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Exceptional Futures opened in 2018 as an affiliate of The Exceptional Foundation, a day program in Homewood, Alabama. Atlanta resident Mark Smith saw the positive impact The Exceptional Foundation had on his brother, who was a participant, and wanted to make the program available for families in the Atlanta area.
Meanwhile, Susan Keeney, Lauren Wilson, and Renee Smith, special education teachers in the Atlanta area, also recognized the need after their students aged out of public schools and lost access to valuable resources. Collaborating with Tricia Kirk, the President of The Exceptional Foundation, they opened Exceptional Futures in 2018, serving four families.
Having been built on this strong foundation, Exceptional Futures continues to grow and now serves almost 200 families in the Atlanta area.
The mission of Exceptional Futures, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is to provide vibrant, empowering programs for adults with special needs, while supporting parents in their journey of caregiving.
Our vision is to provide adults with special needs in our community the opportunity to have meaningful lives.
It’s not easy being “exceptional”... and it only gets harder as those with special needs get older.
To put it mildly, the opportunities for individuals with special needs who have graduated out of their local school system are embarrassingly inadequate.

Sibling Summit for Next Generation Caregivers

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Beth Malanoski

Susan Keeney

Claire Mason

Jonathan Day

Christian Hardage

BJ Benton

Tara Arnett

Jamie Bortak

Craig Camuso

Chris Carter

Bill Crane

Erin Goodman

Dominique Hearnes

Kisean Smith

Mary Weaver

Wallace Watanabe

Siblings of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. What comes next? Take it from @angiek. Come to the EF Sibling Summit for Next Generatjon Caregivers. You’ll be glad you did. No charge. Advanced registration required. Swipe for the QR code or use the link in comments below or go to EFatl.org events page. No time to waste. This Friday, September 25th.

🏈 We’re ready for some football! Exceptional College GameDay is back, with our fan squad making their picks every week! Like Exceptional Fantasy Football, this program started with our members. They put ideas on their monthly surveys, and EF works to make them happen. 👏

Thanks to everyone who came to support EF at Tidal Wave Auto Spa Snellville today! EF received 50% of all single-wash sales all day. Thanks to our EF Crew for all their hard work and smiles today even though it was 90 million degrees in the sun 🚗 💦 Special appreciation to the folks at Tidal Wave for including EF in your annual Charity Day!

🚗💦 Dirty car? We can help—and you can help EF! Come see us Friday, September 18th, at the Tidal Wave Auto Spa, 3070 Stone Mountain Highway in Snellville! All day, 50% of every single-wash purchase goes directly to Exceptional Futures Scholarship Program! 💙 EF members will be there to greet you between 11:00–2:00, so stop by, get that car sparkling, and support an exceptional cause! ✨🚙

Members are already planning for Spooky Season! EF Cobb is first out of the gate to begin work on their submission to Scarecrows in the Garden @atlbotanical. Can’t wait to see what they are creating!

Do you know someone who may one day become a caregiver for their adult sibling with an intellectual or developmental disability? Please share this with them 💙 The Sibling Summit is a conference created specifically for next-generation caregivers—adult siblings (21+) of adults (18+) with disabilities who want to better understand what the future may hold. Through expert-led sessions on legal planning, funding options, quality-of-life decisions, and real-world challenges, participants gain practical tools, resources, and clarity. Just as important, the Sibling Summit offers a chance to connect with others who truly get the unique role of being a sibling to someone with IDD. 👉 Know someone who should be there? Tag them, share this post, pass along the QR code (swipe right), or share the link in our bio.

A team from EF Cobb visited Mostly Mutts Rescue, founded to give abandoned and neglected animals a second chance, They also visited @mostly_mutts_market to see how volunteers fund their amazing rescue efforts. Members love to learn about all the good being done in their community!

Shout out to the over 100 members of the Exceptional Family (and all the new friends we met) at Bingo last night. We sold every single bingo card we brought and a great time was had by all!

🏈 Are you ready for some football? EF is! Today was Draft Day for our first-ever Exceptional Fantasy Football League, and things got competitive FAST! Lots of cheering and hollering, big picks and, of course, booing the Commissioner. As members enjoy talking sports and following current events they are practicing basic math, reasoning and making choices. Stay tuned as our members battle it out all season long for Exceptional Fantasy Football bragging rights! 🏆🏈

What are you doing on Tuesday? We’ve got a great idea … New location. Same great Bingo. Same Exceptional community! 💙 EF’s Annual Bingo Night is headed to Crooked Can Brewing Co. at The Grove at Towne Center in Snellville! Join us for a night of Bingo, fun, prizes, and plenty of laughs with our favorite people. 👉 Swipe for all the details!

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