140 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
NCAT is a national nonprofit that works on clean energy, energy conservation, and sustainable agriculture. Its NEAR hotline helps people find local LIHEAP offices and other resources for help with heating and cooling bills.
6 services
SafeLink Wireless is a phone company that offers Lifeline-supported wireless service for people with low incomes. It helps eligible households get free or discounted mobile phone service so they can call, text, and use data.
3 services
Think of Us is a national nonprofit that works to improve the child welfare system. It helps young people, caregivers, kinship caregivers, agencies, and partners connect with resources, complete applications, shape better policy, and test new child welfare solutions.
3 services
StandUp Wireless is a Lifeline phone service provider. It helps eligible households get free monthly talk, text, and data, and it also sells low-cost prepaid wireless plans.
5 services
The ALS Insurance and Benefits Resource Line is a free phone and online help line run by Patient Advocate Foundation with The ALS Association. Case managers help people with ALS and their caregivers understand health insurance, disability benefits, medical bills, insurance denials, and financial hardship tied to care.
4 services
Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia, Inc. helps people and families in Georgia affected by sickle cell disease. They offer care coordination, education, counseling, testing, help applying for benefits, youth transition support, advocacy, and a summer camp for children and teens with sickle cell disease.
Audobon Forest12 services
Georgia Legal Services Program is a nonprofit law firm that gives free civil legal help to people with low incomes and seniors in most Georgia counties outside metro Atlanta. They help with problems like eviction, public benefits, family violence protection, health coverage, school issues, farmworker rights, and consumer debt.
13 services
The United States Department of Labor is the federal agency for workers, job seekers, retirees, and employers. It helps people find information about unemployment benefits, job training, workplace rights, safety rules, and other work-related benefits.
5 services
The United States Army runs Survivor Outreach Services for families of fallen Soldiers. The program helps survivors with grief counseling, financial counseling, benefits coordination, support groups, local events, and long-term support near where they live.
3 services
Patient Advocate Foundation is a national nonprofit that helps people with serious or chronic illnesses deal with health care costs and access problems. Its Co-Pay Relief Program gives direct financial help to insured patients who qualify so they can pay for needed prescriptions or treatments.
11 services
Mesothelioma Guide is a free online and phone resource for people with mesothelioma and their families. Their team helps people understand the diagnosis, find specialists and treatment centers, connect with patient advocates, learn about VA benefits, and explore legal or financial help.
8 services
The American Legion is a national veterans service organization. It helps veterans, service members, and military families with benefits help, disaster grants, suicide prevention training, youth programs, scholarships, and community service.
10 services
ZERO Prostate Cancer helps people with prostate cancer and their families. They offer a free helpline, case managers, patient navigation in Atlanta and Baltimore, peer support, education, screening information, and help finding financial resources.
12 services
Quality of Life Foundation runs Wounded Veteran Family Care, a national program for caregivers of wounded veterans. They help caregivers understand and navigate VA caregiver benefits, especially the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers, and they advocate with VA or DoD when families face barriers. They say they do not offer financial assistance.
4 services
HIV, AIDS & Prevention CareLine is a Patient Advocate Foundation program for people with HIV or AIDS, or people getting HIV prevention treatment or testing. Case managers help with health insurance, care access, treatment costs, disability benefits, workplace benefits, and finding help for basic needs like food, rent, utilities, and transportation.
5 services
mRelief is a Chicago-based nonprofit that helps people apply for SNAP, also called food stamps, through a phone-friendly website and text messages. They help people check if they may qualify, apply in some states, upload documents, and get answers while applying.
6 services
Navy Gold Star Program is the U.S. Navy's official support program for families of Sailors who died while on active duty. It helps surviving family members find coordinators, understand benefits, connect to resources, honor loved ones, and join support activities.
11 services
Toco Hills Community Alliance is a nonprofit food pantry and community kitchen in Northeast Atlanta. They give free groceries to low-income people and families, offer to-go hot lunches for people experiencing homelessness, and share resource information for other needs.
4 services
The United States Marine Corps runs a Long Term Assistance Program for next of kin and surviving family members of deceased Marines. The program helps families with death benefits, survivor benefits, reports, grief support referrals, and other needs after a Marine or Marine family member dies.
3 services
Fulton County Library System is the public library system for Fulton County and the City of Atlanta. Its Social Services team gives short-term help to patrons by connecting them with community resources, forms, job help, health care, housing referrals, and other support.
Sweet Auburn4 services
