598 organizations
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Child Find of America is a national nonprofit that helps find missing children and helps families lower conflict before it becomes unsafe. They offer free phone help for parents and caretakers, missing-child case support, safety education, referrals, and training for professionals.
6 services
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children helps families, children, law enforcement, schools, and communities when a child is missing or sexually exploited. They run a 24-hour hotline, take online exploitation reports, make and share missing child posters, support families, and offer safety education.
11 services
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau is part of HRSA, a federal health agency. Its National Maternal Mental Health Hotline gives free, private support 24/7 to pregnant people, new parents, moms, and family members by phone, text, or chat.
4 services
The Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office is the DoD office that leads sexual assault prevention, policy, victim support, and recovery work for the military community. Its Safe Helpline gives anonymous, confidential help 24/7 by phone, online chat, app, and moderated group chat for members of the DoD and U.S. Coast Guard communities.
6 services
LGBT National Help Center is a national nonprofit that gives free, confidential peer support for LGBTQIA+ people by phone, chat, email, and online tools. Trained LGBTQIA+ volunteers listen, offer information, and help people find local resources, including in Atlanta, but they do not provide in-person services in Georgia.
10 services
StrongHearts Native Helpline is a national, confidential helpline for Native American and Alaska Native people affected by domestic, dating, and sexual violence. Trained advocates answer by phone, text, and online chat 24/7 and help with crisis support, safety planning, education, and referrals to Native-centered services.
9 services
Turning Point Enterprises, Inc. is an Austell nonprofit that helps people build skills, get counseling, and become more self-sufficient. It offers counseling, crisis intervention, substance abuse education, parenting workshops, life skills classes, and foster care home study case management.
7 services
Kennesaw State University's SAFE Center is the current campus office formerly called the Office of Victim Services. It helps KSU students and employees who have experienced sexual assault, dating or domestic violence, stalking, strangulation, or other crime with advocacy, crisis help, medical follow-up, safety planning, counseling, reporting options, and legal advocacy.
7 services
Vets4Warriors is a free, confidential peer support program for the U.S. military community. Veterans and military-connected peers answer calls, chats, and messages 24 hours a day to listen, help solve problems, and connect people to resources before problems become crises.
3 services
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a free, confidential crisis support line for people in the United States and its territories. Trained counselors help by phone, text, chat, Spanish services, and access options for Deaf and hard-of-hearing people, 24 hours a day.
8 services
Parents Helping Parents is a nonprofit based in Newton, Massachusetts that supports parents and caregivers. They run a free 24/7 Parent Stress Line, free virtual and community support groups, and parent groups in prisons, jails, sober houses, and recovery programs.
7 services
National Safe Place Network runs Safe Place, a national safety program for youth in crisis. Young people can go to a Safe Place site or text 4HELP to find nearby help, connect with a local youth agency, and chat with a trained professional.
4 services
RAINN is the national Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network and runs the National Sexual Assault Hotline. People in Atlanta and across the U.S. can call, chat, text, or use WhatsApp 24/7 for confidential support, referrals, and information after sexual assault or abuse.
9 services
DeafLEAD helps Deaf, hard of hearing, DeafBlind, and late-deafened people and their families, especially people in crisis or victims of crime. They offer 24/7 crisis support, advocacy, case management, mental health support, crisis interpreting, and trauma-sensitive yoga, mostly by phone, videophone, text, chat, or Zoom.
11 services
View Point Health is a public behavioral health agency serving people who need mental health, substance use, or intellectual and developmental disability services. They offer walk-in assessments, counseling, psychiatry, crisis stabilization, youth programs, residential recovery care, supported employment, and community-based support in several Georgia counties.
12 services
ACR Health Services provides community-based mental health, behavioral health, and substance use recovery services in Decatur. They help adults, children, teens, and families with counseling, psychiatric care, case management, peer support, crisis help, and recovery planning.
7 services
VictimConnect Resource Center is a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime. It helps victims and survivors of any crime in the United States by phone, text, and online chat with emotional support, safety planning, information about rights, and referrals to local resources.
2 services
THRIVE Lifeline is a trans-led nonprofit that offers non-police, non-carceral crisis and mental health support for adults with marginalized identities. Its official site says the text lifeline is temporarily down while they raise funds, and it points people to partner peer support groups, Discord communities, coping guides, and Stronger U programs in the meantime.
6 services
Crisis Text Line gives free, private mental health crisis support by text, web chat, and WhatsApp. A trained volunteer Crisis Counselor listens, helps you calm down, and helps you make a safety plan or find next steps. It is available 24 hours a day in English and Spanish in the U.S.
7 services
Sexual Assault Response Center (SARC) helps people who have experienced sexual assault in the Augusta/CSRA area. They offer a 24/7 crisis hotline, advocates, medical forensic exams, counseling, support groups, and prevention education.
10 services
