Georgia Cerebral Palsy Lawyer

Financial Assistance, Resources, and Support in Georgia

• Georgia Children’s Medical Services (CMS): Children’s Medical Services (CMS) helps eligible children with special health care needs (including cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular conditions) access specialty care, care coordination, and sometimes financial help with treatment.
• Medicaid Waivers (Katie Beckett / TEFRA, NOW & COMP): The state of Georgia offers a variety of Medicaid waiver programs that can help cover in-home care, therapies, equipment, and community supports for children and adults with developmental and physical disabilities.
• Georgia Disability Services Portal: A directory of state programs for people with disabilities and caregivers, including links to Medicaid, vocational rehab, special education, and other supports.
• Family Support Services (Georgia DBHDD): Offers family support services to help families keep children with disabilities at home through flexible funds and supports tailored to the family’s needs (e.g., respite, supplies, certain adaptive items). 
• United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia (UCP of Georgia): UCP of Georgia supports individuals with developmental disabilities (including CP) through services funded largely by NOW and COMP Medicaid waivers, with guidance on how families can access this funding.
• Tools for Life – Georgia’s Assistive Technology Program: Helps families to find, borrow, and fund assistive technology devices (communication devices, mobility aids, adapted computer access, etc.).
• Georgia Special Needs Scholarship (GSNS): The Georgia Special Needs Scholarship lets eligible students with disabilities use state education funds to attend another public or an approved private school, helping families better meet their child’s learning needs.
• Social Security Benefits for Children with Disabilities (SSI/SSDI): Many Georgia families raising a child with cerebral palsy qualify for federal income support through Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or, in some cases, Social Security Disability (SSDI).

Therapy, Rehabilitation, and Specialist Centers in Georgia

• Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta: Multidisciplinary inpatient and outpatient rehab (physical, occupational, and speech therapy) for children with cerebral palsy and other neurologic conditions, with multiple locations across metro Atlanta.
• Tender Ones Therapy Services (TOTS) — (Dacula, Gainesville, Brookhaven): Pediatric therapy clinic offering intensive and traditional physical and occupational therapy programs specifically for children with cerebral palsy, including home exercise planning for families and caregivers.
• Kid’s Creek Therapy – (Atlanta Metro): Specialized pediatric rehab clinic that provides speech, occupational, and physical therapy; they highlight dedicated CP treatment programs and therapists with additional training in cerebral palsy. 
• Memorial Health Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children’s Hospital of Savannah: Hospital-based program offering inpatient and outpatient PT, OT, and speech therapy for children with CP, brachial plexus injuries, feeding disorders, and other neurologic/orthopedic conditions
• East Georgia Regional Medical Center – (Statesboro): Provides pediatric rehab for neurodevelopmental delays, including cerebral palsy, plus wheelchair fittings, orthoses, AAC ordering/programming, and feeding therapy.
• Southern Therapy Services – (Carrollton / Bremen / Villa Rica): Outpatient pediatric PT and OT for kids with cerebral palsy, developmental delays, neuromuscular conditions, and motor coordination issues, with emphasis on play-based therapy and adaptive equipment.
• Wellstar Children’s (Augusta University partnership / CHOG pediatric rehab): Pediatric physical and occupational therapy programs focusing on gait, mobility, coordination, strength, range of motion, and daily-living skills for children with chronic neurologic and developmental conditions.