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.
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.
Hosea Helps is an Atlanta nonprofit that has helped families since 1971. At its building on Forrest Hills Drive, people can get emergency food and sign up for food stamps. The group also brings food and services to apartment communities and schools, and holds events for kids and holidays.
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.
This ministry serves homeless and less fortunate men, women, children and veterans around Metro Atlanta. It offers counseling, job outreach, free classes, and gives out clothes, shoes, blankets and holiday meals and toys. It also gives referrals for emergency housing.
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.
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.
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.
New Life Community Alliance is a nonprofit in South DeKalb that has served neighbors for about 25 years. At its Flat Shoals Road campus it gives out groceries, hot meals, clothing, and haircuts. It also helps with past-due rent and utility bills, job search help, GED classes, and health screenings.
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.
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.
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.
This is a Goodwill thrift store and donation center in the West End of Atlanta. You can shop for secondhand goods or drop off used clothes, books, furniture, computers, and household items. Goodwill says store sales and donations help pay for its job programs.
Covenant House Georgia helps young people ages 18 to 24 who are homeless or escaping trafficking. It has a crisis shelter, longer-term apartment housing, health care and counseling, school and job help, and street outreach. A young person who needs shelter can call the youth line.
Central Outreach and Advocacy Center is a downtown Atlanta nonprofit that helps adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Staff help with IDs, birth certificates, Social Security cards, food stamps, Medicaid, SSI/SSDI, and job readiness classes. Partner groups also come on site for health care, eye clinics, and more.