Dress for Success Georgia, also called Dress for Success Atlanta, helps women reach economic independence. It offers professional clothing, career counseling and workforce training, and support that continues after a woman finds a job. Clients can also join virtual and in-person classes.
Flipper Temple AME Church is a church in Atlanta led by Rev. Elijah S. Shafah. Its Sylvia Williams Food Pantry and Clothes Closet help neighbors with food and clothing. The pantry is open every Wednesday and on some Saturdays. The church also holds weekly worship, Bible study and prayer times.
The Center for Hope is a help center at Jefferson Avenue Baptist Church in East Point, run with Luke 1:37 Ministries. It gives out food boxes, clothes, shoes, blankets, coats, and hygiene items. It also offers job help, financial counseling, referrals, prayer, and spiritual mentoring. You must make an appointment first.
SWEEAC is a nonprofit that started in 1988 when churches and volunteers in Southwest Atlanta joined together to fight hunger. It runs a food pantry that gives free groceries to families and individuals, including a monthly food box program just for seniors. It also hands out clothing, baby supplies, household items, and school supplies to people going through hard times.
FOCUS Atlanta, also called Loaves & Fishes, is an Orthodox Christian center on Cherokee Ave SE. It is open on weekdays with coffee, a hot breakfast, and a lunch to take with you. It also has clothing and hygiene items, and partner groups bring in things like haircuts, a weekly mobile health clinic, foot care, mail service, and social workers.
Angie's Kitchen is a nonprofit that helps people who are homeless or struggling with money. It serves free hot meals on weekday mornings and gives out take-home food bags, clothing and hygiene items when they have them. Staff can also point you to help with housing, SNAP, addiction recovery and health care.
Mobile Showers Atlanta is a nonprofit that parks a trailer with four private shower and restroom suites at a set spot each Saturday. Anyone who needs a shower can come, and visitors also get a hygiene bag and can look over clothing and other items. Volunteers also serve food and drinks to neighbors.
T. is a nonprofit that helps families in underserved parts of metro Atlanta. It runs a food pantry and clothing drives, and it holds back-to-school and holiday programs. It also offers youth mentoring and tutoring, and it points families to help with SNAP, housing and other urgent needs.
All Saints' is an Episcopal church in Midtown Atlanta. It holds worship on Sundays and welcomes LGBTQ+ people. It also runs service ministries: the Midtown Assistance Center (food bank, men's clothing closet, help with rent, utilities and rides), Refugee Ministries, the Threads clothing ministry, and Covenant Community, a residential program for men recovering from substance abuse.
The West End Family Life & Community Center is run by the West End Seventh-day Adventist Church. Its WE Serve outreach gives out food, free clothes, shoes and baby items on every other Tuesday. The center also has a daily seniors program with a hot lunch, youth activities, and help with resumes and faxing.
Mission Agape is an independent charity that began in 2008 with Korean-American groups in Duluth. Volunteers make sandwiches and lunches each week that go to people who are homeless through The Salvation Army and Atlanta Mission. In the fall the group has also bought new warm jackets for people who are homeless.
New Life Community Alliance is a nonprofit in South DeKalb that has served the area for about 25 years. At its Flat Shoals Road center it offers food, clothing, free haircuts, GED classes, job help, case management, and help with past-due rent and utility bills. Most first contact is by phone.
Connect Church is a church in Decatur. It runs a food pantry where people ask for a food box on its website, and it offers free clothing. It also has youth and children's ministries, a church basketball league, and a Sunday worship service at 10:30 AM.
Caring For Others is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps families with food, clothing, shoes, toys, holiday meals and disaster relief. People who live in certain ZIP codes can get emergency food on weekdays, and clothing help comes through an agency referral.
First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta is a church in Midtown, next to the High Museum. Its Community Ministries runs the Venable Food Market, a free pantry where Midtown neighbors pick out their own groceries. The church also offers children's and youth programs, a weekday childcare program for babies and toddlers, and Sunday worship.
Lost-n-Found Youth is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps LGBTQ+ young people ages 18 to 25 who are homeless or in need. It runs a 24/7 support line, a drop-in center with meals, showers and laundry, emergency and transitional housing, street outreach, and a thrift store.
Atlanta Recovery Center is a nonprofit that has housed homeless men in downtown Atlanta since 1969. Men pay a small daily fee for a dorm bed, clean sheets, toiletries and hot showers in a drug-free place. The center also helps with clothing, job searching, and referrals to clinics and treatment.
Wheat Street Baptist Church runs the Action Mission Ministry, a volunteer-run outreach program that gives out free groceries, clothing, and hot meals to neighbors in need. The ministry also helps people connect to SNAP and USDA food programs and offers Bible study for anyone who wants to join.
Global Helping Hands Charity Foundation is a nonprofit based in the Atlanta area. It gives out food on Sundays at its College Park site and hands out clothing and household items once a month. It also offers mentoring, tutoring, and counseling.
Keep Showing Love is a Christian nonprofit in Decatur. It helps homeless people, low-income families, and youth. By appointment, it offers clothing, shoes, hot meals, food, and hygiene items. It also holds youth events and outreach.
