Work & Jobs

This is the West End Goodwill thrift store and donation center, run by Goodwill of North Georgia and the oldest Goodwill store in metro Atlanta. You can buy low-cost clothing, furniture, books, and household goods here, or drop off gently used donations. Money from sales helps fund Goodwill's free job-training and career programs.

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This is the Goodwill of North Georgia thrift store and donation center on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs. You can buy low-cost used clothing, furniture, books, and household goods here, and drop off donations of gently used items. Money from sales pays for Goodwill's free job training and career centers.

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This is a Goodwill of North Georgia thrift store and donation center in Roswell. You can shop for low-cost used clothing, furniture, books, and household goods, or drop off donations. Money from sales pays for free job training and career help across North Georgia.

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Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) helps veterans who have a spinal cord injury or disease, MS, or ALS. Their service officers help veterans, dependents, and survivors file for VA benefits and appeal denied claims for free, and the chapter also offers job help, disability rights advocacy, and adaptive sports. The benefits office is located inside the Atlanta VA Regional Office in Decatur.

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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 the Senator Johnny Isakson VA Atlanta Regional Office in Decatur, the local office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that handles veterans' benefits (not medical care). Staff help veterans and their families file for disability compensation and pensions, get job training and career help through Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E), apply for home loans, and find help if they are homeless or at risk. You can make an appointment online or walk in, or call the national VA benefits line at 1-800-827-1000.

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Alma Domestic Violence Foundation (Alma G. Davis Foundation) helps survivors of domestic violence across metro Atlanta rebuild their lives. They offer counseling, safety planning, advocacy and legal help, plus job training, job placement, and financial literacy to help survivors become financially independent. They also run prevention programs in schools and coordinate shelter placement.

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Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) has a National Service Office at the Atlanta VA in Decatur that helps veterans with disabilities — especially spinal cord injury, MS, and ALS — get the VA benefits they earned. Their accredited service officers help you file claims, fight denials, and access health care, prosthetics, home modifications, and disability ratings, all for free. They also run a free career program that helps veterans, transitioning service members, and spouses find jobs.

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The Veteran Staffing Network is a national nonprofit job placement and career service run by Easterseals. It helps veterans, their caregivers, and current and former military spouses find work through free one-on-one career coaching, resume help, and interview training, plus a job board that connects them with employers who want to hire veterans. Services are offered virtually, so people anywhere — including the Atlanta area — can use them.

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Veterans Upward Bound at Georgia State University is a free, federally funded program that helps U.S. military veterans get ready for college or a GED. They offer brushup classes in subjects like math, reading, and writing, plus help with college applications, financial aid, and VA education benefits. It is run by Georgia State's Military Outreach Center in downtown Atlanta. (Note: the file name 'National Association of Veterans Upward Bound' is the staff professional association; the actual local service for veterans here is GSU's Veterans Upward Bound program.)

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Veterans Center, Inc. is a nonprofit and HUD-approved housing counseling agency that helps veterans, their families, and low-income community members find and keep safe housing. They offer free homebuyer classes, foreclosure and rental counseling, senior home repair, fair housing help, rent and mortgage assistance, and job training. Their goal is to help people reach housing stability and financial self-sufficiency.

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Relief Foundation for Veterans is a nonprofit that helps veterans and their families understand and access the VA benefits and support they have earned. They assist with housing, jobs, disability paperwork, transportation, mental health, service dogs, and more, mostly by phone and online. Their main office is in Palm Desert, California, but they help veterans nationwide through a toll-free hotline.

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The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is a free national service, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, that helps people with disabilities get the support they need to work. You can call or email them to talk one-on-one with an expert about workplace accommodations, your rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and how to ask your employer for changes that help you do your job. The help is confidential and there is no cost.

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InCommunity is a nonprofit that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in the Atlanta area live full, independent lives. They offer adult day programs, help finding and keeping a job, places to live with support, respite care to give caregivers a break, and family support funding for things a loved one needs. Founded in 1979, they have served more than 10,000 Georgians.

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Veterans Empowerment Organization (VEO) is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps U.S. veterans who are homeless or at risk of losing their homes. They offer emergency and long-term housing, mental health and addiction care, counseling, rental help, and job training to get veterans back on their feet. They welcome veterans regardless of past drug use or criminal record.

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Refugee Women's Network helps refugee and immigrant women and their families in metro Atlanta build new lives in the U.S. They offer help settling in, English and job-readiness training, small-business support, health and wellness programs, and youth programs. They are based at Legacy Park in Decatur and have served refugee women for more than 20 years.

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