271 organizations
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Zion Hill CDC is a faith-based nonprofit in East Point that helps families in South Fulton and metro Atlanta avoid homelessness and poverty. They offer help paying rent, mortgage, and utility bills, food gift cards, emergency motel stays and rapid rehousing, direct cash payments, and free health insurance enrollment.
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Southern Crescent Veteran Services is a veteran-run nonprofit in Stockbridge, GA that helps veterans and their families facing financial or emotional hardship. They offer temporary help with rent, mortgage, and utilities, plus job assistance, housing support, and benefits/claims help, and they run a program for homeless veterans. They mainly serve the Southern Crescent area south of Atlanta.
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This is a national emergency-money fund for people who were recently diagnosed with ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome, a serious lung condition). It gives a one-time $500 grant to help pay for things like transportation, lodging, housing, utilities, childcare, lost wages, and food during treatment. You apply by phone, and the money is run by the Patient Advocate Foundation on behalf of ARDS Alliance.
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Veterans Relief Network is a national nonprofit, based in Dyer, Indiana, that gives small amounts of financial help to U.S. military veterans and their families. They help cover urgent costs like rent, utility bills, and other basic living needs. They are not based in Atlanta and work by phone, email, and mail rather than at a local office.
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The Farmer Veteran Coalition is a national nonprofit that helps military veterans start and run farms and ranches. Its Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund gives small grants of $1,000 to $5,000 to pay for equipment, livestock, and supplies for veterans in their first years of farming. The Idaho chapter offers veterans local training, mentorship, and connections to these programs; the group is based in Idaho and Texas, not Atlanta.
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The VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Foundation runs a national Financial Assistance program (formerly called Unmet Needs) that gives one-time grants of up to about $1,500-$2,500 to active-duty service members, veterans, and their families who hit unexpected money trouble tied to their military service. The grant is not a loan and never has to be paid back — the VFW pays your bills (rent, utilities, car, food, medical) directly to the company you owe. You apply online from anywhere in the country, including the Atlanta area.
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ISDD helps grandparents and other relatives in Metro Atlanta who are raising children when the parents cannot. They offer free case management, support groups, parenting classes, and emergency financial help, with a special focus on families caring for kids who have disabilities or health problems.
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HCF Preventative Services is a faith-based nonprofit in Stone Mountain that helps people coming out of jail or prison get back on their feet and stay out of trouble. They offer re-entry coaching, mental health and life-skills coaching, job and work-readiness help, family support, and emergency help with food and utilities. Office visits are by appointment only.
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WorkSource DeKalb runs a free Youth Program for ages 16-24 who face barriers to finding work. They offer paid job placement, skills training, GED and high-school equivalency help, and support to get you started in a career.
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Final Farewell helps families across the country who have lost a child under 18. They offer money toward burial and funeral costs and help you find your way through the steps when you need it most.
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Georgia's DECAL runs a program that helps student parents pay for childcare while they finish school. It's for parents enrolled at Chattahoochee Tech or Cobb WorkSource programs.
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