Raksha is an Atlanta-area nonprofit that has helped the South Asian American community since 1995. It gives free, private help to survivors of family violence, sexual assault and other crime, including adults and children. Staff can talk with you in English and several South Asian languages.
Not One More Domestic Violence Victim is a nonprofit that helps people hurt by domestic violence and sex trafficking. It offers a crisis line, support groups, help with restraining orders, and help finding resources. It also teaches the community about abuse. The website says its programs are free and private.
Karibu Community Legacy is a nonprofit in Tucker that helps people who have faced sexual or domestic violence. It focuses on African immigrant and refugee communities, but it says it serves anyone who needs help. It offers advocacy, counseling, legal support, support groups, and help in many languages, and says its services are free.
Ser Familia is a nonprofit that helps families, especially Spanish-speaking Latino families, in Georgia. It offers counseling, parenting and couples classes, youth workshops, tutoring, and support for people hurt by domestic violence. The site says all of its programs and services are free.
GCADV is Georgia's statewide group for domestic violence help. It runs a free hotline that is open all day and night, and it works with more than 50 local programs across the state. It also trains those programs, helps Deaf and hard of hearing survivors, and works to change laws that affect survivors.
Tapestri helps immigrant and refugee survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, and sexual abuse in Georgia. They offer case management, crisis counseling, legal advocacy, and referrals. They also train service providers and run a program for men. They are not a shelter and do not have housing on site, but they can connect people to shelters and housing through their referral network.
Tahirih Justice Center is a national nonprofit with an office in Atlanta that gives free, private legal and social services to immigrants who have faced violence because of their gender, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, forced marriage or trafficking. Its lawyers help with immigration cases like asylum, VAWA, T visas, U visas and special immigrant juvenile status, and its social services team helps with safety planning and connecting to other help. The Atlanta office serves survivors across Georgia. They do not take walk-ins, so start by calling.
The Center for Pan Asian Community Services (CPACS) is a nonprofit started in 1980 that helps Asian and other immigrant communities in DeKalb, Gwinnett and Fulton counties. It offers immigration and citizenship help, housing counseling, health programs, youth education, benefits help, and translation in more than 25 languages. Translation is available on site, and free rides are offered in many cases.
This website is for a group in Cobb County that works toward a community free of domestic violence and sexual assault. Ask them directly what help they give and how to get it.
BRIDGES is a program for Deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened and DeafBlind survivors of domestic violence, and for children of Deaf adults. All staff are Deaf and use American Sign Language. Advocates give free, private help with safety plans, emotional support, and finding legal help, housing and other services.
Caminar Latino is an Atlanta-area group in Doraville that helps Latino families affected by domestic violence. It offers support groups for survivors, programs for children and teens who have seen violence, and a program for people who have used violence. Services are in English and Spanish.
StrongHearts Native Helpline is a national helpline for Native Americans and Alaska Natives who face domestic or sexual violence. You can call, text, or chat online with a trained advocate at any hour. Advocates listen, help you make a safety plan, and share Native-centered places that can help. It is private and anonymous, and there is no cost for the advocacy.
The Deaf Hotline is a 24/7 hotline in American Sign Language (ASL) for people experiencing abuse in a relationship. Advocates offer safety planning, crisis help, emotional support and education. The hotline also helps people find Deaf programs near them and trains service providers.
love is respect is a website and helpline for young people with questions or worries about dating and relationships. You can call, text, or chat online with an advocate any time, day or night. The site also has articles and quizzes about healthy relationships, boundaries, and signs of abuse.
Sikh Family Center is a national nonprofit that works on family violence and gender-based violence in the Sikh community. It runs a free, non-emergency helpline where trained peer counselors answer in Punjabi or English. It also offers workshops, trainings, and guides to help prevent violence.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline is a national help line for people who are being hurt by a partner, or who are worried about someone. Trained advocates talk with you by phone, text, or online chat at any hour, and can help you think through options and find local help. It does not give out cash or hotel vouchers.
International Women's House is a domestic violence shelter. It helps women and children who have faced family violence, sexual abuse, or human trafficking. It has a hotline that answers all day and night, a safe place to stay, and services like counseling and legal help. You do not have to live in the shelter to get services.
The Network/La Red is a survivor-led group in Boston. It helps LGBTQ+, kink, and polyamorous people who are being or have been hurt by a partner. You can call the free 24-hour hotline for support and safety planning, or join a phone support group. Its housing help is in Massachusetts.
Women Are Dreamers Too (WADT) helps women who have lived through domestic violence, and their children, build a steady life. They offer business training, counseling, job referrals, after-school STEM for kids, and emergency supplies. Their services are free or low cost.
Baitul Salaam Network is a nonprofit group that raises awareness about domestic violence. It was started in 1997 by Muslim women, and it helps women find safe places to go when home is not safe. It has special understanding for Muslim women. It no longer runs a shelter or food program.
