Work & Jobs

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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The Northeast Georgia Homeless Veterans Shelter is a faith-based nonprofit in Winder that helps homeless male veterans and their families. It is the only veterans shelter in Northeast Georgia and provides a place to stay, meals, clothing, and job and life skills training. Staff also help veterans get VA benefits and move into permanent housing through the VA housing voucher program.

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disABILITY LINK is a Center for Independent Living that helps people with disabilities of all ages live independently across metro Atlanta. They offer free help with assistive technology and equipment loans, housing and home modifications, employment, peer support, advocacy, transportation training, and moving out of nursing facilities into the community. Many services are free and you can take part in person or remotely.

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The D'Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) is a national program based at Syracuse University that helps service members, veterans, and military spouses build civilian careers and start businesses. Most of its help, like the free Onward to Opportunity career training, is offered online so veterans anywhere—including the Atlanta area—can take part. They offer career certifications, coaching, job placement, and entrepreneurship training at no cost.

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Leave No Veteran Behind is a Chicago-based national nonprofit founded by Army veterans that helps returning veterans find work and pay off school debt. They run transitional jobs, security and leadership training, job placement, and a scholarship that pays down veterans' student loans in exchange for community service. Note: their programs operate in the Chicago area, not Atlanta.

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The Shepherd's Inn is Atlanta Mission's shelter for single men over 18 who are experiencing homelessness. It serves up to 450 men a day with a bed, hot meals, laundry, counseling, recovery and life-skills classes, job training, and spiritual support. The goal is to help each man, step by step, move toward independent living.

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Veterans Empowerment Organization (VEO) is an Atlanta nonprofit, founded in 2008, that helps veterans rebuild their lives and become self-sufficient. They provide transitional and permanent housing, job training and workforce support, and behavioral health care for mental health and substance use. Veterans in need can call them or stop by their West Lake Avenue campus to get connected to services.

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Trinity Community Ministries runs Trinity House–Big Bethel, a 36-bed program in downtown Atlanta for men who are homeless and struggling with drugs or alcohol. It gives men a safe place to live along with recovery support, classes, and life skills. The goal is to help each man find a steady job, save money, get his own housing, and reconnect with his family. (Note: this listing is filed under the name 'Good Shepherd Recovery House,' but the website, address, and phone all belong to Trinity Community Ministries.)

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This is the federal VA Atlanta Regional Office (officially the Senator Johnny Isakson VA Atlanta Regional Office) in Decatur. Staff help veterans and their families apply for and manage VA benefits like disability compensation, pensions, education (GI Bill), home loans, and life insurance. You can get help in person, by walk-in, or by scheduling an appointment, and they also assist veterans who are homeless or who experienced military sexual trauma.

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This is one of Fulton County's three day programs (Training Centers) for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, run by the county Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities. The center helps adults build everyday living skills, social and communication skills, and work skills (from volunteering through pre-vocational training) so they can be more independent and active in the community. To join, you must first qualify for a Georgia DBHDD waiver (COMP or NOW).

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This is one of Fulton County's three Training Centers (day programs) for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Central Training Center helps people learn daily living skills, job and vocational skills, communication, and how to take part in their community. To join, you first need approval through the state (DBHDD) with a COMP or NOW waiver, then you set up a tour and intake interview with the center.

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Veterans Empowerment Organization (VEO) helps veterans who are homeless or about to lose their housing get back on their feet. On their Atlanta campus they offer a place to stay (emergency, transitional, and permanent housing), counseling for mental health and substance use, and job training to help veterans find steady work. There are no barriers to getting a bed, regardless of drug use or criminal history.

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Refugee Women's Network is a nonprofit founded by and for refugee and immigrant women that helps women survivors of war, conflict, and displacement build new lives in Georgia. They offer leadership training, jobs and business help (including a food-business Chefs Club), health and wellness groups, English and youth support, and help adjusting to life in the U.S.

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