28 organizations
We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
NSPIRE Outreach is a Lawrenceville-based nonprofit that helps people rebuild after homelessness, addiction, domestic violence, abuse, and neglect. Its main help is longer-term programs with housing, job training, education, counseling, clothing, health support, and life skills, not a walk-in public food pantry.
8 services
Georgia Student Finance Commission is a State of Georgia agency that helps Georgians pay for education after high school. It runs HOPE, Zell Miller, Dual Enrollment, scholarships, grants, loans, outreach workshops, and college financial aid information through GAfutures.
12 services
WorkSource Fulton is Fulton County's workforce development program. It helps Fulton County residents look for jobs, build resumes, use career centers, get job training, and connect with employers.
9 services
Gwinnett Technical College is a public technical college serving Gwinnett and North Fulton. Its Adult Education program helps adults prepare for GED or HiSET tests, learn English, earn a high school diploma, and start job training.
7 services
The Technical College System of Georgia is the state agency over Georgia's technical colleges, adult education, and workforce training. It helps people find GED and HiSET classes, English classes, job training, technical college programs, and grants that can help pay for testing or tuition.
7 services
WorkSource Cobb, also called CobbWorks, is Cobb County's American Job Center. They help people plan careers, search for jobs, write resumes, get training, earn a GED, learn English, and connect with work programs.
11 services
Cobb County Adult Education Center is a Cobb County School District program for adults and older teens who are not in regular high school. It helps students prepare for GED or HiSET tests, learn English, study civics and citizenship, and connect adult learning with career training.
5 services
Georgia State University is a public university in Atlanta with campuses across metro Atlanta. Its Intensive English Program offers free Adult ESL classes to help adults build English, job, school, and community skills.
5 services
Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a public technical college serving DeKalb, Rockdale, and Newton counties. It helps people earn a GED or HiSET, learn English, get job skills, and train for college and careers.
9 services
The Georgia National Guard runs the Georgia Youth ChalleNGe Program for Georgia teens ages 16 to 18 who are having trouble finishing high school. The program is free and residential, using school, mentoring, discipline, leadership, life skills, and job training to help young people earn a GED or high school diploma and plan their next step.
4 services
Dismas Charities helps people leaving state and federal incarceration re-enter the community. Its re-entry centers focus on education, job help, and family support so people can build stable lives after prison.
5 services
Chattahoochee Technical College is a public technical college with its main Marietta campus at 980 South Cobb Drive and other campuses in northwest Georgia. It helps people earn college credentials, train for jobs, prepare for the GED or HiSET, learn English, get career help, and access student supports like scholarships and a food pantry.
13 services
WorkSource Atlanta is the City of Atlanta workforce agency, now connected with the Atlanta Department of Labor and Employment Services. It helps Atlanta residents with job search help, career counseling, training funds, work readiness classes, GED support, youth work experience, and employer connections.
Summerhill8 services
USAHello is a national online nonprofit for immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and welcoming communities. It gives free, plain-language information in multiple languages and offers free online classes for GED and citizenship preparation.
7 services
Project Real Life Youth Occupational Training Corps is a nonprofit serving youth, families, and adults in metro Atlanta. It offers mentoring, GED help, tutoring, job training, job placement, counseling, case management, and help with food, clothing, and housing-related needs.
9 services
OneSource Learning & Development Center is a nonprofit in Stone Mountain that helps youth, adults, and low- to moderate-income families with education, job readiness, family support, and basic needs. They offer GED prep, youth enrichment, afterschool and break programs, career help, fatherhood support, a food pantry, clothing help, and a planned mobile feeding program.
12 services
Atlanta Public Schools is Atlanta's public school district. Its Adult Education program helps people age 16 and older who are not in high school prepare for GED or HiSET exams, learn English and citizenship skills, and get career support like resumes, interview practice, and referrals.
11 services
New Life Community Alliance is a nonprofit in South DeKalb that helps neighbors move from crisis to stability. They offer food, hot meals, clothing, barber and beauty services, housing help, GED classes, job support, case management, counseling, health screenings, and a day center for people experiencing homelessness.
23 services
Fulton County Library System's Central Library is the main public library in downtown Atlanta. It offers books, computers, Wi-Fi, GED testing, events, and a social services team that helps patrons connect to housing, benefits, health, legal, job, and other community resources.
Downtown9 services
Children of the Night is a Los Angeles nonprofit that helps children and youth who are being sexually exploited or are at risk. They run a 24/7 hotline, case management, and free online tutoring so young people can get safe, get documents, find services, and work toward a high school diploma.
5 services
