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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;13, 2025 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-_____</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">81-4717209</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>400 Interstate North Parkway SE</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Atlanta, Georgia</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>30339</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Matthew Buckhalter </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief
  Financial Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>400 Interstate North Parkway SE </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite 1600 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Atlanta,
  Georgia 30339 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(770) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">441-1580</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Drew
  M. Altman, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Win Rutherfurd, Esq. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Greenberg Traurig, P.A. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>333 S.E. 2nd Avenue, Suite 4400 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Miami, Florida 33131 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(305) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">579-0500</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
  the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
  filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.<B>&#8194;</B>&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement is filed by Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (the &#147;<U>Registrant</U>&#148;) for the purpose of registering additional shares
  of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;) under the Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;). </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day of each calendar year
  during the term of the Plan equal to the lesser of (i)&nbsp;two percent (2%) of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (ii)&nbsp;such smaller number of shares as determined by
  the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors, in its discretion (the &#147;<U>2021 Plan Evergreen Provision</U>&#148;). Pursuant to the 2021 Plan Evergreen Provision, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan increased
  on January&nbsp;1, 2025 by an aggregate of 3,864,503 shares, and this Registration Statement registers the issuance of such additional shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant
  to Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of the Registrant&#146;s prior registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> registering shares of Common Stock under the Plan (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312521207729/d14141ds8.htm">File
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-257675</FONT></A>) (the &#147;<U>Prior Registration Statement</U>&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference herein, and the information required by Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is
  omitted, except that the provisions contained in Part II of the Prior Registration Statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation
  of Documents by Reference. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001832332/000095017025038504/avah-20241228.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;28, 2024, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;13, 2025, pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
  &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001832332/000119312524083451/d896155ddef14a.htm">Definitive
   Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A</A> filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;1, 2024 (solely to the extent incorporated by reference into Part III of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the
  year ended December&nbsp;30, 2023); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312521131262/d170155d8a12b.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;26, 2021 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40362),</FONT> in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the
  shares of the Common Stock, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the description of the Common Stock filed as <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000095017022004799/avah-ex4_1.htm">Exhibit
   4.1</A> to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000095017022004799/avah-20220101.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> filed on
  March&nbsp;28, 2022. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
  of the Exchange Act (not including any information furnished under Items 2.02, 7.01 or 9.01 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> which information is not incorporated by reference herein), prior to the filing of a post-effective
  amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part of the Registration Statement from the date
  of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated herein by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of the Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in a
  subsequently filed document incorporated herein by reference, modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item 8. Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following are the
  exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K:</FONT> </P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312521121965/d63831dex33.htm">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registration Statement
   on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1,</FONT> as amended (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-254981),</FONT> and incorporated herein by reference). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.2</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312521121965/d63831dex35.htm">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.5 to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1,</FONT> as amended (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-254981),</FONT> and incorporated herein by reference). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.3</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312521121965/d63831dex1020.htm">Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.20 to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1,</FONT> as amended (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-254981),</FONT> and incorporated herein by reference). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d933963dex231.htm">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d933963dexfilingfees.htm">Calculation of Filing Fee Tables </A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on March
  13, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">AVEANNA HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC.</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jeff Shaner</P></TD></TR>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeff Shaner and Matthew Buckhalter, and each of
  them any of whom may act without joinder of the other, with full power to act as such person&#146;s true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, with full power of
  substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement, and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to file
  the same, with exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">said&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and</FONT></FONT> agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Signature</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jeff Shaner</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jeff Shaner</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Matthew Buckhalter</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Matthew Buckhalter</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Deborah Stewart</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Deborah Stewart</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Accounting Officer</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Rodney D. Windley</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rodney D. Windley</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chairman of the Board</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;13, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Victor F. Ganzi</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Victor F. Ganzi</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Christopher R. Gordon</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Christopher R. Gordon</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Brent Layton</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Brent Layton</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Devin O&#146;Reilly</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Devin O&#146;Reilly</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Sheldon M. Retchin</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sheldon M. Retchin</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Steve E. Rodgers</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steve E. Rodgers</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2025
  Registration
  No. 333-_____
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  81-4717209
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  400 Interstate North Parkway SE
  Atlanta, Georgia
  30339
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Matthew Buckhalter
  Chief
  Financial Officer
  400 Interstate North Parkway SE
  Suite 1600
  Atlanta,
  Georgia 30339
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (770)
  441-1580
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copies to:
  Drew
  M. Altman, Esq.
  Win Rutherfurd, Esq.
  Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
  333 S.E. 2nd Avenue, Suite 4400
  Miami, Florida 33131
  (305)
  579-0500
  Indicate by check mark whether
  the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
  filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☐
  Accelerated filer
  ☒
  Non-accelerated
  filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☒
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
  ☐
  STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
  This Registration Statement is filed by Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (the "
  Registrant
  ") for the purpose of registering additional shares
  of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("
  Common Stock
  ") under the Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (the "
  Plan
  ").
  The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day of each calendar year
  during the term of the Plan equal to the lesser of (i) two percent (2%) of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (ii) such smaller number of shares as determined by
  the Registrant's Board of Directors, in its discretion (the "
  2021 Plan Evergreen Provision
  "). Pursuant to the 2021 Plan Evergreen Provision, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan increased
  on January 1, 2025 by an aggregate of 3,864,503 shares, and this Registration Statement registers the issuance of such additional shares.
  Pursuant
  to Instruction E of Form
  S-8,
  the contents of the Registrant's prior registration statement on Form
  S-8
  registering shares of Common Stock under the Plan (
  File
  No. 333-257675
  ) (the "
  Prior Registration Statement
  ") are hereby incorporated by reference herein, and the information required by Form
  S-8
  is
  omitted, except that the provisions contained in Part II of the Prior Registration Statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.
  PART II
  Item 3. Incorporation
  of Documents by Reference.
  The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
  Commission
  "):
  (a)
  The Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024, filed with the Commission on March 13, 2025, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
  "
  Exchange Act
  ");
  (b)
  The Registrant's
  Definitive
   Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
  filed with the Commission on April 1, 2024 (solely to the extent incorporated by reference into Part III of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the
  year ended December 30, 2023); and
  (c)
  The Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form
  8-A
  filed with the Commission on April 26, 2021 (File
  No. 001-40362),
  in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the
  shares of the Common Stock, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the description of the Common Stock filed as
  Exhibit
   4.1
  to the Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  filed on
  March 28, 2022.
  Additionally, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
  of the Exchange Act (not including any information furnished under Items 2.02, 7.01 or 9.01 of Form
  8-K,
  which information is not incorporated by reference herein), prior to the filing of a post-effective
  amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part of the Registration Statement from the date
  of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated herein by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of the Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in a
  subsequently filed document incorporated herein by reference, modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  The following are the
  exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation
  S-K:
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registration Statement
   on Form
  S-1,
  as amended (File
  No. 333-254981),
  and incorporated herein by reference).
  4.2
  Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.5 to the Registration Statement on Form
  S-1,
  as amended (File
  No. 333-254981),
  and incorporated herein by reference).
  4.3
  Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.20 to the Registration Statement on Form
  S-1,
  as amended (File
  No. 333-254981),
  and incorporated herein by reference).
  5.1*
  Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
  23.1*
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  23.2*
  Consent of Greenberg Traurig, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1*
  Power of Attorney (included on signature pages hereto).
  107.1*
  Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
  *
  Filed herewith.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form
  S-8,
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on March
  13, 2025.
  AVEANNA HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC.
  By:
  /s/ Jeff Shaner
  Name:  Jeff Shaner
  Title:   President, Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeff Shaner and Matthew Buckhalter, and each of
  them any of whom may act without joinder of the other, with full power to act as such person's true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agent, with full power of
  substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement, and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to file
  the same, with exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
  said attorneys-in-fact and
  agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
  date indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Jeff Shaner
  Jeff Shaner
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  March 13, 2025
  /s/ Matthew Buckhalter
  Matthew Buckhalter
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  March 13, 2025
  /s/ Deborah Stewart
  Deborah Stewart
  Chief Accounting Officer
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  March 13, 2025
  /s/ Rodney D. Windley
  Rodney D. Windley
  Chairman of the Board
  March 13, 2025
  /s/ Victor F. Ganzi
  Victor F. Ganzi
  Director
  March 13, 2025
  /s/ Christopher R. Gordon
  Christopher R. Gordon
  Director
  March 13, 2025
  /s/ Brent Layton
  Brent Layton
  Director
  March 13, 2025
  /s/ Devin O'Reilly
  Devin O'Reilly
  Director
  March 13, 2025
  /s/ Sheldon M. Retchin
  Sheldon M. Retchin
  Director
  March 13, 2025
  /s/ Steve E. Rodgers
  Steve E. Rodgers
  Director
  March 13, 2025
  /s/ Erica Schwartz
  Erica Schwartz
  Director
  March 13, 2025
  /s/ Robert M. Williams, Jr.
  Robert M. Williams, Jr.
  Director
  March 13, 2025