453 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. It gives free, private help by phone, text, and online chat 24 hours a day for people in a mental health crisis, emotional distress, substance use concerns, or who just need someone to talk to.
5 services
Mental Health America of Georgia is a nonprofit that teaches, trains, and advocates for better mental health care across Georgia. It offers mental health education, suicide prevention training, youth and young adult programs, resource referrals, and public policy advocacy.
13 services
The Link Counseling Center is a nonprofit counseling center in Sandy Springs with another office near Cobb County. It offers low-cost therapy for adults, children, couples, and families, plus free grief support groups for children, teens, and people grieving a suicide loss.
10 services
Ahimsa House helps people in Georgia who are escaping domestic violence and need a safe plan for their pets. They run a 24-hour crisis line, arrange temporary safe shelter and care for animals, help with pet transport, supplies, veterinary care, and safety planning.
10 services
Georgia Poison Center is Georgia's official poison help center. It gives free, 24/7 help by phone for poison emergencies and questions about medicines, bites, chemicals, fumes, and other exposures. It also teaches the public and health workers how to prevent and respond to poisonings.
9 services
Childhelp is a national nonprofit that works to prevent and respond to child abuse and neglect. It offers a 24/7 child abuse hotline by call, text, and chat, plus prevention education, foster care, advocacy centers, and residential treatment programs in some states.
9 services
Promise Place helps people who are experiencing domestic violence. They offer a 24-hour crisis hotline, emergency shelter, legal advocacy, support groups, safety planning, and prevention education.
9 services
youthSpark helps vulnerable teens in Fulton County and Atlanta who have faced abuse, exploitation, trafficking, violence, or family conflict. Its Youth Services Center offers case management, counseling and support groups, crisis help, safety planning, court and school advocacy, referrals, and basic supplies.
9 services
HEARTS for Families is a Georgia nonprofit that works to strengthen families and people who serve families. They offer parenting education, youth substance-use prevention, facilitator training, and SAFE HOMES pledge campaigns for drug-free homes and suicide prevention.
7 services
Stop Suicide USA trains adults and community groups to recognize suicide warning signs and step in during a crisis. It also says it provides rapid-response suicide intervention for veterans, first responders, and community members at risk of suicide.
4 services
Georgia Crisis and Access Line is Georgia’s 24/7 crisis line for mental health, substance use, and emotional distress. Trained counselors answer calls, help people calm the crisis, connect them to services, and can coordinate mobile crisis help when needed.
6 services
Farm Aid is a national nonprofit that supports family farmers in the United States. It helps farmers by phone and online with crisis support, referrals, funding information, disaster recovery resources, legal and financial referrals, and farmer advocacy.
12 services
Mental Health America of Georgia is a nonprofit that teaches people about mental health, suicide prevention, and how to find help. It serves Georgia through training, youth programs, Spanish-language classes, advocacy, resource referrals, and online mental health screening.
13 services
Be Strong is a national nonprofit that helps young people and families find mental health, crisis, basic-needs, and peer support. It runs a free anonymous app, student leader programs, school inclusion programs, learning resources, and national campaigns so people can get help and help others.
9 services
HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response sends trained dog-and-handler teams to give comfort after crises and disasters. Teams work with first responders, schools, hospitals, counselors, chaplains, and relief agencies, and they respond at no charge when invited by the agency in charge.
5 services
Parents Anonymous, Inc. supports parents, caregivers, children, and youth through free helpline support, parent groups, peer support, mental health services, and family-strengthening programs. Its National Parent & Youth Helpline is available across the United States by phone, text, or live chat 24 hours a day.
11 services
IMALIVE is now presenting the IMALIVE Mental Health Fair, a traveling campus event about mental health and suicide prevention. It helps colleges and universities teach students how to notice warning signs, talk about mental health, and find support; its website directs people in crisis to call 988 or text HOME to 741741.
3 services
Community Helpline is a free, confidential crisis, referral, and support hotline. Trained volunteer listeners answer calls from people dealing with stress, loneliness, depression, suicidal thoughts, substance use, grief, identity concerns, abuse, or relationship problems.
4 services
The Dr. Robert E. Elliott Foundation is based in Searcy, Arkansas, not Atlanta. It focuses on depression education, suicide prevention, and support for people grieving a suicide loss.
6 services
SafeSpot is a free 24/7 phone hotline for people who use drugs and may be at risk of overdose. A trained peer operator stays on the phone while someone uses, makes a safety plan, and can call a trusted person or emergency help if the caller stops responding.
4 services
