Money & Benefits

The Georgia Department of Labor is a state agency that helps people look for work, apply for unemployment benefits, and use labor market information. Its Gwinnett Career Center serves Gwinnett County from Norcross, and many services are also available online or by phone.

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Camp Lejeune Claims Center is a national website that shared information and connected people with legal help for Camp Lejeune water contamination claims. Its own site now says it has stopped accepting new cases, and the Navy says the August 10, 2024 deadline for new Camp Lejeune Justice Act claims has passed.

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Advantage Credit Counseling Service, Inc. is a nonprofit credit counseling agency based in Pittsburgh that serves Georgia by phone and online. They help people understand debt, make a budget, review credit, and decide if a debt management plan, bankruptcy counseling, or housing counseling may help.

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AMVETS is a national veterans organization with headquarters in Pennsylvania and a national capital office in Maryland. It helps veterans and their families with VA claims, job help, scholarships, advocacy, local posts, and some housing and reintegration programs in specific cities.

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USBG National Charity Foundation is a national nonprofit that supports bartenders and other service industry workers. It runs education, wellness, volunteer, fundraising, and hardship grant programs, but its BEAP emergency grant page says the program is seeking funding and will post updates if it reopens.

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Special Needs Siblings, Inc. supports brothers and sisters of people with disabilities and their families. They offer online support groups, resource intake, sibling workshops, hardship help, and community events focused on sibling support.

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The Lois Merrill Foundation helps people affected by carcinoid and other rare cancers. Its website says it has funded medical grants for patients and grants for research and education, but it is pausing grant funding for the next couple of years while it rebuilds fundraising.

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SafetyNet Wireless is a cell phone company that offers free or low-cost wireless service through the Lifeline program. People may qualify if their income is low or if they receive benefits like Medicaid, SSI, LIHEAP, public housing assistance, or some veterans benefits. This is not a housing or rent help program.

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Mission Asset Fund is a nonprofit based in San Francisco that helps low-income and immigrant families build credit, get financial education, and use safe financial tools. It offers online apps, zero-interest loan programs, and emergency support programs, but its USCIS immigration fee loans are listed as available in California only.

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The Shannon Foundation is a Denver-based nonprofit that helps pay for medical care for children whose families cannot afford it. It works through hospital social workers across the country and has helped pay for medicine, tests, procedures, equipment, hospital visits, surgery, co-pays, chemotherapy, and physical therapy.

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Forsyth County DFCS is the local county office of Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services. It helps people apply for and manage benefits like SNAP food assistance, Medicaid, and TANF, and it handles child welfare services such as child protective services, foster care, and adoption referrals.

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Clayton County DFCS is the local county office of Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services. It helps people apply for public benefits like SNAP, Medicaid, and TANF, and it handles child protective services, foster care, and related family support services.

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Project FREE is now presented online as ELEVATE for Couples, a University of Georgia program for committed couples across Georgia. It offers free relationship education workshops that teach communication, stress management, conflict skills, and money skills.

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Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation helps families of children with congenital heart defects. They give grants and personal support so parents can pay bills and stay focused on their child during long hospital stays. Their listed service area is tied to partner hospitals in Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois, not Atlanta.

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Mesothelioma.com is a national website that shares free information and resources for people affected by mesothelioma and asbestos exposure. It also runs a $4,000 scholarship for students whose lives have been affected by cancer, and it helps patients learn about treatment, legal, veteran, and financial resources.

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The Wounded Blue is a national nonprofit that helps law enforcement officers who are injured or disabled in the line of duty, including mental and emotional injuries. They offer confidential peer support, help finding benefits and resources, referrals, training, advocacy, and a 24/7 phone/text support line.

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