58 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
BRIDGES is a Deaf-led domestic violence program in Georgia. It helps Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late-deafened, DeafBlind people, and children of Deaf adults who have experienced abuse with safety planning, support, advocacy, and connections to shelter, housing, legal help, counseling, and other resources.
8 services
Pathways to Safety International helps Americans who face domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, or forced marriage while living or traveling outside the United States. Their 24/7 crisis line is not operating right now because of funding, but they still provide support, information, referrals, safety planning, and case help by email.
8 services
Atlanta Legal Aid Society gives free civil legal help to low-income people in metro Atlanta. They help with problems like family law, housing, consumer debt, benefits, health-related legal issues, seniors’ issues, and safety from domestic violence.
15 services
Karibu Community Legacy is a nonprofit in Tucker that helps survivors of sexual and domestic violence in Metro Atlanta. They focus on immigrants and refugees, especially African communities, and offer safety support, counseling, legal advocacy, referrals, transportation, language access, and education.
6 services
Tahirih Justice Center helps immigrant survivors of gender-based violence, including domestic violence, sexual assault, forced marriage, human trafficking, and female genital cutting. They provide free and confidential legal help, social services case management, safety planning, and referrals in Atlanta and other U.S. cities.
Downtown8 services
International Women's House is a domestic violence shelter for women and children who are escaping family violence, sexual abuse, or human trafficking. They offer a 24/7 crisis hotline, safe shelter, counseling, legal advocacy, children's support, and help with practical needs like benefits, medication, money skills, and job readiness.
13 services
Triage Cancer is a national nonprofit that helps people with cancer, caregivers, advocates, and health care workers understand legal, money, insurance, work, and planning issues after a cancer diagnosis. They offer free education, online events, written guides, Spanish resources, and one-on-one legal and financial navigation, but they do not give legal representation or direct financial aid.
9 services
Raksha is a Georgia nonprofit that helps South Asian American survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and other harm. They offer free, confidential support such as safety planning, case management, counseling, legal and victim advocacy, referrals, and language help.
10 services
Justice Center of Atlanta is a nonprofit mediation center in Atlanta. It helps people talk through disputes with a trained neutral mediator, and it also teaches mediation courses for people who want to learn those skills.
Inman Park2 services
HUD is a federal housing agency with an Atlanta Field Office. It does not usually give direct emergency help, but it connects people to housing counselors, public housing authorities, fair housing complaint help, affordable housing search tools, and disaster housing resources.
7 services
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Arthur M. Blank Hospital is a pediatric hospital for babies, children, teens, and young adults. It has a 24-hour emergency department and many children’s specialty services, including cancer care, heart care, surgery, critical care, lab, radiology, transplant care, and diabetes education.
Sweet Auburn13 services
HUD is the federal housing agency, and its Atlanta Field Office serves Georgia. HUD is not a direct shelter or rent-aid provider, but it helps people find housing resources, file housing discrimination complaints, contact housing counselors, and connect with public housing, voucher, FHA, disaster, and eviction resources.
7 services
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts is a nonprofit that helps artists, makers, musicians, writers, and arts organizations with their legal needs. They connect you with volunteer lawyers for help with things like copyright, trademarks, contracts, and setting up a nonprofit. You join as a member, and if your income is low enough you may get the legal help for free.
6 services
The Georgia Advocacy Office (GAO) is Georgia's federally mandated Protection and Advocacy agency for people with disabilities and people labeled with mental illness. They protect people's rights by investigating abuse and neglect, fighting disability discrimination, and helping people get accommodations, assistive technology, and the support they need to live in their community. Help is free, and you can ask for advocacy by calling or filling out a request form on their website.
11 services
This is a federal CDC (National Center for Health Statistics) web page called "Where to Write for Vital Records." It is not a local Atlanta office and does not issue any records itself. Instead, it tells you the correct state or county office to contact to get a copy of a birth, death, marriage, or divorce certificate, including addresses, fees, and how to apply.
2 services
The Georgia Heirs Property Law Center is a nonprofit law firm that helps families who inherited land or a home without a clear legal owner. They clear tangled property titles, write wills and estate plans, and teach families how to protect and pass down their land so it stays in the family. Their help is for low- and moderate-income Georgia property owners.
5 services
Raksha is an Atlanta nonprofit, started in 1995, that helps South Asian families who are dealing with domestic violence, sexual abuse, or family problems. They offer free, private help in many South Asian languages, including a confidential helpline, counseling, legal and immigration support, safety planning, and help finding housing, food, and other resources.
6 services
The Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic at Georgia State University College of Law is a free legal clinic where supervised law students represent low-income people in disputes with the IRS over federal income or employment taxes. They help with things like IRS appeals, Tax Court cases, audits, and setting up payment plans or offers to settle tax debt. They do not prepare your tax return, and they handle federal (not state) tax problems for people across Georgia.
3 services
This is the State of Georgia's Consumer Protection Division, now part of the Attorney General's Office of Law (it used to be called the Governor's Office of Consumer Protection/Consumer Affairs). They help protect people from scams, fraud, and unfair or dishonest business practices. You can call or file a free complaint if a business cheated you, and they offer free guides and a Lemon Law program for car problems.
4 services
The Atlanta Bar Association's Lawyer Referral & Information Service connects people in metro Atlanta with a private lawyer who fits their legal problem. You call or fill out an online form, and trained staff match you with a pre-screened attorney; for many case types you pay a $45 fee for a 30-minute consultation. They also run a Modest Means Program with lower-cost lawyers for people who don't qualify for free legal aid but can't afford standard rates.
3 services
