Impact International, Inc.

The ultimate goal of HOPE is to reduce homelessness in the region by supporting homeless men as they transition back into their own homes and independent living and ultimately by providing sustainable housing options in the area.

As Carroll County does not have public transportation, DESERVE ensures that all local veterans have transportation to and from their healthcare at the Trinka Davis VA clinic and Tanner Medical Center. As such, we strive to relieve some of the struggles of our aging and/or disabled veterans and their families by providing free and wheelchair accessible transportation.

Our goal at ACE is to empower community members through education: teaching adults to read and write, increasing immigrants' English proficiency levels, and training the un- and underemployed so that they might find and maintain employment that both pays a living wage and is in a field they enjoy.

Hope: The strategy at HOPE Center is to help homeless men become house ready. We do so by providing a home-like environment that is safe as well as drug and alcohol-free. Men of HOPE obtain and maintain full-time employment, do daily chores, and give back to the community through community service projects when appropriate. To equip Men of HOPE for success, we provide weekly group therapy, goals setting, financial management, life skills, job training, job leads, referrals to government and partner agencies, housing leads, as well as additional services as needed. Through partnerships with local businesses, churches, and agencies as well as the support of local community members, we provide all daily necessities, including hygiene products, haircuts, bathing and laundry facilities, undergarments, clothing, three meals a day, a mailing address, and a phone number. In addition, we arrange for or direct pay for other needs, such as minor medical and dentistry, as necessary on a case-by-case basis.


Deserve Ensure, through our partnerships and through volunteer recruitment, that the DESERVE van, one of which is double wheelchair accessible, are well maintained and available Monday through Friday to transport local veterans to and from the Trinka Davis VA clinic and Tanner Medical Center free of charge. We are currently raising funds to purchase a second, wheel-chair accessible van to extend service into Douglas, Haralson, and Heard Counties.

ACE: Provide annual English as a second language and adult reading and writing teacher training so that our teachers remain most effective and successful. Through partnerships with local businesses and volunteer recruitment, continue to offer Job courses annually and provide additional workshops and seminars throughout the year.

Warming Center: The Warming Center was opened in January 2022 for the homeless in our area. The facility is open for short-term operations due to severe weather conditions. It is normally open when temperatures to a combination of precipitation, wind chill, or wind become dangerous(below 32 degrees). The paramount purpose is the prevention of death and injury related to exposure to the elements. It provides residents that have lost critical services such as food and overnight accommodations.

Impact International, Inc. is a faith-based nonprofit organization whose leaders have extensive experience in the areas in which we work. Founders Kathy, Tiffany, and Darrell are known experts in the literacy community and have been invited to speak and train hundreds of volunteers throughout this county. Kathy and Tiffany are also known experts in homelessness in the area, both having been invited to speak on transitional housing and homelessness. Tiffany is a published author on homelessness and wrote the only known successful suburban homeless transition program. Darrell is a Vietnam era veteran himself and has spent several years supporting and working with veterans and the homeless.

Through our partnerships with local organizations, businesses, and agencies, Impact has been able to maintain extremely low overhead costs for our facilities. Moreover, because of our large volunteer base, we have been able to maintain very low administrative and compensation costs. Together, this allows us to focus on and spend the vast majority of our revenue on providing and increasing services to those we serve. As such, Impact International, Inc. will continue to impact west Georgia by improving the quality of life of the homeless, veterans, and the community.

HOPE: Since opening in January 2008, HOPE has helped 703 men get back on their feet. Those men who completed the transition program make a successful transition- a successful transition is defined as living independently and maintaining employment for one year after leaving HOPE Center. There is a housing crisis not only in Carroll County but across the state. We need sustainable housing for these men that transition out.

DESERVE: Carroll County does not have public transportation and there is no plan for public transportation in the future. As such, veterans were missing appointments or paying high taxi fares for transport to their medical appointments. Now, DESERVE provides free transport to and from the Trinka Davis VA clinic, and each year since the beginning, we have increased our capacity by 100%. We are currently running multiple routes daily and transporting 100s veterans annually. What we have not accomplished yet is expanding service into the surrounding three counties whose Veterans are also served by Trinka Davis. It is our goal to do so within the next year.

ACE: English students average an annual increase of one and one-half proficiency levels. Adult Reading and writing students average an annual increase of one grade level. 100% of those who have completed Get that Job have received a minimum of one job offer, and 72% of those who have completed Jobs for Life maintained employment for a minimum of one year.