult Guidance Center, Inc. (YAGC) has received numerous awards, citations, plaques, certificates and other honors, from various civil, community, schools, churches, governments, and private businesses. The old site was demolished in 1998 to make way for the new facility.

Highlights and Achievements:

• Department of Tax Registration - City of Atlanta
  • Developed in February 1986
• Office of the Secretary of State (Georgia) – Articles of Incorporation – Max Cleland, Secretary of State
  • Presented to YAGC on August 8, 1986
• 1230 Hightower Road - site opened as a shelter facility
  • To YAGC on September 1988
• Certification of Consistency with Comprehensive Homeless Assistance Plan – City of Atlanta
  • Presented to YAGC on March 27, 1989
• Child Welfare Institute of Atlanta – Training
  • Completed on November 9, 1991
• Paradise Missionary Baptist Church (Men’s Day Committee) – Certificate of Appreciation
  • Presented to Marion L. Simpson on March 21, 1992
• University of Okalahoma (College of Continuing Education) – Certificate of Completion
• Southern Bell Calendar of Black History (saving Our Children and Youth) Award
  • Presented on September 7, 1994
  • Presented to Marion L. Simpson on November 1994
• Tabernacle Baptist Church Food Pantry – Certificate of Appreciation
  • Presented to Marion Simpson on February 5, 1995
• Emory University (Rollins School of Public Health) – Certificate of Appreciation Community Service in the Prevention of Violence Among Youth
  • Presented to Marion L. Simpson on January 18, 1996
• National Community Development Association (Audrey Nelson Community Development Achievement Award)
  • Presented to YAGC on April 29, 1996
• Secretary of State of Georgia, Kathy Cox – Certificate of Presentation
  •  YAGC as a Charitable Organization on November 25, 1996
• Fulton County Department of the Environment and Community Development (Division of Community and Housing Development) – Certificate of Appreciation
  • Presented to YAGC on April 8, 1998
• Fulton County - Proclamation
  • To YAGC on April 15, 1998
• Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) – Certificate of Appreciation
  • Presented on May 21, 2000
• Fulton County Call to Manhood - Certificate of Appreciation
• Super 17, WTBS (Poverty Issues) – Certificate of Appreciation
  • To Marion Simpson and YAGC in 2001
• Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) (Fulton County Department of Family and Child Services – Certificate of Appreciation (Foster Parent)
  • Presented to Marion Simpson and YAGC on July 14, 2001
• African American Man Of Honor Award (William Claude Thomas Lodge # 112)
  • To Marion L. Simpson on July 28, 2001
• Proclamation - City of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin
  • Presented to YAGC on September 15, 2002
• APAB Neighborhood Achievement Award
  • Presented to YAGC on October 12, 2002
• Georgia Department of Human Resources – Licensure
  • Presented to YAGC on February 7, 2003
• Southeastern Network of Youth and Family Services (National Network for Youth) - Certificate of Membership
  • Membership period from July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005
  • Recognized YAGC on August 1, 2004
• William Boyd Elementary Safety Award
  • Presented to Marion L. Simpson in 2004
• Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children (GAHSC) - Certificate of Membership
  • Presented to YAGC in 2004
• National Domestic Violence Hotline - Certificate of Appreciation
  • Presented to YAGC on April 15, 2004
• Samuel Archer High (1969 Class) - Certificate of Appreciation - Audrey H. Graham (Class President)
  • Presented to Marion L. Simpson on September 18, 2004
• Outstanding Georgia Citizen Award - Kathy Cox, Secretary of State (Georgia)
  • Presented to YAGC on December 11, 2004
• Goodwill Ambassadors from the New Fellowship of Praise
  • Presented to YAGC on December 12, 2004
• Fulton County Board of Commissioners (Community Development Block Grant Program)
  • Awarded to YAGC on April 3, 2005
• Proclamation - Young Adult Guidance Center, Day - City of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin
  • Presented to YAGC on September 15, 2005
• Georgia Association of Homes and Services for Children – Member
  • YAGC joined association in 2005
• Certificate of Honor – City of Atlanta Mayor, Shirley Franklin
  • Presented to YAGC on December 10, 2005
• Corporation for National Community Service Award (The Center for Community Health and Service Learning) - Certificate of Appreciation
  • Presented to YAGC on May 17, 2006