“Our journey has been anything but ordinary.
Through every step, we've focused on staying true to our values and making space for thoughtful, intentional, and lasting connections.”—Vanessa M. Garrett, Founder
Built and led by the people closest to the work…
We believe your past is not a liability. Assets Ascending of Georgia is a peer-led nonprofit walking with parents as they come home.
OUR STORY
Founded on a simple, radical belief:
The people returning home are assets, not liabilities — the people closest to the problem are closest to the solution.
Assets Ascending of Georgia was founded and is led by people who have lived through incarceration and reentry themselves. That lived experience isn't a footnote to our work; it's the foundation of it. We meet returning parents with recognition instead of judgment, and with a plan instead of a pamphlet.
We surround formerly incarcerated parents with dignity, intention, and personalized peer support so they can reenter, reunify with their children, reclaim their role as caregivers, and break the generational cycle of incarceration.
OUR MISSION
Why we exist
Where parents heal, families are whole, and communities are restored.
OUR VISION
Where we’re headed
A Georgia where every parent returning from incarceration is met as an asset, not a liability; where restoration replaces stigma, families stay whole, and communities are stronger because no one is left to ascend alone.
ASCENDING THROUGH RESTORATION
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Four commitments guide everything
The pillars beneath every program we run.
Empower
Peer support that restores agency, confidence, and the belief that a different future is possible.
Belonging
A community that recognizes you, welcomes you, and holds space for you exactly as you are.
Educate
Skills, tools, and knowledge that open doors to a stable, self-determined next chapter.
Nurture
Whole-person care for parents and their children, because healing has to reach the whole family.
Give Today
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Uplifting parents. Reuniting children.
Building community.
We built this organization because we lived every step of it.
The intake with nowhere to go, the parole packet that had to tell the truth, the first supervised visit, the first night back under one roof. Your gift means the next parent doesn't walk that path alone. It funds the bed, the peer support, the packet, and the plan that gets a family whole again.
Ready to walk with us?
Whether you need support or want to give it, there's a place for you here. Complete the form or email info@assetsasending.org for more help.