Sheltering Arms' Rodney Lawrence receives national recognition for strengthening families.



Thank you Northeast Atlanta Metro Association of Realtors, playing Santa for 20 years to Sheltering Arms children in Gwinnett!

Sheltering Arms one of the best charitable investments during hard times, says Community Foundation.

Sheltering Arms' low overhead earns high marks from Journal-Constitution.

Sheltering Arms is metro Atlanta’s oldest nonprofit child care provider and one of its most respected. Our mission is to serve working families with high quality, affordable child care and education and comprehensive support services, as well as to provide professional development for early childhood educators and community outreach. Sheltering Arms is a non-profit organization. 

We serve more than 3,600 children each year, ages six weeks to five years old, and their families, in 17 child care centers in seven counties. 

Our child care centers are located in the following metro Atlanta counties:
Clayton Jonesboro Cobb Marietta (2)  DeKalb Atlanta Chamblee East Lake	Douglas Douglasville Fulton Atlanta (2) College Park (2) East Point Union City	Gwinnett Duluth Lawrenceville Norcross Rockdale Conyers	View a map of our Atlanta locations!