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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Transitional Housing

What you get

Temporary housing while your child receives care, selected around your length of stay, transportation, household size, and care needs. Your social worker can ask whether requests are open.

Who starts it
Your social worker
How it’s sent
Through your social worker
Your time
One conversation with your social worker
Last checked
Aug 27, 2026

  1. One thing to do: ask your social workerThey send it. You give them what they need.

    Children's Healthcare of Atlanta takes requests from your social worker, not from families. Copy this message, or say it at the next visit.

    Hi [social worker’s name],

Could you send a request to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta for us? They offer temporary housing while our child receives care, selected around our length of stay, transportation, household size, and care needs, and it has to come from you. Their page is here: https://www.choa.org/patients/before-you-arrive

Tell me what you need from me and I’ll bring it to our next visit. Thank you for everything you do for us.

[your name] · [phone]
    Copying is the only thing this page does with your text. Nothing is saved.
    Their program page ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026

    What to bring to the meeting

    • Your child’s diagnosis, the hospital’s name, and what you need help with.

    What happens next

    • The social worker and healthcare team screen your circumstances and select an available appropriate housing option or alternative.
    • Confirm the selected property, cost, check-in instructions, transportation plan, and what to do if no room is available.

After your social worker sends it

The family should confirm check-in, cost, dates, transportation, and the alternate plan if room availability changes.

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