Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta generated $6.12 billion in economic impact across Georgia in 2024, according to a study published in July 2026. The study, conducted by the Center for Economic Development Research at Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute, found the system’s economic impact had grown 65% from the last time it was measured a decade earlier.

Economic Impact

Children’s is a nonprofit health care system dedicated to caring for children and young people ages 0-21 throughout Georgia. In 2024, it cared for more than 453,400 unique children. The system supports more than 30,000 jobs across Georgia, including more than 12,000 full-time positions within its own system, making it one of Metro Atlanta’s largest employers.

The study found that for every dollar Children’s spends or earns, another $1.18 in economic activity moves through Georgia’s economy through suppliers, contractors, and the households of its employees. Children’s also provided more than $45 million in unreimbursed Medicaid and charity care to patients from rural Georgia.

Statewide Reach

The system is a statewide network of specialty centers, urgent care locations, and neighborhood clinics serving children throughout Georgia. It also has a $200 million fund established to support rural health care. Children’s opened the Zalik Behavioral and Mental Health Center in 2024, dedicated solely to pediatric behavioral and mental health.

Running the system costs about $7.5 million a day. Of the more than 3,000 children who visit Children’s each day, more than half need financial assistance. Nearly 60% of Children’s patients are covered by Medicaid, PeachCare for Kids, or are otherwise unable to cover the full cost of their care, making Children’s one of the largest Medicaid providers in Georgia.

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