Family & Children

The Drug Enforcement Administration is a U.S. Department of Justice law enforcement agency. Its Atlanta Division serves Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and works on drug enforcement, drug prevention education, community outreach, safe medication disposal, and referrals to treatment resources.

9 services

Graham’s Foundation is a nonprofit that helps families with premature babies during the NICU stay and after they go home. It offers free preemie care packages, parent mentors, educational resources, and the MyPreemie app. The team works remotely and asks most people to use its contact form or leave a voicemail.

10 services

The Health Law Partnership (HeLP) is a medical-legal partnership that helps low-income children who are patients at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and their families. They provide free civil legal help with problems that can affect a child’s health, such as Medicaid, SSI disability benefits, school issues, unsafe housing, evictions, guardianship, and public benefits.

3 services

All Heart Gunner Foundation helps families whose child has been diagnosed with brain cancer or a brain tumor. They give direct financial help and faith-based support so families can pay bills, travel, or use the money where it is needed most.

4 services

The Center for Courageous Kids is a nonprofit medical camp in Scottsville, Kentucky for children with disabilities, lifelong illnesses, and serious medical conditions. It gives kids and families free, accessible camp experiences with medical staff, camp activities, family retreats, meals, and lodging.

8 services

The Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors is a nonprofit that helps people after a loved one dies by suicide. It offers a 24/7 online forum, phone and Zoom consultations, online support groups, healing emails, and grief resources.

8 services

Neighbor To Family is a child welfare agency that helps keep brothers and sisters together in foster care. Its Georgia office in Stone Mountain serves children and families through specialized sibling foster care and works toward safe, permanent family placements.

4 services

Safety Connection is a National Safety Council program that helps parents, caregivers, employers, and child passenger safety technicians learn how to keep children safe in cars. It offers free virtual car seat checks, online child passenger safety courses, Spanish resources, and help finding local car seat programs.

9 services

Georgia Center for Child Advocacy helps children who have been sexually abused, severely physically abused, commercially sexually exploited, or affected by violence. It offers forensic interviews, family advocacy, therapy, and child abuse prevention training, with direct services free for children 17 and under who live in or were abused in Fulton or DeKalb County.

10 services

Giving Angels Foundation is a volunteer-run nonprofit that helps children age 21 or younger who have a physical disability or serious illness. It gives one-time grants to lower-income families for things like medical supplies, equipment, essential bills, camps, and therapeutic toys. Their website says they are not accepting applications right now.

3 services

Parents of Addicted Loved Ones (PAL) is a national nonprofit based in Phoenix, not a local Atlanta office. It helps parents, spouses, family members, and friends of adults with substance use disorder through free support groups, education, online meetings, and meeting-startup support.

6 services

Autism Speaks is a national nonprofit that shares autism information, tools, and resources. Its Autism Response Team helps autistic people, families, caregivers, providers, and community members find autism services and supports, but it does not make appointments or direct referrals.

7 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

Kate's Club helps children, teens, families, and young adults in Georgia after someone important dies. They offer free grief support groups, family programs, camps, outings, online groups, and training for schools and professionals.

13 services

TheHopeLine is a free online nonprofit for students and young adults who are going through a hard time or crisis. They offer 24-hour live chat with trained Hope Coaches, email mentoring, suicide prevention links, articles, podcasts, eBooks, and faith-based support.

4 services

First Candle is a nonprofit that works to prevent sleep-related infant deaths and supports families after the death of a baby. It offers a grief line, online peer support groups, bereavement resources, safe sleep education, community chats, and training for health workers and first responders.

10 services