Covenant House Georgia helps young people ages 18 to 24 who are homeless or escaping trafficking. It has a crisis shelter, longer-term apartment housing, health care and counseling, school and job help, and street outreach. A young person who needs shelter can call the youth line.
My Sister's House is an overnight shelter for women and children who have no home. It is run by Atlanta Mission. Residents get meals, counseling, classes, childcare, medical care and job training, and work with staff on income and housing goals. Women and children are admitted through Restoration House.
The Shepherd's Inn is Atlanta Mission's shelter for single men over 18 who have no home. It gives men a bed, meals, laundry, and classes, counseling, and job training. Staff talk with each man and help him make a plan for moving toward a home of his own.
Central Presbyterian is a church across the street from the Georgia State Capitol in downtown Atlanta.m. every Sunday. The church also supports the Bashor Men's Homeless Shelter, a winter night shelter for men that runs November 1 through March 31.
Nicholas House helps families with children who have no home or are about to lose one. It runs the Boulevard Shelter in Atlanta and apartment programs that help pay rent while parents build income. It also offers rent and utility help to keep families from being evicted.
The Salvation Army Center of Hope is a shelter and housing center at 469 Marietta Street in Atlanta. It offers emergency and transitional housing for homeless men, women, and families with children. It also has a 90-day drug treatment program, help moving into permanent housing, a re-entry program, and a program for veterans.
The Salvation Army Metro Atlanta Center of Hope is at 469 Marietta Street. It offers emergency and longer-term places to stay for men, women, and families with children who have no home. It also has a drug treatment program, help finding permanent housing, and housing for veterans and people leaving prison.
Zaban Paradies Center helps couples, families, and single people in Atlanta who have no home or may lose their home. It runs an emergency shelter for couples, gives one-time money help for rent and move-in costs, and holds a free Day Services program on Tuesdays.
Nicole's House of Hope helps people in Atlanta who are homeless, including single men, single women, and women with children. They offer emergency and transitional housing, case management, and classes on daily living skills. They also run a food pantry on Tuesdays.
Lost-n-Found Youth is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps LGBTQ+ young people ages 18 to 25 who are homeless or in need. It runs a 24/7 support line, a drop-in center with meals, showers and laundry, emergency and transitional housing, street outreach, and a thrift store.
Solomon's Temple is a nonprofit shelter in Atlanta for homeless women and their children. Families can stay for six months. Mothers can bring teenage sons. The shelter also offers meals, family coaching, job training and money classes.
Making A Way Housing is a nonprofit in southwest Atlanta that has served single homeless adults since 2002. It offers emergency shelter, transitional housing and sober supportive housing, along with case management, HIV prevention and health education, job and life skills help, and a food pantry for residents.
Gateway Center is a homeless service center at 275 Pryor Street SW in downtown Atlanta. It runs shelter and housing programs, a drop-in Engagement Center, a place to start a housing assessment, street outreach, and job and recovery help. Many programs are for men, and families can use the Engagement Center and housing assessments.
Essence of Hope is an Atlanta nonprofit that has helped people with housing and support since 2007. It offers housing for people who are homeless, veterans, people coming home from jail or prison, and people finishing court programs. It also helps with case management, job readiness, and benefits sign-up.
Hosea Helps is an Atlanta nonprofit that has served the community since 1971. At its Forrest Hills Drive headquarters, families can get free emergency groceries and help applying for food stamps. Staff also check whether a household can get help with rent, utilities and other costs. It also runs job help, programs for children, holiday meal events and deliveries to apartment communities and schools.
Rebecca's Tent is a free winter shelter for single women 18 and older who have no home. It is the only women's shelter in DeKalb County. Up to 10 women stay each winter and get a bed, meals, showers, laundry and weekly help with finding work and housing. Day services and follow-up help continue all year.
Mad Housers is a volunteer-run Atlanta nonprofit that builds small, simple shelters called huts for people sleeping outside. The huts give people a locking door, a roof, and a safe place to keep their belongings, and the group also speaks at schools and community events about homelessness.
Frontline Response, once known as the Atlanta Dream Center, helps people escape sex trafficking and homelessness in Atlanta. Staff do street outreach, case management, and run a free winter warming shelter with shuttle rides during very cold weather. They also run a youth prevention program that mentors at-risk kids ages 3 to 12 in Atlanta neighborhoods.
Zion Hill CDC is a nonprofit in East Point that works to end homelessness and poverty, with a focus on South Fulton. It helps with rent, mortgage and utility bills, motel stays and rapid rehousing, free health insurance for those who qualify, and cash payments through FLOW + IDA. It also has a 2-1-1 center where you can look up other services.