The Georgia Commission on Family Violence is a state commission that works to cut domestic violence and the deaths it causes. It helps set the rules for court-ordered classes for people who harm family members, trains law enforcement, studies family violence in Georgia, and has a project for survivors of murder-suicide.
The Wellness Empowerment Center is part of Georgia Tech. It helps students and staff with health and wellness, nutrition, and sexual violence prevention and support. Its VOICE advocates give confidential help by phone at any hour to students affected by sexual harassment, sexual assault, partner violence, or stalking.
Game Changing Men is a group that supports masculine-presenting people, including transgender men, men of color, and men who have been in jail or prison. It offers support groups, workshops, a 24-week class on family violence for male-identified people, mentoring for people inside jails and prisons, a yearly retreat, and a youth leadership program.
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.
Day League helps people in DeKalb County who have been sexually assaulted, whether it happened last night or years ago. It is part of Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence. A trained advocate answers the hotline at any hour, and free help includes counselling, support groups, legal advocacy and an advocate who can go with you to the hospital.
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.
AACS Atlanta gives evaluations and classes for people dealing with DUI, drug or alcohol use, anger, family violence, and similar issues, whether sent by a court, probation officer, or employer, or seeking help on their own. Staff do assessments, teach court-approved classes like anger management, DUI school, and family violence intervention, and write the reports courts or workplaces need. Visits can happen in person at the Atlanta-area office or online through telehealth.
Atlanta Victim Assistance is a nonprofit that has helped crime victims since 1984. Trained advocates work with Atlanta police, the city's municipal court, and some schools. They help people stay safe, understand the court process, and find support. Services are free, and you do not have to report the crime or have an arrest to get help.
This group helps survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in the Atlanta area. It has 24-hour hotlines, a private safe house, support groups, and legal help. It is changing its name to In Safe Company, so you may see either name.
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.
Team Management 2000 is a nonprofit clinic group that started in New Jersey and now has an office in Decatur. It runs programs for substance use recovery, mental health care, HIV/AIDS testing, and support for youth, LGBTQ people, and people leaving prison. Call the Decatur office to ask which services you can get there.
Amani Women Center is a nonprofit in Clarkston that helps refugee and immigrant women and survivors of violence. Staff and community ambassadors help people apply for benefits like SNAP and Medicaid, get interpreters and translation, and get immigration help. It also runs a 12-month sewing academy that builds job skills.
The Mayor’s Office of Violence Reduction is an Atlanta city office that works with community groups to prevent gun violence and make neighborhoods safer. It coordinates youth violence prevention, support for people returning from incarceration, domestic violence awareness, and human trafficking prevention.
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.
Securus House, also called the Clayton County Association Against Family Violence, has helped people escape domestic abuse since 1984. It runs a crisis line that answers all day and night and an emergency shelter for women and their children. It also gives legal advocacy, case management, support groups, and a children's program.
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.
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.
Caminar Latino is an Atlanta group that has worked with Latino families affected by domestic violence since 1990. It offers help to survivors, to children and teens, to parents, and to people who have used violence. Staff can connect you with the right program in English or Spanish.
Awaken Voices is a nonprofit that helps people who have lived through domestic violence. Its website lists safety exit plans, counseling, support groups, legal advocacy, workshops, and community education. You can call or email the main office to ask about help.
Awaken Voices is a nonprofit that helps people who have lived through domestic violence take back control of their lives. It offers safety exit plans, counseling, support groups, workshops, legal support, and job training. If you need shelter or resources, call or email the main office.
