ShowGlo Wellness is a Christian nonprofit in Metro Atlanta. It puts on grief and wellness gatherings, collects basic items for homeless men, and lines up volunteers for outreach. People can also send a request for help and be pointed to local resources.
Cascade United Methodist Church is a church with two Atlanta locations, one in Southwest Atlanta and one in Midtown. Its Community Fund can pay up to $1,000 toward past-due rent or mortgage and up to $350 toward a past-due utility bill for people in Fulton or DeKalb County. It is not emergency help. The church also holds worship services, takes prayer requests, and offers a GriefShare group for adults who have lost a loved one.
Inheritance of Hope is a Christian faith-based nonprofit that builds community for young families when a parent has a terminal illness or has died. It says it serves all families, whatever their faith. Its help includes online support groups, Legacy Videos, Legacy Songs, retreats, and local gatherings in some cities. Families start by filling out a support application.
Salem Bible Church is a church with two campuses, one in Atlanta and one in Stonecrest. It holds Sunday worship. Its care team helps with counseling, prayer, weddings, funerals, and child dedications, and it has a ministry for adults 65 and older.
The Crime Victims Advocacy Council (CVAC) is a nonprofit that gives free help to victims of any kind of crime. It offers a 24-hour hotline, help with the court system and compensation forms, and support groups on Zoom. It also offers rides, child care during groups, referrals, and a yearly memorial service for families who lost someone to homicide.
Bristol Hospice gives comfort-focused care to people with a serious illness that is near the end of life. A care team comes to wherever the person lives, such as a home, assisted living or nursing home. The team helps with pain and symptoms and gives emotional and spiritual support to the whole family.
Ray of Hope Christian Church is a Disciples of Christ church on Snapfinger Road in Decatur. It holds Sunday worship in person and online, and it has children's and youth services on some Sundays. It also lists a grief support group (Grief Share) on its fall events.
Jewish HomeLife is an Atlanta nonprofit that has cared for older adults since 1951. It offers senior apartments, assisted living, memory care, nursing care, rehab, home care, and hospice. It also runs free webinars and a caregiver support group for families.
Buckhead Church is a church in the Buckhead part of Atlanta. It holds Sunday services for adults and has kids, middle school and high school groups. It also offers mentors, counseling referrals, a group for parents of LGBTQ+ children, and ways to volunteer.
World Changers Church International is a large church in College Park led by Pastors Creflo and Taffi Dollar. It holds services on Sundays and Wednesdays. Its volunteer ministries include a food bank, a recovery program, GriefShare, counseling, and help for people in a housing or food emergency.
The Link Counseling Center in Sandy Springs has offered low-cost counseling since 1971. It has therapy for individuals, couples, and families. It also runs free grief groups for children and teens and for people who lost someone to suicide, trains therapists, and welcomes volunteers.
First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta is a church in Midtown, next to the High Museum. Its Community Ministries runs the Venable Food Market, a free pantry where Midtown neighbors pick out their own groceries. The church also offers children's and youth programs, a weekday childcare program for babies and toddlers, and Sunday worship.
Victory Church is a church with campuses in Norcross, Midtown, Hamilton Mill, Dacula and North Cobb, plus an online campus. People can come to weekend worship, join a small group, and use programs for kids. The church also shares prayer help, counseling referrals and lists of places that give food and other help.
CAPS is the counseling center for Emory University students. It offers free, private short-term counseling, relationship counseling, and groups, and it helps students find longer-term care off campus. Students can call any time of day or night to talk with a clinician.
Fellowship of Faith Church International is a church in East Point. It holds worship services, Bible studies, and ministries for children, teens, couples, and others. Its Feed the Hungry ministry gives food boxes and clothes to people who come to the church for help.
Trinity Presbyterian is a church in northwest Atlanta that welcomes people from all backgrounds. It holds Sunday worship at 9 and 11 AM, also shown online, with childcare for children 4 and younger. It also offers activities for kids and youth, a class for newcomers, and works with Atlanta groups on hunger, education and fairness.
Compassus is a home-based care company. Its main service is hospice, which gives comfort care, nursing, aides, a chaplain, a social worker and grief support to people near the end of a serious illness and to their families. It also offers palliative care, home health and home infusion.
The AFSP Georgia Chapter is part of a national group working to prevent suicide. It is based in Atlanta and serves the whole state. It offers free education talks, community walks, and remembrance events, and it connects people grieving a suicide loss with trained volunteers who have also lost someone.
Jared's Heart of Success is a nonprofit that works to stop gun violence. It helps young people, especially those hurt by trauma, with mentoring, conflict resolution, grief and wellness support, learning programs, and money workshops. It serves Georgia and South Carolina.
AgeWell Atlanta is a central phone and web contact for older adults and their families. Its staff help people find at-home care, counseling, rides, care planning and senior living options, working with partner agencies such as JF&CS, Aviv Older Adult Services and Jewish HomeLife.
